Workers' Compensation News
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Report Shows M.D., Orthopaedic Surgeon Top Medical Spend
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07/18/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An analysis of 80,000 injured worker medical bills showed that the highest costs during the first week of injury were in the M.D. and orthopedic surgeon categories. According to Acrometis, which conducted the analysis, the two categories also yielded the lowest percentage of savings. ...Read More
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Report Says Leagues Facing Up to $2.6B in CT Claims
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07/17/2013
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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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Cumulative trauma claims filed in California by athletes who have played in the past 30 years could cost teams in four of the five major sports leagues as much as $2.6 billion, according to an analysis by international accounting firm Milliman Inc.The report prepared for the National Bas...Read More
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Regions Opens First South Carolina Office, Hires Manager
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07/16/2013
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State: SC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Regions Insurance has opened a new office in Columbia, S.C., and hired Frank Norris to lead the operation.Norris joins Regions from Frank B. Norris and Co., a Columbia-based insurance and risk-management brokerage he founded in 1984. The agency specializes in residential home builders an...Read More
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Revised WCAB Rules Prohibit Interpreter Petitions for Costs
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07/10/2013
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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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The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Tuesday posted for public comments revisions to its proposed Rules of Practice and Procedure that would, among other things, eliminate language that employers say would have eroded potential savings from Senate Bill 863 by allowing interpreters to fil...Read More
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Rating Bureau Announces Assessment Rates
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07/03/2013
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State: MA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Workers' Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts has posted assessments levied by the state Department of Industrial Accidents to support the state Workers' Compensation Trust Fund beginning on July 1.DIA Director Philip Hillman said private carriers will b...Read More
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Random Inspections Reveal 96% of Contractors Are Licensed
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07/02/2013
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State: ND | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A series of random inspections of construction sites revealed that the vast majority of contractors are complying with state licensing and reporting laws, North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced.Stenehjem's contractor compliance task force inspected 28 job sites invol...Read More
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Rollback of 2012 Reforms Passes Senate En Route to LePage
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07/01/2013
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State: ME | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Maine Senate on Thursday cast a final vote to pass legislation that will roll back a key portion of a workers' compensation reform package adopted in 2012 and will change the job-search requirements for workers on partial disability.The Senate voted 19-16 on Thursday to pass Legi...Read More
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Reinsurance Broker Guy Carpenter Starts Mutual Insurance Practice
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06/25/2013
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Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has launched a new specialty practice to focus exclusively on mutual insurance companies.The new mutual company specialty practice will consist of a team of professionals dedicated to helping mutual company clients protect their capital and grow profitabl...Read More
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RBRVS Regs Would Increase Provider Pay 19.6%
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06/24/2013
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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 ChiefThe proposed conversion of California's physician fee schedule to Medicare's Resource-Based Relative Value Scale will increase physician fees by more than $200 million in the nex...Read More
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Report: Retailers Experiencing More Musculoskeletal Claims
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06/19/2013
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State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterThe rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders decreased 39% among Ohio wholesalers and retailers from 2005 through 2009, but furniture stores, alcohol wholesalers, grocers, miners and auto p...Read More
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