Workers' Compensation News
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NCOIL Proposes Model Law on Compounds, Physician Dispensing | 02/07/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A model law being developed by a national organization of state legislators would address what many consider to be two of the biggest issues in workers’ comp pharmacy: physician dispensing and compounded medications. ...Read More | |||
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New Rules Proposed to Settle Reimbursement Disputes | 02/06/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation has proposed amendments to the rules governing the resolution of reimbursement disputes between carriers and health care providers. ...Read More | |||
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Non-Subscribers Must File Two Forms by April 30 | 02/05/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted its notice for annual reporting for employers without workers’ compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Normandy Insurance Hires Field Managers in Two States | 02/02/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Normandy Insurance Co. has hired Kelly Morton as its Pennsylvania field manager, and Jarrett O’Donnell as field manager in Georgia. ...Read More | |||
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No Psyche Benefits for Worker Injured When Construction Equipment Overturned | 02/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a construction worker was not entitled to benefits for a psychiatric injury from an accident where his compacter overturned. ...Read More | |||
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Neurosurgeon's Opinion Should Have Carried Day in Treatment Dispute | 02/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A split West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a denial of authorization for a worker’s back surgery, finding that the opinion of his neurosurgeon should have been treated as more persuasive than the competing opinions of three other physicians. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker With Alleged Aggravation of Pre-Existing Condition She Denied Having | 01/29/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a restaurant worker who simultaneously denied a history of back problems and asserted a claim for the aggravation of a pre-existing back condition. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Rendered Fully Disabled by Pre-Existing Condition | 01/25/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of disability benefits to a man who was unable to work after a partially disabling injury because of the worsening of a pre-existing health condition. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Butcher Who Had Stroke While on Out-of-State Trip for Employer | 01/23/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a butcher was not entitled to benefits for a stroke he suffered while on an out-of-state trip to provide a demonstration on meat-cutting. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Who Had Stroke During Meeting | 01/22/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a software engineer was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for a stroke he suffered while attending a meeting to discuss a discrimination claim against his former employer. ...Read More | |||
