Workers' Compensation News
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Proposed Rule Changes Won't Require Public Hearing
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02/17/2017
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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No public hearing will be held on rules proposed by the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation on record maintenance and production requirements for employers, and on the Penalty Calculation Worksheet.
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Presumption Expansion Gains Traction Out West
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02/14/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Bills that would create or expand presumptions that cancer and other conditions are occupational diseases for firefighters have found a receptive ear among lawmakers in several western states.
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Party That Doesn't Qualify as Employer Can't Be Subject to Penalties
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02/14/2017
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Commonwealth Court of Appeals ruled that a defendant who secured a decision from the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board overturning a finding of liability for comp benefits could not be subject to penalties for having failed to pay the award of benefits while the appeal was pending.
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Proposal to Eliminate Appeals Commission Clears First Hurdle
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02/13/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Alaska lawmakers on Friday took a step toward ending what regulators describe as a failed experiment to use an administrative review process to keep workers’ compensation cases out of court, when a committee in the House of Representatives passed a bill to eliminate the Workers’ Compe...Read More
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Prosecution Rests in Pill Mill Case
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02/08/2017
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State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The prosecution has rested in the case of two Alabama doctors accused of running a pill mill and dispensing drugs at grossly inflated prices to workers' compensation claimants.
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