Workers' Compensation News
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Pizza Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Probation for Policy Lapses
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07/19/2016
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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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.
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Poor Performers to Be Monitored Under New Return-to-Work Audit Plan
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07/12/2016
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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.
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Proposed Rate Hike Seen as 'Gut Punch' and 'Fabricated Fantasy'
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07/05/2016
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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.
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Payer Access to PDMPs Gradually Gaining Momentum
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06/29/2016
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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
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Pinnacol Surplus Grows 10.3% to $935.3 Million
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06/29/2016
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other
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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
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Presentation: Audit Of WC Agency Focuses on Claim Management Issues
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06/28/2016
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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.
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