Workers' Compensation News
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Prosecutors Recommend One Year in Prison for Tom Calderon | 09/12/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. District Attorney’s Office wants former California Assemblyman Tom Calderon to serve a year in prison for using a political action committee to launder bribes that were paid to his brother, former state Sen. Ron Calderon. ...Read More | |||
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Podiatrists Can Retroactively Bill for Ankle Surgeries | 09/12/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has amended its medical fee schedule to retroactively allow board-authorized podiatrists to bill for ankle surgeries. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Fee Schedule Would Raise Physician Reimbursements by 3% | 09/12/2016 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Kansas Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing Nov. 18 to consider the adoption of amendments to the medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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PEOs Ask State to Regulate Them by Requiring Registration | 09/09/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| It’s not every day that a special-interest group goes to a legislature and asks to be regulated, says Massachusetts state Rep. John Scibak. But that’s what a national trade group for PEOs did. ...Read More | |||
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Police Claim Man Lied About Work Injury Trying to Get Opioids | 09/09/2016 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Montana man is facing felony charges for allegedly telling hospital staff that he suffered a workplace injury in a failed attempt to get a prescription for oxycodone, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Paradigm Offers Webinar on Impact of Mental Health in Work Comp | 09/02/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Paradigm Outcomes will host a free, one-hour webinar on Sept. 22 on new approaches to mental health in workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Personal Injury Case Involving Co-Workers in Accident Remanded | 08/29/2016 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court overturned a trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of a defendant in a personal injury case. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Injured in Shooting Gets New Hearing on Claim of Accidental Disability | 08/26/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A police officer who injured his arm while firing his service weapon is entitled to a second chance to prove his entitlement to accidental disability retirement benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Preferred Connect Launches Work Comp Program for Breweries | 08/25/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Preferred Connect Insurance Center, a San Diego-based agency providing workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses throughout California, has launched a specialty program for beer breweries. ...Read More | |||
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Panel Says Worker Can Get Benefits for Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Arthritis | 08/25/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a factory worker was entitled to permanent partial disability benefits for the industrial exacerbation of her pre-existing arthritic condition in her knee. ...Read More | |||
