Workers' Compensation News
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Potent New Opioid Dsuvia an 'N' Drug in ODG | 11/20/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 108 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| A potent new opioid called Dsuvia that has not yet hit the market has already received a thumbs-down from the Official Disability Guidelines. OD...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors Say Telemed Companies Paid Doctor to Write Compound Rx | 11/20/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 91 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A Burlington, New Jersey, doctor has been charged in a scheme that utilized telemedicine to prescribe medically unnecessary compounded drugs, federal prosecutors announced. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Vocational Rehab Rule Withdrawn | 11/14/2018 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 90 | 0 | Popular with Array | 4 min read | |||
| The Vermont Department of Labor has withdrawn a proposed vocational rehabilitation rule, and it has been taken off the agenda for Thursday's meeting of the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules. ...Read More | |||
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Patriot National Successor CTS Hires Chief Strategy Officer | 11/14/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 67 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 119 min read | |||
| Carrier & Technology Solutions, the company that arose from the ashes of Patriot National, has hired David Hampson as its chief strategy officer. ...Read More | |||
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ProAssurance Notes Increase in Inexperienced-Worker Claims in 3Q Results | 11/13/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 103 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 5 min read | |||
| ProAssurance Corp. has reported net income for the third quarter of $31.2 million, an 8% increase from $28.9 million in the same quarter last year. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Cuts Rates, Approves Dividend as Carriers Caution Against Employer Complacency | 11/12/2018 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 85 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 50 min read | |||
| The board of directors for Colorado’s state-chartered Pinnacol Assurance approved a 10% average rate reduction for 2019 in addition to a $70 million dividend. ...Read More | |||
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Preferred Employers Appoints Regional Sales Manager | 11/07/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 273 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| Preferred Employers Insurance, a subsidiary of W.R. Berkley that offers specialty workers' compensation insurance in California, announced Tuesday the appointment of Rick Chen as regional sales and distribution manager for Northern California. ...Read More | |||
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Police File for WC After Red Tide in Palm Beach | 11/06/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 503 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| A day at the beach is no day at the beach, at least in parts of Florida when the red tide is rising. Five Palm Beach police officers last month repo...Read More | |||
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Proposal Would Tighten Rules for No-Shows, Clean Up Outdated Language | 11/05/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 120 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| Parties who fail to show up for hearings in the Texas workers’ compensation system won’t get a second hearing unless they can show they had a good reason for missing the first, under one of numerous proposed rule changes posted in Friday’s state Register. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol's Krista O'Rourke Named VP of Agency Relations and Safety Services | 11/01/2018 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 88 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| Krista O’Rourke Colorado&rsquo...Read More | |||
