Workers' Compensation News
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Travelers Net Income Plunges 59% During Hurricane Season | 10/20/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Harvey, Irma and Maria took a bite out of Travelers Insurance’s bottom line in the third quarter. The carrier on Thursday reported net income of $293 million, compared to $716 million in the third quarter of 2016. ...Read More | |||
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Top Comp Drug Lyrica Approved in Extended-Release Formula | 10/17/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Pfizer has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an extended-release form of Lyrica, one of the top prescription drugs in workers’ comp. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Didn't Leave Course of Employment by Returning From Trip Early | 10/17/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a truck driver did not remove himself from the course of his employment as a traveling employee by returning from a delivery a day early because of illness. ...Read More | |||
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Two Practitioners Lose Authorization to Treat Injured Workers | 10/12/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A physician has lost her authorization to treat injured workers over alleged misconduct, while a psychologist voluntarily resigned his privileges to treat workers and perform independent medical examinations. ...Read More | |||
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Task Force Mulling SAIF Surplus Transfer Will Produce Report Soon | 10/11/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon employers will soon find out whether the state-chartered workers’ compensation carrier will see between $500 million and $1 billion of its $1.6 billion surplus transferred to Oregon’s public-employee retirement system. ...Read More | |||
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Tulsa County Drug Court to Reconsider Use of Work-Camp Rehab | 10/11/2017 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Tulsa County's drug court will reconsider sending offenders to the Christian Alcoholics and Addicts in Recovery program after an investigative report raised questions about the organization's legality and treatment of participants, ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Gets Benefits for Accident With Unknown Cause | 10/11/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a truck driver for his injuries from a single-vehicle accident with no known cause. ...Read More | |||
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Terms of Worker's Settlement Didn't Prohibit New Claim for PPD Benefits | 10/11/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that the terms of a worker’s settlement, which provided benefits for a cervical injury, did not bar her from pursuing a new claim for benefits based on an injury to a different part of the spine. ...Read More | |||
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Two States Work on Removing Telemedicine Stumbling Blocks | 10/09/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Colorado’s Division of Workers’ Compensation is taking steps to encourage the use of telemedicine in treating injured workers, even as another state, Texas, moves toward removing a stumbling block. ...Read More | |||
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TDI to Determine Insurance Assessment Rates and Fees | 10/09/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance will hold an informal stakeholder meeting to discuss and gather information related to determining assessment rates for workers’ compensation self-insurance groups....Read More | |||
