Workers' Compensation News
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Paradigm Announces Partnership With Shirley Ryan AbilityLab | 04/12/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Accountable care management firm Paradigm announced a partnership with rehabilitation hospital Shirley Ryan AbilityLab that the companies said seeks to improve outcomes for patients and clients. ...Read More | |||
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Portland Roofing Company Fined $104,000 for Safety Violations | 04/12/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined a Portland roofing and painting company $104,000 for six safety violations, including not protecting workers from fall hazards. ...Read More | |||
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Pharmacist Sentenced to 6 Months, $1.4M Forfeiture for Kickback Scheme | 03/31/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A pharmacist who pleaded guilty to a single conspiracy charge will serve six months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that a federal grand jury at one point alleged netted more than $211 million in payments on compound drugs. ...Read More | |||
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Poor Communication Between Providers, Claims Examiners Hurts Workers, Observers Say | 03/30/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 11 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s workers’ comp system is rife with mistrust and a lack of communication between medical providers and claims examiners, and it’s resulting in worse outcomes for injured workers, experts from both sides say. ...Read More | |||
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Preexisting Symptoms Can't Be Included in Combined Condition Claim | 03/29/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the symptoms of a worker’s preexisting shoulder condition could not be combined with the preexisting condition itself to give rise to a combined condition claim. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Paying Out $50M in Dividends | 03/23/2021 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation carrier Pinnacol Assurance says it will pay out $50 million in dividends to customers, beginning this week. The carrier ...Read More | |||
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Privette Doctrine Shields Homeowners From Liability to Contractor's Injured Employee | 03/12/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that property owners who had hired a contractor to work on their home were shielded from liability to the contractor’s injured employee, pursuant to the Privette doctrine. ...Read More | |||
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Panel Upholds Worker's PTD Award, Orders Reimbursement Between Carriers | 03/03/2021 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee's Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that the insurance carrier providing coverage for an employer at the time of a worker’s second injury was liable for reimbursing the carrier that paid benefits for her first injury and ...Read More | |||
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Principles of Estoppel Don't Bar Widow From Seeking Benefits | 02/23/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court clarified the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s jurisdiction to rule on issues of estoppel and found that a widow was not barred from seeking benefits for the murder of her husband by a co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy | 02/10/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a compounding pharmacy in Los Angeles pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud and paying kickbacks, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Central California announced. ...Read More | |||
