Workers' Compensation News
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Provider Can't Seek Payment From Employer for Bill Partially Paid by Medicaid | 04/06/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a treatment provider could not obtain payment from an employer for services billed to Medicaid after accepting payment from the federal program. ...Read More | |||
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Postal Worker Pleads to Federal WC Fraud | 04/06/2018 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former postal worker in Louisiana has pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal workers' compensation system of more than $16,800, the U.S. Attorney's office ...Read More | |||
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Plumbing Contractor Cited for Excavation Hazards Twice in 6 Months | 04/05/2018 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Nebraska plumbing contractor accused twice in six months of failing to protect workers from excavation hazards faces $38,061 in penalties by the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Interpreter Regulation Would Bring Clarity, Some Say | 04/04/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has rolled out a long-awaited fee schedule regulation for interpretive services, which emphasizes the use of certified interpreters and eliminates calculations of charges based on “market rate.” ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Interpreter Rules Set Max Full-Day Fee at $448 for Single Hearing | 04/03/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An interpreter fee schedule proposed by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Monday would establish a uniform fee structure based on the federal court system, with higher rates for certified interpreters as opposed to those who are provisionally certified. ...Read More | |||
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Precariously Stacked Boxes Endangered Dollar Tree Workers, L&I Says | 04/03/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for alleged workplace safety violations including blocked emergency exits and boxes stacked dangerously high. ...Read More | |||
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Pilot Concerned About Inadequate Rest Breaks Must Be Reinstated, OSHA Says | 03/30/2018 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered an air ambulance company to reinstate a pilot who lost his job after complaining about what he believed were violations of Federal Aviation Administration regulations. ...Read More | |||
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Postal Worker Raced Motorcycles While on Benefits, Indictment Says | 03/23/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Ohio mail carrier fell on ice in 2011, injured his knee, and received almost $94,000 in workers' compensation benefits over the next two years. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol to Mail $50 Million in Dividend Checks | 03/22/2018 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Businesses in Colorado covered by the state-chartered Pinnacol Assurance should soon receive their share of the $50 million dividend that the carriers’ board of directors approved last year. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owner Held Personally Liable for Benefits to Laborer | 03/22/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld an award of benefits to a worker who was injured in a car accident while being driven to a private residence. ...Read More | |||
