Workers' Compensation News
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Regulators Want to End Classification Relativities
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01/08/2019
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Texas is the only state left that still allows insurance carriers to use state-devised classification relativities to determine workers’ compensation rates.
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RTGR Names Karen Course Partner
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01/04/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Workers’ compensation defense firm Richard, Thorson, Graves & Royer, also known as RTGR Law, announced that Karen Course is now a partner with the firm.
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Report: Strippers Don't Like Employee Classification
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01/03/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The San Francisco Examiner reports that strippers are not happy, and being classified as employees — as appears to be required under a 2018 decision from the California Supreme Court — could be part of the problem....Read More
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Regulators End Prohibition on Self-Referrals, Raise Mileage and Med Fees
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01/03/2019
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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While Medicare forbids physicians from referring patients to hospitals in which they own a stake, Nebraska’s workers’ compensation regulators have gone in a different direction and lifted a long-standing prohibition against the practice.
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Reverse Offset, Opt-Out Predicted to Be Hot Topics in New Year
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01/02/2019
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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As the Social Security system moves closer to insolvency, some are predicting that the federal government may take aim this year at the workers’ compensation “reverse offset” provision found in 15 states.
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Researchers Find Shift Away From Surgery for Low-Back Disk Conditions
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12/31/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Treatment of injured workers who have low-back disk disorders is shifting away from surgery in many states, a trend that may be due to workers’ comp reforms, claims management and patient education, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
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Report: IME Reform Possible Issue for 2019
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12/31/2018
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State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Reforming the independent medical examiner process used in Hawaii's workers' compensation system could once again be an issue in the 2019 legislative session, according to a report by H...Read More
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