Workers' Compensation News
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Report: Certified Health Care Network Costs Decline again
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10/02/2013
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterCertified workers' compensation health care networks still cost slightly more than their non-network counterparts, but the network providers are proving to be more successful at getting injur...Read More
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Rail Car Interior Manufacturer Fined $170,100 for OSHA Violations
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10/02/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a rail car interior manufacturer $170,100 for 24 safety and health violations at its manufacturing plant in Champlain, N.Y.OSHA said in a news release it began an inspection of a plant run by Testori Interiors in March foll...Read More
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Retired Federal Worker to Pay $83K Restitution after Fraud Conviction
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10/01/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A 76-year-old retired federal employee from Havre, Mt., will pay $83,701 in restitution and a $3,000 fine for mail fraud after he was caught running a shooting supply business while collecting workers' compensation benefits, the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Montana said....Read More
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Rehabilitation Review Panel to Meet on Oct. 3
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09/30/2013
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State: MN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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The Rehabilitation Review Panel will elect a chairman and discuss the Department of Labor and Industry's new patient advocacy program on Thursday.The panel will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, in the Minnesota Room at the Department of Labor and Industry. The agency is loc...Read More
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Railway's Notice of Appeal from FELA Judgment Came too Late
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09/30/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A railway's failure to file a notice of appeal within 30 days of a trial judge's oral denial of its post-trial motions for relief from a jury's verdict was fatal to the Appellate Court's ability to review the verdict, the Appellate Court ruled.Case: W...Read More
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Retrial of FELA Claim Was Properly Limited to Question of Damages
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09/30/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a railway worker who got a new trial on his Federal Employers' Liability Act claim properly had his second trial limited only to the issue of damages since the insufficiency of the damage award from the first trial was what prompted the retrial....Read More
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Regulators Investigating Cuts to Implant Reimbursements
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09/25/2013
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State: SD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterThe South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation will try to verify carriers' claims that providers are overcharging for medical implants as it mulls a potential change to the state&...Read More
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Rochester Doctor Resigns SWCB Authorizations
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09/25/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Dr. Matthew Tomaino, of Rochester, N.Y., has resigned his authorizations from the New York State Workers' Compensation Board to treat injured workers and to perform independent medical examinations, effective Sept. 24.SWCB said in a regulatory notice on Tuesday that reports submitted...Read More
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Rating Course on AMA Guides Set for Nov. 16
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09/25/2013
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Tennessee Medical Impairment Rating Program, a unit of the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development, will hold a course on rating impairments using the American Medical Association Sixth Edition of the Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment on Nov. 16 in Knoxville, Tenn....Read More
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Reform Bill Opponents Ask High Court for Immediate Review
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09/20/2013
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State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterA suit challenging the constitutionality of the workers' compensation reform bill that created an administrative court system, slashed benefits and led to a 14.6% decrease in the state's ...Read More
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