Workers' Compensation News
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Three-Member Panel to Tackle Fee Schedules Next Month
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12/26/2013
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida Three-Member Panel will meet Jan. 21 to approve the 2014 Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual and an annual update to fees for ambulatory surgical centers.According to a notice in the Florida Administrative Register posted on Monday, the Health Care Provider Reimbursemen...Read More
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Travel Reimbursement Drops to 56 Cents per Mile
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12/24/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division decreased the personal mileage reimbursement rate to 56 cents per mile from 56.5 cents for all travel on or after Jan. 1, 2014.Insurers must reimburse injured workers for travel at the rate that was in effect at the time the injured worker ...Read More
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Two Added to Roster of Prehearing Judges
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12/24/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Barbara Henk and Patricia Clisham will begin serving as prehearing judges in workers' compensation cases for the Colorado Office of Administrative Courts, according to a blog post by a claimants’ attorney in Colorado Springs.Richard E. Falcone reported on his “...Read More
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TDI Repeals Outdated Rules
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12/20/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has repealed 28 Texas Administrative Code Sections 41.101 through 41.160. The regulations address insurance carrier mailing addresses and access to board records.State Commissioner of Workers' Compensation Rod Bordelon filed the repeal ...Read More
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Tower Group Shares Sink after Warning on Reserves
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12/19/2013
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Peter Mantius, Northern Bureau ChiefShares of Tower Group International Ltd. dove more than 30% on Wednesday, a day after management said that it would need to add $75 million to $105 million to reserves primarily for its workers' compensation, commercial liability and commer...Read More
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Tortilla Maker Cited for Safety and Health Violations
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12/18/2013
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State: GA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Norcross, Ga., tortilla maker Olé Mexican Foods for two repeat and 14 serious safety and health violations following an inspection last June.Inspectors have proposed fines totaling $150,040."This employer rec...Read More
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Towers Watson: Steady Growth in Commercial Lines Tapering Off
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12/10/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Commercial insurance prices increased by 5% in aggregate during the third quarter of 2013, according to Towers Watson's Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey, released Monday.The brokerage said the growth in commercial pricing measured in 11 consecutive quarters appears to be tap...Read More
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Treasurer Warns Data Breach Included Comp Beneficiaries
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12/09/2013
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Pennsylvania state Treasurer Rob McCord said last week a data breach at J.P. Morgan Chase involving the holders of prepaid debit cards for the payment of unemployment and workers' compensation benefits appears to have temporarily exposed the personal information of 26,000 cardholders in the stat...Read More
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Two Contractors Plead Guilty to Failing to Provide WC Insurance
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12/06/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two Monterey County contractors pleaded guilty this week to failing to obtain workers' compensation insurance and other charges, the county District Attorney's Office announced Thursday. Matthew Cunningham, 61, of Felton, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to provi...Read More
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Texas Mutual Names Woody Hill as VP of Loss Prevention
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12/06/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Woody Hill will be the carrier's vice president of loss-prevention services.Hill will oversee the insurer's strategic workplace safety services program, which delivers safety programs to the carrier's 57,000 policyholders. ...Read More
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