Workers' Compensation News
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Proposed Rules Address Opioid Prescribing, Wage Calculation
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08/14/2018
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State: VT | Segment: EAST | 95 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 47 min read
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The Vermont Department of Labor is proposing several rule amendments, including a requirement that medical providers who prescribe opioids to injured workers to comply with state protocols.
The proposed change to 11.1400 and 12.1730 rule would require medical providers who ...Read More
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Premium Level to Rise 1.2%
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08/13/2018
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 76 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 200 min read
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The Minnesota Department of Commerce has approved a 1.2% increase in the overall average pure premium level, effective Jan. 1, the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Insurers Association reporte...Read More
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Premium Fraud Brings $11,700 Restitution Order to Co-Owner of Business
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08/10/2018
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 106 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read
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The co-owner of a Washington state housecleaning company will pay $11,700 in restitution after pleading guilty to third-degree theft of wages and attempted false reporting of workers’ compensation information, the state Department of Labor & Industries said Thursday.
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Pie Insurance Eyes Expansion With New Funding Round
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08/10/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 103 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read
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Pie Insurance, which offers direct, online sales of workers’ comp policies to small businesses, has announced the completion of an $11 million funding round.
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ProAssurance Q2 Profit Boosted by Comp Results
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08/10/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 92 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 98 min read
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ProAssurance Corp. has reported net income for the second quarter of $28.4 million, up 46% from $19.5 million in the second quarter of last year.
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Prosecutors Seek Court Guidance on Competency Test for Accused Attorney
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08/07/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 751 | 2 | Popular with Legal | 31 min read
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Federal prosecutors are asking for a judge to resolve disputes over the questions that the government’s mental health expert can ask during an independent examination of a Southern California attorney accused of paying kickbacks to doctors who referred work comp patients to his medical comp...Read More
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Pfizer Pushes for Lyrica Patent Extension
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08/07/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 312 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read
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Those who have been anxiously awaiting expiration of the patent for brand-name drug Lyrica, one of the top-prescribed drugs in workers’ comp, may have to wait a bit longer: Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has reportedly received a six-month extension of its patent.
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Pure Premium Recommendation on Agenda for WCIRB Meeting
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08/03/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 200 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 31 min read
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The Governing Committee of California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau could recommend a Jan. 1, 2019, advisory pure premium rate during a meeting Wednesday in Oakland.
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