Workers' Compensation News
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Testing for EDI 3.1 Begins in November, Board Says | 08/17/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board is reminding stakeholders that the switch to a more robust claims data reporting standard is coming next spring, and testing will begin in November. ...Read More | |||
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TCPA Doesn't Apply to Employer's Alleged Communications | 08/11/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer’s alleged communications regarding the termination of an injured employee did not implicate the protections of the Texas Citizens Participation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Tower MSA Partners Receives SOC 2 Type I Attestation | 08/10/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tower MSA Partners, a Medicare Secondary Payer compliance and Medicare Set-Aside services company, has completed its SOC 2 Type I audit. A S...Read More | |||
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TDI Approves NCCI Filing on Excluding Furloughed Employees From Payroll | 08/07/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employees who have been furloughed but were paid during the coronavirus pandemic shutdown should be excluded from payroll calculations, the Texas Insurance Commissioner said this week. ...Read More | |||
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Trump Orders Permanency to Telemed Rules but Leaves Out Rehab, PT | 08/06/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Telemedicine in workers' compensation received a shot in the arm this week from Washington and New York, another sign that remote health care will be around long after the coronavirus pandemic has subsided. ...Read More | |||
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Tyson Foods Begins Widespread Virus Testing of Meat Workers | 08/03/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tyson Foods, facing workers' compensation claims and negligence lawsuits, announced plans to start testing thousands of meat-processing workers for the coronavirus. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Fails to Establish Conditions as Occupational Disease | 07/30/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a truck driver’s occupational disease claim for lumbar arthritis and degenerative disk disease. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
