Workers' Compensation News
Provider Can't Challenge Carrier's Use of Billing Code to Deny Coverage | 01/10/2024 | ||
State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a medical care provider lacked legal standing to challenge an insurance carrier’s use of a billing code to deny coverage to patients as violating the workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
Proposal Returns to Shorten Deadline for Medical Fee Disputes | 01/10/2024 | ||
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New Jersey state senator is making another run at reducing the statute of limitations to two years in workers’ compensation medical fee disputes. ...Read More | |||
PEO Coverage Bill Back Before Lawmakers | 01/09/2024 | ||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A Florida state senator is taking another run at legislation that would require employee leasing companies to provide comp coverage for all of a client’s workers if the client company does not have coverage itself. ...Read More | |||
Public Employers' Rates Drop 3.9% | 01/05/2024 | ||
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that public employer rates decreased by an average of 3.9% at the start of the year. ...Read More | |||
PCRB to Launch Data Platform | 12/20/2023 | ||
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau on Monday announced a partnership with Cloverleaf Analytics to create a new data platform. The b...Read More | |||
Privette Doctrine Shields Company From Liability to Subcontractor's Injured Employee | 12/15/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A California appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to the general contractor for a construction project, finding that the Privette doctrine shielded it from liability to a subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
Permanent Wildfire Smoke Rules Take Effect Jan. 15 | 12/15/2023 | ||
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced that it has filed permanent wildfire smoke rules, which will take effect Jan. 15. ...Read More | |||
Pain Management Doc Charged With Billing Fraud | 12/12/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced fraud charges against a Northern California pain management doctor that the Department of Industrial Relations alleges was the second-most-frequent lien filer in 2022. ...Read More | |||
Property Owner Not Liable to Worker Hired by Nephew for Home Renovations | 12/05/2023 | ||
State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that a property owner could not be held liable for injuries sustained by a worker who was hired by her nephew to perform renovations on her home. ...Read More | |||
Privette Doctrine Bars Parents' Civil Suit for Worker's Fatal Fall Through Roof | 11/27/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A California appellate court ruled that the parents of a worker who fell to his death during a roofing project were barred by the Privette doctrine from pursuing a tort recovery from the property owner. ...Read More | |||