Workers' Compensation News
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Report: State Seeks $650M in Unpaid Taxes From Uber | 11/18/2019 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Department of Labor said Uber Technologies Inc. owes the state about $650 million in unemployment and disability insurance taxes due to the misclassification of drivers as independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Residual and Voluntary Market Net Premium Dropping, Reports Show | 11/13/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| After a sharp rise in the residual market nationwide after the great recession, the market is slowly stabilizing. Meanwhile, the net written prem...Read More | |||
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Report: Truckers Push Back on Proposed Accident Policy Limit | 11/12/2019 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Commercial truck drivers in Colorado argue that a proposed $5 million limit on medical expenses for occupational accident policies is too expensive and unrealistic, according to a report in ...Read More | |||
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Rate of Nonfatal Work Injuries Was Flat Last Year, BLS Reports | 11/08/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The rate of nonfatal workplace injuries in the U.S. held steady in 2018 at 2.8 per 100 workers, only the second time since 2003 that the injury frequency did not decrease, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday...Read More | |||
| Radius Bank, Ametros Announce Partnership | 11/04/2019 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Radius Bank and Ametros announced a partnership that will allow Ametros members to deposit non-medical settlement funds directly into a checking or savings account. Members can manage settlement money through a Radius Bank online banking platform or with a mobile app. The accounts will pa...Read More | |||
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Rising Names Rachel Fikes Chief Experience Officer | 11/01/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rachel Fikes has been promoted to chief experience officer at Rising Medical Solutions. ...Read More | |||
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Rulemaking Committee Posts Agenda for Fee Schedule Meeting | 11/01/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An advisory committee to Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division will discuss possible regulatory amendments to clarify payment processes for telemedicine, the timing of billing code updates, and other billing rules, during a Nov. 18 meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Report Shows Medical Disputes in State Comp Have Dropped Like a Rock | 10/23/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of medical disputes in Texas have dropped more than 60% in the last decade, coinciding with some big changes in state regulations, according to a new report from researchers at the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Roofer Arrested on Payroll Fraud Charges | 10/22/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that a roofer in Rancho Murieta was arrested on six felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud for allegedly underreporting his payroll. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Officers Assigned to Protest Suffer From Altitude Sickness | 10/21/2019 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Hawaii Government Employees Association has sent a letter to the state Department of Public Safety expressing concerns about altitude sickness among union members working at the Thirty Meter Telescope protests on Mauna Kea. ...Read More | |||
