Workers' Compensation News
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Temp Agency Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax and Workers' Compensation Fraud | 10/05/2017 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Swansea resident has pleaded guilty to federal charges of running a long-term, off-the-books payroll scheme and evading workers’ compensation premiums through her temporary employment agencies. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Judge Orders Parties to Revisit Discovery Plan for Insolvency Pool Coverage Dispute | 09/27/2017 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: GA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal trial judge in Georgia last week denied approval of a proposed discovery plan in a coverage dispute between the state Insurers Insolvency Pool and the Sussex Insurance Co. ...Read More | |||
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Tony Payne Returns to MEMIC as SVP of External Affairs | 09/27/2017 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation carrier MEMIC Group has appointed Anthony "Tony" Payne to the post of senior vice president of external affairs. ...Read More | |||
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Two Claimants Convicted of Working While on TTD; Third Accused | 09/27/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A claimant who worked as a farrier on a farm while drawing workers’ compensation benefits was among two accused double-dippers convicted on fraud charges last month, the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority reported in its ...Read More | |||
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Two Pharmaceutical Sales Reps Admit to Prescription Fraud | 09/27/2017 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two Burlington County pharmaceutical sales representatives pleaded guilty Monday to defrauding state health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions for compounded drugs. ...Read More | |||
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Temp Rules Adopted to Define Hiring Hall Wage Calculations | 09/25/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Insurers will be required to assume that those employed through union hiring halls work 40 hours over a five-day work-week when calculating compensation under temporary rules adopted by the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division. ...Read More | |||
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Two Convicted in $30M Compounding Scheme | 09/21/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a compounding pharmacy in Pompano Beach, Florida, and his employee have been convicted of health care fraud and conspiracy in a scheme that resulted in more than $30 million in losses to the federal Tricare benefit program. ...Read More | |||
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Testimony of Worker's Colleagues Was Sufficient Basis to Deny Claim | 09/21/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a back injury, based on the testimony of the worker’s colleagues contradicting his account of the accident. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Judge Tosses Worker's Tort Suit Over Alleged Assault by Supervisor | 09/14/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal trial judge in the District of Columbia last week tossed a worker’s civil suit against her supervisor for an alleged assault at their place of employment. ...Read More | |||
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Tower MSA to Host Free Webinar on Medicare Advantage, Part D Plan Recovery | 09/14/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Tower MSA Partners will host a free webinar on Medicare Advantage and Part D plans on Oct. 4. The webinar begins at noon Eastern time and features&nb...Read More | |||
