Workers' Compensation News
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State Fund Offers Credit Extension to Policyholders Affected by Wildfires | 08/23/2021 | |
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| State Compensation Insurance Fund on Friday announced a 30-day credit extension to policyholders affected by wildfires burning in Northern California. ...Read More | |||
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SCIF Net Earned Premiums Up 24.4% Through June | 08/23/2021 | |
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| Net premiums earned by California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund during the six-month period ending June 30 were 24.4% higher than they were for the same period in 2020, according to a report that will be presented at the carrier’s Aug. 25 board of directors meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies 'Rare Case' Exception to Opioid Treatment Rules | 08/20/2021 | |
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| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s medication for intractable pain was not compensable as a “rare case” exception to the state’s long-term opioid treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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Study: New Claims Approach, Analytics Will Help Some Companies Rebound From COVID-19 | 08/18/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Companies that install employee-focused claims models and use analytics to improve claims efficiency are more likely to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic than organizations that neglect those methods, according to a new study on workers’ compensation industry trends. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Orders Commission to Revisit Employer's Obligation to Pay for Meds | 08/13/2021 | |
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| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the Industrial Commission had to revisit its decision as to an employer’s responsibility to pay for an injured worker’s prescription medications. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Offers Advice on COVID-19 Workplace Safety | 08/13/2021 | |
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| Oregon’s SAIF Corp. offered advice on safety measures that can help protect workers from COVID-19, including following the governor’s reinstated mask mandate that goes into effect Friday. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund Sets Safety Conferences for September | 08/11/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana State Fund is hosting free safety workshops in person and virtually in September. The programs will cover best practices for identifying workp...Read More | |||
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Surge in Remote-Work Injuries Could Prompt New Interpretations on Compensability, Attorneys Say | 08/10/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As many employees continue to work from home amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, some workers’ comp experts are predicting a rise in work-from-home injuries, which could force courts in some Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to more narrowly define when remote-work accidents are compensable....Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Duty Owed by IME Providers to Claimants | 08/06/2021 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a physician performing an independent medical examination for a workers’ compensation claimant owes no duty of care to prevent his opinions from being used to allegedly delay the proceedings. ...Read More | |||
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Study: Opioid Tapering Linked to Overdoses, Psych Issues in Long-Term, High-Dose Users | 08/05/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tapering some users off opioids can lead to an increased risk in overdoses and mental health issues such as suicidal thinking, according to a University of California, Davis, ...Read More | |||
