Workers' Compensation News
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NCCI: CMS Price Changes Not Significant Cost Driver | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Adjustments that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made to its reimbursement rates this year are not a significant work comp cost driver, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said Thursday in a ...Read More | |||
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No VSSR Award for Widow of Worker Crushed by Tree Stump | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a widow was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for a violation of a specific safety regulation, since she relied on a regulation that was inapplicable to the circumstances of her husband's death. ...Read More | |||
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NJCRIB Restoring Service After Suspicious Activity | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau announced that it is restoring computer systems that were taken offline earlier in August due to suspicious activity. ...Read More | |||
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Nursing Home Official Gets Probation for Kickback Scheme | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A man who ran the workers' compensation program for a nursing home in central Pennsylvania was sentenced to probation for two years and ordered to forfeit $628,450, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Proposes 13.5% Rate Cut | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending that the West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner reduce voluntary market loss costs by 13.5%. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Widow Whose Husband Died on Work Commute | 07/22/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to the widow of a worker killed in a traffic accident while he was coming home from a training meeting. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Widow of Police Officer Who Died by Suicide | 07/21/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court reinstated an administrative law judge’s denial of benefits to the widow of a police officer who killed himself at work using his service revolver. ...Read More | |||
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Nurse's Benefits Reinstated After Termination for Refusing COVID Vaccine | 07/15/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reinstated benefits to an injured nurse who was terminated while still working under restrictions due to her refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Neither Worker Nor Labor Law Defendant Entitled to Summary Judgment | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should not have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims, but the worker was properly denied summary judgment on his claims, too. ...Read More | |||
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No Wage-Loss Benefits Due to Worker Who Didn't Engage in Reasonable Job Search | 07/11/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to wage-loss benefits for a period when he was capable of employment and did not engage in a reasonable search for a job. ...Read More | |||
