Workers' Compensation News
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Share of MDs Certified as Designated Docs Drops Sharply
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10/08/2018
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The share of designated doctors who are medical doctors plummeted after the Texas Legislature adopted tighter training and certification rules in 2011, while the share who are chiropractors nearly doubled, according to ...Read More
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State Bucks National Trend of Declining Frequency
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10/01/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A new report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance underscores a trend that has been developing for the last decade: The number of claims and workplace injuries continues to drop across the country.
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State Gets $2.1 Million for RTW Pilot Program
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10/01/2018
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The federal government has awarded a $2.1 million grant to the Connecticut Department of Labor, part of a program designed to return injured workers back to the job sooner.
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Split Supreme Court Accepts Impossibility Defense to VSSR Claims
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10/01/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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In a case of first impression, a divided Ohio Supreme Court last week ruled that an employer can defend itself from liability for an enhanced award of benefits based on a violation of a specific safety requirement if it would have been impossible to comply.
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Study Shows How Dispensing Reforms Helped in Some States, but Not Others
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09/28/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Legislation passed in 2014 designed to curb physician-dispensed medications has had a significant effect on cost, but perhaps not as much as lawmakers had hoped, thanks to new pharmacies that sprang up to fill expensive compound-drug prescriptions.
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Supreme Court Clarifies Law on Voluntary Abandonment
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09/28/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker who quit his job before recovering from a compensable injury lost his entitlement to temporary total disability benefits.
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