Workers' Compensation News
|
Terms of Settlement Prevent Widow From Challenging Offset to BLBA Benefits | 03/24/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a worker’s widow could not challenge a reduction in the amount payable under the Black Lung Benefits Act because of his prior settlement of a workers’ compensation claim for pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
| TDI: NCCI Proposes Update to Statistical Plan | 03/24/2021 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance on Tuesday announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance proposed to update its Statistical Plan for Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance. The proposed update would clarify that the Texas negotiated deductible cont...Read More | |||
|
TDI Adopts NCCI Changes to Basic Manual | 03/17/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance on Tuesday announced that it adopted amendments to the National Council on Compensation Insurance Basic Manual for Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance for policies incepting on or after July 1. ...Read More | |||
|
TDI Posts Draft of Network Rules for Comment | 03/16/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance on Monday posted a draft of proposed amendments to workers’ compensation health care network rules for public comment. ...Read More | |||
|
Tower MSA Sets Free Conditional Payment Webinar | 03/01/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tower MSA Partners is holding a free webinar on March 18 to discuss Medicare conditional payments. ...Read More | |||
|
Transit Worker to Pay $34,529 in Restitution Following No Contest Plea | 02/23/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A regional transit worker in Northern California was ordered to pay $34,529 in restitution after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor fraud charge. Ju...Read More | |||
|
Trevor Watson Joins Sedgwick's Workforce Absence Business Development Team | 02/02/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Sedgwick on Monday announced that Trevor Watson joined the company as a new business development director. ...Read More | |||
|
Trump Pardons Doctor Convicted in Pacific Hospital Kickback Scheme | 01/21/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| President Donald Trump pardoned a doctor and former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach who didn’t serve a day of the 15-month sentence he received in 2020 after ...Read More | |||
|
Treatment Provider Waits Too Long to Challenge Reduction of Bill for Services | 01/15/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that a treatment provider’s claim for additional payment was subject to summary dismissal as untimely. ...Read More | |||
|
Third Coal Mine Manager Pleads Guilty to Cheating in Dust Sampling | 01/15/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Another Kentucky coal company manager has pleaded guilty to rigging dust sampling procedures in mines in order to hide the extent of dangerous conditions that could trigger federal penalties. ...Read More | |||
