Workers' Compensation News
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Reforms' Attorney Fee Language Could Encourage Settlements
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08/23/2013
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State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterThe massive reform bill passed by Oklahoma state lawmakers earlier this year made a small change in the law that could make it much easier for employers to settle workers' compensation claims...Read More
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Russell Stover Cited for 8 Safety Violations, $44K in Penalties
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08/23/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Russell Stover Candies for eight serious safety violations and $44,005 in penalties for exposing its workers to chemical hazards at one of the employer's manufacturing plants.The federal agency issued the citations against Russe...Read More
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Rand Paper Offers Possible Model for Supplemental Benefit Fund
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08/22/2013
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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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A working paper by Rand Corp. researchers posted online Wednesday by California's labor-management advisory board could serve as the foundation for the $120 million supplemental benefit fund created by Senate Bill 863.The research paper, commissioned by the California Commission on H...Read More
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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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