Workers' Compensation News
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Remote Patient Monitoring Finding Applications in Comp | 10/16/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Whether a patient monitoring system that uses an Apple Watch can improve outcomes and lower costs for patients undergoing a knee or hip replacement is the subject of a clinical trial launched Monday. ...Read More | |||
| Realm National Insurance Liquidation Winding Down | 10/16/2018 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The liquidation of Realm National Insurance Co. appears to be drawing to a close, according to an Oct. 5 order from the state Supreme Court in New York. Any creditors, claimants or others with an interest in Realm’s affairs has until Dec. 6 to notify the court, the ...Read More | |||
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Rule Would Implement Death Benefit Policy for First Responders | 10/12/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is proposing a regulation that will implement legislation that makes the surviving spouses of first responders eligible for death benefits for life after remarrying. ...Read More | |||
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Retail Worker Failed to Link Back Injury to Job | 10/10/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that a retail worker failed to carry her burden of proving that her back complaints had been caused by work activities. ...Read More | |||
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Revised Fee Schedules Leave Providers Asking for More | 10/08/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Despite hundreds of public comments, including 262 postcards from a single law firm, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board has made only relatively minor changes to its medical fee schedules, leaving some chiropractors, psychologists, physicians and worker advocates asking for a few...Read More | |||
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Rand Report Says Benefit Levels, Complexity Undermine Comp in U.S. | 10/04/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A new report from Rand Corp. finds that benefit reductions, system complexity and a lack of access to quality health care are defeating the purpose of workers’ compensation systems across the country. ...Read More | |||
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Regulators Showing Bite in Dealing With Wayward TPAs | 10/04/2018 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Substantial fines and penalties levied in the past year in Texas and Florida show that some regulators are keeping a close eye on third party administrators. And when the behavior warrants, they are hitting TPAs, and those who use them, with hefty fines and penalties. ...Read More | |||
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Rail Car Company Fined $265K for Same Hazards That Killed 2 in 2012 | 10/01/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A complaint to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration resulted in $265,147 in proposed penalties against a Texas rail car repair, refurbishment and maintenance company. ...Read More | |||
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Regulatory Committee Meets Wednesday on HB 2 Requirements | 09/28/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An advisory committee devising ways to implement a drug formulary and other changes required by Kentucky's workers' compensation reform law will meet Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
| Retro Program Benefits Increasing Oct. 1 | 09/26/2018 | ||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division issued a bulletin regarding the annual increase in retroactive program benefits going into effect Oct. 1. The director reviewed changes to the state’s average weekly wage, which decreased in 2017 and increased in 2018, and determined t...Read More | |||
