Workers' Compensation News
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Telemedicine and Telerehab Use Rising, but Comp Must Work to Keep Up | 07/24/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As the use of telemedicine in workers’ compensation grows, employers, workers and insurance carriers will be tasked with navigating an ever-changing system even after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, a panel of experts said Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Teachers Likely Can't Count on Comp if Sickened by COVID This Fall | 07/24/2020 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Teachers preparing to return to the classroom in the midst of the pandemic probably won't be able to count on workers' compensation benefits if they contract COVID-19, according to the insurer for Virginia schools. ...Read More | |||
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Telehealth Is Here to Stay, but Experts Say It Could Increase Fraud | 07/16/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The growth of telehealth services in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak will likely continue even after the pandemic has subsided, requiring workers’ compensation and other industries to be on the lookout for medical fraudsters and internet scammers, a panel of insurance experts said Wednesd...Read More | |||
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Temporary Rules Adopting COVID-19 Codes Take Effect | 07/14/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Temporary rules allowing the use of new procedure codes for COVID-19 tests took effect Monday, the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced. ...Read More | |||
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Top 10 Injury Causes Costing Businesses More, Liberty Mutual Report Finds | 07/01/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Strains, sprains, slips and falls continue to be the top causes of nonfatal workplace injuries, costing insurers and employers billions of dollars in 2020, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. said in its annual safety index report. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Adopts NCCI Injury Codes | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance has approved COVID-19 injury codes proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. The NCCI in...Read More | |||
| Three Dozen Supporters, Opponents Turn Out on Presumption, Liability Bill | 06/26/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would provide protection for workers and for employers seems to have struck a nerve in Ohio, with more than three dozen people testifying on it during a legislative hearing this week. ...Read More | |||
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Tyson Worker's Family Files Comp Claim After Death From COVID-19 | 06/15/2020 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Meat and poultry giant Tyson Foods, which has seen more COVID-19 cases among employees than any other U.S. company, is now facing a death-benefits workers' compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Triable Issues Preclude Summary Judgment for Worker | 06/02/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on a Labor Law claim based on a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Temporary Rules Cut Penalty for Uninsured Employers | 05/29/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division adopted rules that temporarily reduce the penalty for a first violation of operating without workers' compensation insurance in what it described as an effort to reduce economic burdens on businesses that might be struggling with the effects of ...Read More | |||
