Workers' Compensation News
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Refusal to Attend IME Didn't Warrant Suspension of Benefits
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08/17/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Montana Workers' Compensation Court ruled that an insurance carrier could not terminate a worker's benefits based on her refusal to attend an independent medical examination if she wasn't going to be allowed to videotape it.
Case: New Hampshire Insurance Co. v. Matejovsky,...Read More
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Reduced Pure Premiums Not Yet Translating to Lower Charged Rates
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08/05/2015
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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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Workers' compensation carriers in California have lowered their pure premium rates by an average of nearly 5% since the insurance commissioner approved a 10.2% mid-year rate reduction.
But what carriers actually charge policyholders is a different matter.
Right now, insurance ...Read More
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Rule Would Set Standard for Suspending Lifetime Benefits
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08/05/2015
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A rule proposed by the Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation would allow employers and carriers to suspend lifetime income benefits to claimants who work six months in a job that pays at least 105% of the state's average weekly wage.
A provision of Senate Bill 1, passed by th...Read More
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Revised Fee Schedule Increases Provider Payments
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08/04/2015
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical
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Arizona's Industrial Commission adopted a revised Physician Fee Schedule that will increase reimbursements by an average of 4.54% beginning in October, according to a WorkCompCentral analysis.
The commission said the National Council on Compensation Insurance estimates the change...Read More
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Retired WC Lawyer Defends embattled State Senator
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08/04/2015
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A freshman New York state senator accused of a conflict of interest for lobbying the State Workers’ Compensation Board to drop plans to change its fee schedule is being defended by a retired colleague.
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Rehearing Causes Supreme Court Split
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08/04/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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One member of the Georgia Supreme Court has had second thoughts about whether an employer's alleged responsibility for causing a worker's on-the-job car accident can be factored into the apportionment of fault for the worker's tort claim against the other driver involved in the c...Read More
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Regional Carrier Luba Expands to 4th State
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08/03/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Luba Workers' Comp, a regional insurance carrier, has begun writing policies in Texas.
The expansion makes Texas the fourth state Luba writes workers' compensation insurance in after Mississippi, Arkansas and its home state of Louisiana, according to a Thursday press release. Tren...Read More
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Restaurant Risk Pool Pays 25% Dividend
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07/28/2015
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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United Restaurants of New York Workers' Compensation Safety Group No. 556, a risk and premium pool, has paid a 25% dividend to 1,017 members who held policies between Sept. 30, 2013, and Sept. 30, 2014.
Adding the dividend to discounts on assessments paid to the group's insur...Read More
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