Workers' Compensation News
| Stakeholders Should Complete Drug Price Survey Online, Commission Says | 09/05/2019 | ||
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| The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission is reminding stakeholders to complete a prescription drug cost survey, available at the commission's website. Users must log in with their email addre...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Process for Rating Impairment | 09/04/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that an administrative law judge properly limited her discussion of controlling law for defining an “active” or “dormant” pre-existing condition when a worker’s condition did not fall into either category. ...Read More | |||
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Sept. 19 Hearings Scheduled to Discuss Assessments | 09/04/2019 | |
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| Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division will discuss proposed 2020 assessments during a Sept. 19 hearing in Salem. The division...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Limits Benefits in Pending Claims With Swinford Ruling | 08/30/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Thousands of injured workers who have pending claims will be limited to just four years of benefits instead of eight, thanks to a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling Thursday that reversed part of an appeals court decision. ...Read More | |||
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State Could Get Another Rate Decrease | 08/30/2019 | |
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| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a statewide average premium decrease of 5.4%, effective in January, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Denies Labor Law Protection to Fatally Injured Welder | 08/29/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided New York appellate court ruled that a welder who suffered fatal work injuries had not been hurt while engaged in activity covered by the state Labor Law. ...Read More | |||
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State Offers Two-Day Seminar on Adjuster Training | 08/29/2019 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation and the state Department of Labor will hold an insurance adjuster training seminar in November in Burlington, part of continuing education that adjusters need to be licensed in the state, the department ...Read More | |||
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Sparks Fly as IME Committee Winds Down Monthslong Review Process | 08/27/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After seven months of often-contentious meetings, an advisory committee appears to be far from its goal of ensuring fairness in New York's independent medical examiner process. ...Read More | |||
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System Users Seek More Clarity in Copy Fee Schedule | 08/26/2019 | |
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| By: Dara Barney (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation could improve its proposed copy service fee schedule rules by defining terms and providing more clarity, according to comments from system users. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund Declares $105 Million Dividend | 08/26/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State Compensation Insurance Fund announced a $105 million dividend for up to 75,000 businesses with policies in effect between January and Aug. 19. ...Read More | |||
