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Workers' Compensation News

 

Pain Clinic Operator Continues Fight With State Regulators Who Shut Him Down 07/22/2016
By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Dr. Michael Kostenko lost his privileges to treat injured workers in West Virginia more than a decade ago, but the osteopath continues to battle state regulators. His latest weapon: a whistleblower lawsuit. ...Read More
 
 

Pro Wrestlers Hit WWE With Concussion-Related Class Action 07/20/2016
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A group of 53 former professional wrestlers on Monday hit World Wrestling Entertainment with a lawsuit seeking damages for their alleged neurological injuries from their performing days. ...Read More
 
 
Pizza Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Probation for Policy Lapses 07/19/2016
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
The owner of several Happy's Pizza restaurants in Northeast Ohio will serve a year of probation and pay $18,000 restitution for failing to provide workers' compensation coverage to employees, the Ohio Bureau of Compensation said. ...Read More
 
 

Paid Claims Continue to Decrease as State Works to Curb Medical Costs 07/12/2016
State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The number of paid workers’ compensation claims in Minnesota fell 49% between 1997 and 2014, according to a new annual report by the state Department of Labor and Industry. ...Read More
 
 

Poor Performers to Be Monitored Under New Return-to-Work Audit Plan 07/12/2016
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Texas has approved a revised return-to-work audit plan to monitor insurance carriers and health care providers identified as poor performers from an assessment made last year under the Performance-Based Oversight program, the Division of Workers’ Compensation said. ...Read More
 
 

Personal Ownership of Faulty Chair No Escape From Exclusive Remedy 07/11/2016
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
An injured worker could not escape exclusive remedy by claiming the folding chair that collapsed and caused his injury was the personal property of a co-worker, the California 4th District Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More
 
 

Proposed Rate Hike Seen as 'Gut Punch' and 'Fabricated Fantasy' 07/05/2016
By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Claimants attorneys in Florida were apoplectic Friday at news that two recent state Supreme Court rulings declaring parts of the workers’ compensation system unconstitutional would require a nearly 20% rate hike proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More
 
 
Payer Access to PDMPs Gradually Gaining Momentum 06/29/2016
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A study released this month suggesting that prescription drug monitoring programs have helped decrease the amount of opioids prescribed in workers’ comp claims may fuel efforts to expand access to the databases by third-party payers. The study, from the Workers’ Compensation R...Read More
 
 
Pinnacol Surplus Grows 10.3% to $935.3 Million 06/29/2016
State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other
Colorado’s state chartered workers’ compensation carrier Pinnacol Assurance ended 2015 with a policyholder surplus of $935.3 million, according to its latest annual report released Tuesday. The carrier grew its surplus by 10.3% from $848 million at the end of 2014 as its net u...Read More
 
 

Presentation: Audit Of WC Agency Focuses on Claim Management Issues 06/28/2016
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Washington state Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee's June meeting covered the audits of two agencies affiliated with the state's workers' compensation system: the Department of Labor & Industries and the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. ...Read More
 
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