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Regulators Go High-Tech in Fight Against Fraud 02/15/2018
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
California regulators are mining data from the Division of Workers' Compensation claim reporting, electronic document filing, and independent bill and medical review systems to ferret out fraud. ...Read More
 
 
Ruby Tate Named Claims Manager for ICA 02/15/2018
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that Ruby Tate started working as claims manager of its Claims Division. Tate was the manager of the Special Fund for Insolvent Carriers until she took her new position on Monday. The commission said she brings 16 years of experience handling...Read More
 
 

Retirement Date Won't Change if Injured Workers Receive Supplemental Benefit 02/14/2018
By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Massachusetts high court resolved a “civil war” between the state’s pension system and a board that helps administer it last week, holding that injured public employees may collect retirement benefits beginning at the usual starting date regardless of whether they were rece...Read More
 
 

Rauner Primary Challenger Vows Work Comp Reform 02/14/2018
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
State Rep. Jeanne Ives, who is challenging fellow Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in the gubernatorial primary March 20, vowed during a campaign stop in Decatur on Monday to reform workers’ compensation and lower costs for employers. ...Read More
 
 
Rusin & Maciorowski Promotes 2 Attorneys To Partner 02/09/2018
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Illinois law firm of Rusin & Maciorowski, which represents employers and carriers, has promoted workers' comp attorneys Jeffrey Rusin and Patrick Jesse to partner. Rusin joined Rusin & Maciorowski as an attorney in 2010, but he had been helping out at the firm si...Read More
 
 
Revisions Proposed to Domestic Worker Classifications 02/09/2018
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The National Council on Compensation Insurance has proposed revisions to the classification of domestic workers in its basic manual. NCCI is proposing that the revisions apply to new and renewal workers’ compensation policies effective on and after July 1, 2019. NCCI filed &...Read More
 
 

Risk Manager Suspended as Medical Payments Skyrocket 02/08/2018
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Paterson’s insurance risk manager has been placed on unpaid suspension after the city’s medical payments in workers’ compensation cases jumped by millions of dollars. ...Read More
 
 

Rebuttal of Fire Allegation Didn't Defeat Claim for Head Injury 02/07/2018
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s inability to prove he had suffered a head injury after being startled by a flash fire did not defeat his entitlement to benefits for the injury.   ...Read More
 
 

Report Urges New Governor to Reform Workers' Compensation 02/02/2018
By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A report submitted by an advisory panel to incoming New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recommends legislative changes to improve efficiencies of the state workers' compensation system and decrease delays in resolving cases. ...Read More
 
 

Ratto Law Firm Hires Applicants' Attorney Richard Petrow 01/30/2018
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Northern California applicants' attorneys at Ratto Law Firm have added another lawyer to their ranks with the hiring of Richard Petrow, the firm announced Monday.  ...Read More
 
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