Workers' Compensation News
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No PTD Benefits for Airline Worker With Finger Injuries, Psychological Sequala | 05/07/2021 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an airline employee was not entitled to permanent total disability benefits for injuries to her fingers and psychological sequala. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Injured in Fall | 05/06/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to benefits for her injuries in a fall from hopping over a chain barrier to turn in her time card. ...Read More | |||
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Nursing Homes Can't Compel Medicaid Reimbursement Rate Adjustments | 05/05/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a group of nursing homes was not entitled to mandamus relief providing Medicaid reimbursement rate adjustments to cover increased workers' compensation costs. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Car Salesman Who Fell On Way to Work | 05/05/2021 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a worker who injured himself in a fall while crossing a culvert between his designated parking area and the car dealership where he worked. ...Read More | |||
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Neurosurgeon Settles Fraud Allegations for $4.4M | 05/05/2021 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Dr. Wilson Asfora of South Dakota and two medical device distributorships he owns agreed to pay a combined $4.4 million to settle kickback and unnecessary surgery allegations. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Worker Who Fell From Scaffold | 05/04/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim, finding triable issues existed as to whether his own conduct was the sole cause of his fall from a scaffold that lacked safety railings. ...Read More | |||
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Nurse Convicted of Fraud Ordered to Pay More Than $23,000 in Restitution | 05/03/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Cleveland-area nurse was ordered to pay the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation more than $23,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to a fifth-degree felony count of workers’ compensation fraud. ...Read More | |||
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No PTD Benefits for Injured Ironworker Capable of Retail Employment | 04/22/2021 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that a man was properly denied permanent total disability benefits after injuries that left him unable to continue as an ironworker but still able to do light work in retail. ...Read More | |||
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NJCRIB Announces Statistical Plan Changes to Injury Codes for Vaccinations | 04/20/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau announced that the insurance commissioner approved changes to the state’s statistical plan to change injury codes for vaccinations. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Proposes Changes to Oil, Gas Industry Code Descriptions | 04/15/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance is accepting comments through May 13 on changes that the National Council on Compensation Insurance is proposing that would add flow-back services and drill site preparation to class code descriptions for the oil and gas industry. ...Read More | |||
