Workers' Compensation News
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New Study: Medical Payments Still Increasing | 11/03/2017 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| While growth in Wisconsin’s workers’ compensation medical payments per claim has slowed in recent years, they were still increasing at a faster rate than other states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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No Unemployment Benefits for Worker Fired for Failing Post-Accident Drug Test | 11/02/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of unemployment benefits to a worker who was fired for failing a drug test after he was involved in an on-the-job car accident. ...Read More | |||
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NYSIF Sues City Official, Alleging Failure to Pay Comp Premiums | 11/01/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York State Insurance Fund has filed suit against a garbage-hauling business owned by a city official in Mount Vernon, alleging it is owed $780,000 in workers’ compensation premiums, according to ...Read More | |||
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NAIC Approves Insurance Data Security Model Law | 10/26/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted a model law pertaining to insurance data security. ...Read More | |||
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Nov. 17 NCOIL Meeting to Cover Physician Dispensing, Compounded Drugs | 10/25/2017 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) will hold its annual meeting on Nov. 17 at the Phoenix Grand Sheraton. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Scrapyard Worker After Alleged Fall Into Pit | 10/24/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals declined to disturb the denial of benefits to a scrap metal worker who allegedly suffered a back injury in a workplace fall. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Family of Worker Killed in Accident While Driving | 10/23/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the family of a worker who was killed in a car accident was not entitled to benefits in the absence of evidence establishing where the worker was headed when he died. ...Read More | |||
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New NIOSH Center Will Study Robots in Workplace | 10/23/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has launched a new center to study the safety and health implications of robots in the workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Number of QMEs Falls as Panel Requests Increase | 10/20/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| OAKLAND, California — The number of qualified medical evaluators in California’s workers’ comp system continues to decline, even as requests for QME panels have soared 87% over the last 10 years, according to a report unveiled Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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No Supreme Court Review for Self-Represented Petitioner | 10/20/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Supreme Court will not be reviewing a self-represented worker’s challenge to an administrative determination that she had failed to timely file a petition to reopen her comp claim. ...Read More | |||
