Workers' Compensation News
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SIME Selection Panel Meeting in June, July
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05/28/2021
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State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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The panel that selects physicians for the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board’s list of second independent medical examiners announced a schedule for summer meetings.
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Senate Passes Portland Firefighter Presumption Bill
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05/26/2021
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oregon Senate passed a bill that would give firefighters in Portland the same presumption that certain diseases are occupational in nature that other firefighters in the state have enjoyed since the 1960s.
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Study: Majority of Doctors Support Medical Pot for Pain
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05/25/2021
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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Seventy-three percent of doctors surveyed in the U.S. believe in the use of cannabis as a medicine to treat pain, according to recent data published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.
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State Fund Begins Construction of Solar Energy Program
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05/20/2021
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that construction has started on an extensive sustainability and solar energy program that includes solar, electric vehicle charging stations and energy storage at seven locations throughout California.
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Seasonal Worker Charged With Double Dipping
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05/19/2021
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Prosecutors in Northern California filed two felony charges against a seasonal worker who was allegedly observed working on the same day as a deposition during which she denied having outside employment while receiving temporary disability benefits.
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Stakeholders Split on Utility of Longer QME Report-Writing Course, In-Person Lectures
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05/18/2021
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By: Mark Powell (Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Some California comp stakeholders and industry watchers say proposed rules that would lengthen report-writing courses and eliminate some remote-learning options for qualified medical evaluators might not lead to more quality reports, according to comments submitted to the Division of Workers&rsqu...Read More
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Safety Organization Calls on CDC, OSHA to Clarify Mask Policy
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05/18/2021
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An occupational safety and health organization is calling on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to clarify whether employers should maintain mask-wearing for employees in light of the federal government’s recent rollback on mask requir...Read More
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