Workers' Compensation News
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Repeated Violations, New Hazards Spur $85K in Penalties
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09/23/2015
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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In a repeat of safety violations found three years ago, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $85,140 in penalties against a New York City manufacturer.
OSHA said it cited Juniper Elbow Co. in Queens for four repeat and 11 serious violations of workplace safe...Read More
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Rauner Appoints Claims Attorney as Arbitrator
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09/21/2015
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has appointed a Lincoln claims manager as an arbitrator on the Workers' Compensation Commission.
Christina Hemenway has been an attorney specializing in workers' comp for 20 years, the governor's office said in a press release. She now works for Coun...Read More
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Railway Worker Waited too Long to ReFile FELA Claim
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09/18/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a railway worker forfeited his Federal Employers' Liability Act claim by nonsuiting his original claim and then waiting more than three years after his alleged date of injury to refile.
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Reimbursement Spat Belongs at DIA
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09/16/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that a reimbursement dispute between a defunct insurance carrier and the Workers' Compensation Trust Fund needed to be resolved by the Department of Industrial Accidents, not a Superior Court judge.
Case: Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Workers&...Read More
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Rule Changes Convert to ICD-10, Bump Medical Fees by 0.6%
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09/15/2015
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
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The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has adopted permanent rules to update independent medical examination fees and facilitate conversion of medical bills in the workers' compensation system to the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases.
The rules chang...Read More
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Report: Private Employers' WC Costs Lowest in 29 Years
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09/11/2015
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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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Workers' compensation costs for private-sector employers as a percentage of total payroll dropped every year from 2005 to 2014 to the lowest figure since 1986, according to a new Workers' Compensation Resources research report.
Comp costs represented 1.77% of total payroll for U.S...Read More
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Report Questions TMIC Funding Fraud Prosecution
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09/10/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Levying assessments on insurance companies to fund fraud prosecutions is not unique to Texas, but a long-standing contract uncovered by the Texas Tribune and the Austin American-Statesman reveals a unique deal through which the state's largest workers' compensation carrier is contracting ...Read More
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Revised Benefit Notice Rules Approved
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09/04/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced new benefit notice regulations will go into effect Jan. 1.
Regulations the Office of Administrative Law approved Aug. 22 eliminate the requirement to provide fact sheets as attachments to benefit notices mailed to injured work...Read More
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