Workers' Compensation News
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Rules Would Undo Changes to Union Hiring Hall Wage Calculations | 11/17/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division is proposing to formally do away with a rule change that took effect at the start of 2017 modifying how carriers should calculate wages when determining temporary disability benefits owed to people employed through a union hiring hall. ...Read More | |||
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Rising Medical Solutions Hires David Huth as VP of Product Development | 11/16/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| David Huth has joined Rising Medical Solutions as vice president of product design and development. ...Read More | |||
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Reserve Officers Get Comp Coverage Starting Jan. 1 | 11/14/2017 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau has created a new class code and rate for police reserve officers, effective Jan. 1, the agency said in Circular 2017-08. ...Read More | |||
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Reimbursement Rule Changes Proposed | 11/08/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is proposing changes to two rules: Ohio Administrative Code 4123-6-37.2, Outpatient Hospital Reimbursement Rule, and 4123-6-37.3, Ambulatory Surgical Center Rule. ...Read More | |||
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Restaurant Co-Owner Sentenced for Insurance and Immigration Fraud | 11/06/2017 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Middletown, New York co-owner of a chain of fried chicken takeout restaurants in Greater Boston has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax and insurance fraud, and for visa and immigration fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Rate Decrease Triggers Skepticism From Claimants' Attorneys | 11/02/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier late Tuesday ordered further reduction in a nearly double-digit rate decrease recommended by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, finding the rate-maker had built-in a profit factor that was 0.15% too high. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Lawmaker Proposing to Cover Officers Injured in Las Vegas Shooting | 11/01/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California state Assemblyman Tom Daly is proposing legislation to require workers’ compensation coverage for law enforcement officials who are injured while responding to out-of-state crimes, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau Defends Proposed Rate Increase | 10/31/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau is “aggressively” defending its filing proposing an emergency 6.06% rate increase because of the state Supreme Court’s recent Protz ruling. ...Read More | |||
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Researcher: Supportive Communication Especially Important for Older Injured Workers | 10/27/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Communicating with an injured worker in a supportive manner soon after the injury occurs is a key to successful return to work — especially if the worker is older, according to a prominent workers’ compensation researcher. ...Read More | |||
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Regulators Lower Health Safety Net Assessment | 10/26/2017 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Health Safety Net Fund uniform assessment for hospital outpatient workers’ compensation charges has been lowered from 0.80%, to 0.73%, effective Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
