Workers' Compensation News
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RBRVS Costs a Sore Spot with Employers and Carriers
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08/21/2013
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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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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefEmployers and carriers are asking the California Division of Workers’ Compensation to revise its plans to implement a Resource Based Relative Value Scale to ensure aggregate paymen...Read More
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Roofing Company Worker Charged with Comp Fraud
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08/20/2013
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Investigators for the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud on July 30 arrested a Jacksonville, Fla., roofing company worker on charges that he used a California woman's Social Security number to file a false workers' compensation claim.Sunz Insurance Co., a workers' compensati...Read More
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Report Highlights Improvement in Comp Costs, Claim Frequency
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08/19/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Employers are paying less for workers’ compensation insurance than they did two years ago, thanks to reform legislation passed in 2011 and efforts to improve workplace safety, which led to a reduction in claims last year, the Montana Department of Labor said in its annual workers’ compen...Read More
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Repackaged Drug Deal Struck in Legislative Hallway
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08/15/2013
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The deal that ended a four-year standoff over the price of repackaged drugs in the Florida workers' compensation system came down to a hallway conversation between state Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, and Brian Ballard, the chief lobbyist for South Florida-based Automated Healthcare Solutions....Read More
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Report Shows Medical Costs Higher than National Average
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08/14/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Medical payments accounted for a larger percentage of benefits paid in Arizona as compared to the national average during each of the past 10 years, the National Council on Compensation Insurance reports.NCCI’s “Medical Data Report for the State of Arizona” shows the di...Read More
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Race Track Owner Charged with Comp Fraud
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08/13/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The owner of an Owega, N.Y., motorcycle race track was charged last week with workers' compensation fraud, failing to carry coverage and 26 felony counts of offering a false instrument for filing, the Elmira Star-Gazette reported.The Tioga County, N.Y., Sheriff's Office, in coope...Read More
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Risk Conference to Explore SB 863, Latest Market Trends
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08/12/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Workers’ Compensation and Risk Conference from Oct. 2 to Oct. 4 will feature state regulators and system observers discussing what is and isn’t working with SB 863, as well as insurance industry experts talking about the latest trends in work comp.Christine Bak...Read More
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Roofer Charged with Producing False Insurance Certificate
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08/01/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A law enforcement task force set up to protect residents of the New Jersey coast from crooked contractors seeking repair work after last year's hurricane has charged a roofer with presenting a fraudulent insurance certificate after authorities had revoked his registration.Shane Wood,...Read More
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Roofers Charged with Failing to Report Payroll
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07/31/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The owners of a Wood County, Ohio, roofing business were found guilty on July 15 for failing to report payroll to the Bureau of Workers' Compensation in order to avoid workers' comp premiums, the bureau said.Frederick Diebert and Michelle Scaggs face possible prison terms of one ...Read More
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RBRVS Costs $89 Million Less in Latest Analysis
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07/25/2013
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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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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefCalifornia's conversion of its Official Medical Fee Schedule to Medicare's Resource-Based Relative Value Scale just got $89 million cheaper. On paper, at least.Rand C...Read More
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