Workers' Compensation News
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Purdue to Hold Grain-Handling Safety Workshops | 06/13/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Purdue University has scheduled three workplace safety workshops for farmers, particularly those with grain-handling facilities, the Purdue Exponent university newspaper reported. ...Read More | |||
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Pensacola Chamber Slams Proposed Workers' Compensation Rate Hike | 06/08/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Greater Pensacola Chamber vowed Tuesday to fight a proposed 17.1% rate increase for workers’ compensation in Florida. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Opioid Tax Could Be Big Hit to Comp Payers | 06/06/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Six U.S. senators have introduced legislation that would tax prescription opioid drugs to provide funding for substance abuse treatment, a move that would create substantial additional cost in workers’ compensation, where opioids are the most highly used class of medication. ...Read More | |||
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Protesters Rally for Farmworker Rights, Urge Workers' Compensation Benefits | 06/03/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Hundreds marched in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday to protest what they termed the shameful treatment of Hispanic farmworkers and urged legislators to adopt workplace protections for them. ...Read More | |||
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Prosecutor Files New Complaint Against Ahmed and Landmark Medical Management | 06/01/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Orange County District Attorney has refiled charges against Kareem Ahmed, president and chief executive officer of Landmark Medical Management, in a case alleging more than $100 million in workers’ compensation fraud and a baby’s wrongful death. ...Read More | |||
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Paterson Has Success in Reducing Workers' Compensation Claims | 05/31/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The city of Patterson continues whittling away at its workers’ compensation claims costs, as a new report pegged the value of currently open claims at $14.5 million, ...Read More | |||
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Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison and Ordered to Pay $6.8 Million | 05/27/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a doctor to 25 years in prison for running a pill mill responsible for the deaths of three patients. Dr. Edward...Read More | |||
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Plumbing Co. Doused With Citations After Car Kills a Worker | 05/27/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Philadelphia employer of a plumber who was killed after being hit by a passing car while repairing an underground leak has been hit with numerous safety citations and faces proposed fines of nearly $43,000. ...Read More | |||
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Pending Litigation and Legislation May Boost Benefits for First Responders | 05/26/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill moving through the California Legislature, and a case pending review by an appellate court, both hold promise of increased compensation to injured first responders in the state. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Joins Battle Over Single-Payer Initiative | 05/25/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado's state-chartered carrier, has entered the debate over a ballot initiative that would create a single-payer health care system in the state, saying the proposal would demolish an otherwise stable workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
