Workers' Compensation News
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Paradigm Announces Clinical Solutions Leadership Promotions | 11/11/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| California-based specialty care management firm Paradigm announced the promotions of Elizabeth Ulloa Lowry and Shannon Ford in the company’s Clinical Solutions group. ...Read More | |||
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Physician Gets Full Reimbursement for Cost of Implants Used in Preauthorized Surgeries | 11/10/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a physician was entitled to full reimbursement for the invoices he submitted to an insurance carrier for implants he had used on injured workers during their preauthorized surgical procedures. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Program Helps Injured Workers Heal Through Volunteering | 11/03/2022 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado workers’ compensation carrier Pinnacol Assurance launched a new return-to-work program with local nonprofits to give injured workers light-duty options that ease them back to work. ...Read More | |||
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Poultry Processor Held in Contempt for Ignoring OSHA Citation | 10/31/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court held a Pennsylvania poultry processor in contempt for failing to pay $162,359 in penalties for workplace safety violations following an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection. ...Read More | |||
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Physician Dispensing Rule Hearing Moved to Nov. 1 | 10/07/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that a hearing on proposed physician dispensing rules that was postponed because of Hurricane Ian is being rescheduled to Nov. 1 due to a conflicting industry conference. ...Read More | |||
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Prior Settlement Doesn't Bar Employer From Challenging Causation | 09/29/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that an employer was not collaterally estopped from challenging causation for a worker’s condition and that the worker failed to prove his condition was related to his job. ...Read More | |||
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Physician Dispensing Rule Hearing Reset for Oct. 19 | 09/29/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that physician dispensing workshops that were postponed due to Hurricane Ian are rescheduled for Oct. 19. ...Read More | |||
| Pie Insurance Raises $315 million | 09/23/2022 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pie Insurance, an insurtech specializing in workers’ compensation insurance for small businesses, said Wednesday it raised $315 million from investors to fund its growth and expansion into new lines of business. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Assurance Names Wes Parham VP of Public Affairs | 09/21/2022 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Colorado’s Pinnacol Assurance announced that Wes Parham is joining the carrier as vice president of public affairs. ...Read More | |||
| Plastering Company Executives Accused of Fraud | 09/19/2022 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced the owners and office administrator for a plastering company were charged with a $5.8 million fraud scheme that was allegedly exposed after a workplace accident. ...Read More | |||
