Workers' Compensation News
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One Call to Consolidate Jacksonville Locations, Move Downtown | 02/13/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation managed care company One Call Care Management is consolidating its two Jacksonville locations, moving about 500 employees to a downtown skyscraper that now bears its signage. ...Read More | |||
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Officer Injured While Inspecting Truck Gets Lifetime Insurance Benefits | 02/08/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A police officer whose knee "popped" while he was inspecting a semitruck that he suspected was carrying an unlawfully heavy load is eligible for benefits under a state law that grants lifetime medical insurance to officers who are injured while investigating crimes, a div...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Aircraft Manufacturer for Carcinogen Exposure | 02/02/2018 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited aircraft manufacturer Spirit Aerosystems Inc. in Wichita for exposing employees to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen. ...Read More | |||
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ODG and Peers Health Partner on Data Collection, Analysis | 01/31/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ODG, publisher of the Official Disability Guidelines, is teaming up with Peers Health to expand the collection of data and development of new products. ...Read More | |||
| Old Republic Grows Profit by 20% in 2017 | 01/26/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Old Republic International Corp. has reported a net income of $300 million for the fourth quarter of 2017, a 127% increase from net income of $132 million in the prio...Read More | |||
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Opinion of Worker's Expert Wasn't Enough to Rebut Presumption of Correctness | 01/23/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that the testimony of a worker’s medical expert was insufficient to rebut the opinion of her treating doctor. ...Read More | |||
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Orthopedic Academy Releases Carpal Tunnel Performance Standards | 01/15/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons approved performance measures for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome that payers could use to help rate provider quality. ...Read More | |||
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Orange County's Shaddi Kamiabipour Named Prosecutor of the Year | 01/11/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Shaddi Kamiabipour, senior deputy district attorney for Orange County, has been named prosecutor of the year by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. ...Read More | |||
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One Provider Booted From System, Another Reinstated | 01/10/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has temporarily suspended a chiropractor’s authorization to treat injured workers, and reinstated a doctor of osteopathy to the system. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Issues $12,600 Fine After 'Walking Dead' Stuntman's Death | 01/09/2018 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A motion picture company is facing $12,675 in proposed federal penalties after a stuntman died during the filming of television show “The Walking Dead” in Senoia, Georgia. ...Read More | |||
