Workers' Compensation News
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Psych Hospital Nurse Points to New Law as Reason for Rising Attacks on Staff
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12/09/2014
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Source: Associated Press
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Attacks on staff at a Minnesota psychiatric hospital have risen from 24 in 2013 to 40 in the first 11 months of 2014 following the enactment of a law that is transferring more patients from jail to mental health facilities.
Jackie Spanjers, a nurse and the union president at the Twin Citi...Read More
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Physician-Dispensing Reform Hopes Alive for next Legislative Session
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11/26/2014
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State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Members of Wisconsin’s Workers' Compensation Advisory Council will continue their push for physician-dispensing legislation this year after a bill containing proposals they supported failed to move out of the Assembly Labor Committee last session.
Among other reforms, Assem...Read More
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Pinnacol Announces CFO Promotion, New VP of Communication
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11/26/2014
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Pinnacol Assurance named Kathy Kranz as its new vice president and chief financial officer responsible for overseeing financial reporting, business planning and enterprise risks for Colorado's state-chartered workers' compensation carrier.
At the same time, the company announced t...Read More
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Panel Will Decide Tax-Break Fate of Fitchburg Resort
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11/26/2014
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Massachusetts unions have forced officials in Fitchburg to convene a panel to determine whether tax breaks should be canceled for the Great Wolf Lodge resort for workers' compensation coverage violations, the Sentinel and Enterprise reports.
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Providence Spent $108,000 on Private Investigators for Fraud Fighting
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11/26/2014
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State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Providence, Rhode Island, has spent $108,000 since 2011 to investigate city employees and retirees they suspect of defrauding taxpayers by way of workers’ compensation abuse and other “disciplinary matters,” according to a WPRI.com report.
In one case, the Providence Ret...Read More
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Pharmaceuticals, DME Fastest-Growing Component of Medical Costs
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11/24/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A 19.4% increase in costs for prescription drugs and durable medical equipment in 2012 drove an overall 2.3% increase in average medical benefit payments per indemnity claims, the California Workers' Compensation Institute reports.
Carriers paid an average of $16,375 in medical benefi...Read More
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