Workers' Compensation News
NCCI Recommending 8.7% Rate Reduction | 08/24/2017 | ||
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The National Council on Compensation Insurance is proposing an 8.7% reduction in both voluntary and assigned risk rates in Iowa, effective Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
NIOSH, Calif. Public Health Department Team Up on Oil-Gas Safety Video | 08/24/2017 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has partnered with the California Department of Public Health's occupational health branch (CDPH-OHB) to release a video on oil and gas tank gauging safety. ...Read More | |||
No Duty Disability Retirement Benefits for Firefighter With Back Injury | 08/24/2017 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court upheld the denial of duty disability retirement benefits for a firefighter with a back injury. Case:...Read More | |||
NAIC Heads to Honolulu for National Meeting | 08/24/2017 | ||
State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will hold its Fall 2017 national meeting in Honolulu from Dec. 2-4. According to a tentative agend...Read More | |||
NCCI Explores Marijuana Issues in Series of Articles | 08/23/2017 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The National Council on Compensation Insurance is releasing a five-part series on marijuana and the workers’ compensation system. T...Read More | |||
New Medicare Set-Aside Reference Guide a Mixed Bag | 08/22/2017 | ||
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A much-heralded re-review process isn’t the only significant change found in a new Medicare set-aside guidance document, which also includes provisions for utilization review denials and state-specific limits on workers’ comp benefits. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser...Read More | |||
No Disability Retirement Benefits for Guard Injured Attempting to Thwart Inmate's Suicide Attempt | 08/21/2017 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court upheld the denial of disability retirement benefits to a corrections officer who was injured while attempting to stop an inmate from hanging herself. ...Read More | |||
New EDI Standard Expands Electronic Options for FROI, SROI | 08/17/2017 | ||
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
An international organization has rolled out updated standards for electronically submitted first report of injury forms, a move that some say may cause short-term headaches but ultimately will provide long-term benefits for those handling workers’ comp claims. ...Read More | |||
Narrowly Divided Court Overturns Schedule Loss of Use Award to Worker | 08/17/2017 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the Workers' Compensation Commission awarding a worker benefits for a schedule loss of use of her leg instead of her lost wage-earning capacity. ...Read More | |||
No Disability Retirement Benefits for 911 Operator With Host of Health Problems | 08/16/2017 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a 911 operator was not entitled to disability retirement benefits because she was not disabled by the effects of her multiple medical conditions, separately or cumulatively. ...Read More | |||