Workers' Compensation News
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Puerto Rico Adds Presumption for Frontline Workers | 06/10/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Puerto Rico this month became the 15th U.S. jurisdiction to adopt some type of presumption for frontline workers who fall ill from COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Presumption Bills Fail, but Governor May Set Up Fund for Sickened Workers | 06/08/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three weeks after the Kansas attorney general shot down a state agency's attempt to provide a COVID-19 presumption for essential workers, Democratic lawmakers tried but failed to pass bills that would have codified a presumption. ...Read More | |||
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Physician Fee Schedule Shows Slight Bump for Surgery, but Other Fees Stay Flat | 06/03/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims has finalized its 2020 physician fee schedule, and it shows an increase for some but not all procedures. ...Read More | |||
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Part of Worker's Suit Can Proceed Over Accident | 05/29/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law action based on an accident that resulted in part of his finger being severed. ...Read More | |||
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Presumption Bills in Five States Have Seen Little Action | 05/29/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| COVID-19 presumption bills in five states have seen little movement in recent weeks, despite vocal support for the measures when they were introduced last month. ...Read More | |||
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Paramedic Fails to Prove Entitlement to Benefits | 05/26/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a paramedic for his alleged injuries from being attacked while attending to a patient. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Shouldn't Have Been Denied Benefits for Hearing Loss | 05/22/2020 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Court of Appeals ruled that a police officer should not have been denied benefits for his hearing loss because some of the loss pre-existed his employment. ...Read More | |||
| Public Comments Mostly Against New Telehealth Rules, But Stakeholders Offer Suggestions​ | 05/14/2020 | ||
| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The comments are in, and workers’ compensation stakeholders in California have given their reviews of newly proposed emergency telehealth regulations. ...Read More | |||
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PPD Awards Can Be Based on Functional Loss Prior to Implantation of Prosthesis | 05/11/2020 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a firefighter is entitled to an award of permanent partial disability benefits based on his functional loss from a work-related injury before the implantation of a prosthetic device. ...Read More | |||
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Politician's Use of TPA's Jet Doesn't Give Rise to Basis for Suit | 05/08/2020 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that an attorney failed to raise a cognizable legal claim that the governor underreported the fair market value of the private plane service she received from a workers’ compensation claims administration company. ...Read More | |||
