Workers' Compensation News
| Proposed Rules Address Opioid Prescribing, Wage Calculation | 08/14/2018 | ||
| State: VT | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Vermont Department of Labor is proposing several rule amendments, including a requirement that medical providers who prescribe opioids to injured workers to comply with state protocols. The proposed change to 11.1400 and 12.1730 rule would require medical providers who ...Read More | |||
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Premium Level to Rise 1.2% | 08/13/2018 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Commerce has approved a 1.2% increase in the overall average pure premium level, effective Jan. 1, the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Insurers Association reporte...Read More | |||
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Premium Fraud Brings $11,700 Restitution Order to Co-Owner of Business | 08/10/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The co-owner of a Washington state housecleaning company will pay $11,700 in restitution after pleading guilty to third-degree theft of wages and attempted false reporting of workers’ compensation information, the state Department of Labor & Industries said Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Pie Insurance Eyes Expansion With New Funding Round | 08/10/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pie Insurance, which offers direct, online sales of workers’ comp policies to small businesses, has announced the completion of an $11 million funding round. ...Read More | |||
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ProAssurance Q2 Profit Boosted by Comp Results | 08/10/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| ProAssurance Corp. has reported net income for the second quarter of $28.4 million, up 46% from $19.5 million in the second quarter of last year. ...Read More | |||
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Plainview City Manager to Serve on Municipal Risk Pool Board | 08/08/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The city manager of Plainview, Texas, will serve on the board of the risk fund for municipalities, the city announced. ...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors Seek Court Guidance on Competency Test for Accused Attorney | 08/07/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal prosecutors are asking for a judge to resolve disputes over the questions that the government’s mental health expert can ask during an independent examination of a Southern California attorney accused of paying kickbacks to doctors who referred work comp patients to his medical comp...Read More | |||
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Pfizer Pushes for Lyrica Patent Extension | 08/07/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Those who have been anxiously awaiting expiration of the patent for brand-name drug Lyrica, one of the top-prescribed drugs in workers’ comp, may have to wait a bit longer: Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has reportedly received a six-month extension of its patent. ...Read More | |||
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Pure Premium Recommendation on Agenda for WCIRB Meeting | 08/03/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee of California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau could recommend a Jan. 1, 2019, advisory pure premium rate during a meeting Wednesday in Oakland. ...Read More | |||
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Paving Company Cited After Worker Run Over, Killed by Equipment | 08/03/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida paving company is facing proposed federal fines of $16,814 after a worker who allegedly wasn’t properly trained was pulled under a paver and killed. ...Read More | |||
