Workers' Compensation News
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PTSD Bill for First Responders Gains New Momentum After Parkland Shooting
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03/05/2018
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By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A long-gestating proposal to grant Florida first responders access to workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder has gained new momentum in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland last month.
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Pair of Rate Filings Increasing Loss Costs by 2.3%
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03/02/2018
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Nevada Insurance Commissioner Barbara D. Richardson announced Thursday that she approved two rate filings by the National Council on Compensation Insurance with the combined impact of increasing loss costs in the voluntary market by 2.3%, and in the assigned risk market by 4.9%.
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Pharmacy Joins Amended Lawsuit Challenging Lien Stay
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02/27/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Southern California compounding pharmacy whose liens were frozen after a former director was charged with fraud joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 2016 law staying all liens filed by or on behalf of criminally charged providers.
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ProAssurance Net Income Drops 68% in Q4
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02/23/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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ProAssurance Corp.’s net income fell by 68% in the fourth quarter, to $17.3 million, despite positive results in the company’s workers’ comp segment.
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Proposed Rules Refine Process for DWC Admin Penalties
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02/22/2018
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation Wednesday proposed informal draft rules that would fine-tune its process for imposing penalties, as directed by legislation passed last year.
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Providers Oppose Bill to Impose Fee Schedule
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02/21/2018
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Medical providers on Tuesday urged the Senate Small Business and Industry Committee to reject a bill that would mandate adoption of a workers’ compensation fee schedule.
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Prosecutors Say Pill Mill Doctor Killed Two Patients
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02/21/2018
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Ohio prosecutors on Friday unveiled a 272-count indictment against a physician who is accused of running a pill mill out of his office in Jackson Township that overprescribed medications to the point that two patients died of overdoses.
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