Workers' Compensation News
| Study: Outpatient Costs Higher Where Comp Fee Regulations Limited | 05/07/2021 | ||
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| States with percent-of-charge-based fee regulations or no fee schedules for hospital outpatient care had exponentially higher costs nationwide, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill That Would Allow Workers to Select Treating Providers | 05/05/2021 | |
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| The Colorado Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow injured workers to select any doctor certified to treat in the state’s workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Staffing Agency's Worker Qualifies as Client's Employee | 05/04/2021 | |
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| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a worker hired by a staffing agency and assigned to a client qualified as an employee of the client company under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Extends COVID Emergency Orders | 04/30/2021 | |
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| The Supreme Court of Alabama issued an order extending until July 29 an administrative order suspending in-person proceedings for workers’ compensation cases. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Reappointment of Commissioners | 04/30/2021 | |
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| Aisha Taylor The South Carolina Workers&rsquo...Read More | |||
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Supporters of Statewide Network Proposal Hope Study Plan Doesn't Stop Push for Improvements | 04/29/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
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| California workers’ comp carriers and employer groups are breathing a sigh of relief after a legislative proposal to create a statewide medical provider network was shelved for a study, while some providers and injured worker advocates expressed concern that the recent amendments could dela...Read More | |||
| Senate Passes Firefighter Cancer Bill | 04/29/2021 | ||
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| The Missouri state Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would create a voluntary benefits pool for firefighters who develop cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Statewide MPN Proposal Amended to Request Study | 04/28/2021 | |
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| Legislation that originally proposed creating a statewide medical provider network to treat injured workers in California was recently amended to instead request a study of delays and access-to-care issues in MPNs. ...Read More | |||
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SCOTUS Won't Review Decision Allowing State to Set Air Ambulance Rates | 04/28/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
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| The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition from an air ambulance company that challenged a decision from the Texas Supreme Court holding that federal law does not preempt the state's comp system from regulating prices for transporting injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Extent of Statutory Employer Protections | 04/28/2021 | |
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| In a case of first impression, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that delivery services ancillary to a contract for the sale of goods do not create a statutory employer relationship between the customer and the service provider’s employee. ...Read More | |||
