Workers' Compensation News
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USI Executive Will Chair Workers' Compensation Advisory Council | 01/06/2017 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Todd R. Johnson, senior vice president and property-casualty practice leader for USI Insurance Services in Massachusetts, has been named chairman of the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council. ...Read More | |||
| Use of Naloxone is Topic of Webinar | 01/03/2017 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Optum’s workers’ compensation division has scheduled a webinar for Jan. 19 on the use of naloxone for treating opioid overdose. The free, one-hour webinar will begin at 11 a.m. Pacific time. The webinar will detail how naloxone works, its dosage forms and its use in wo...Read More | |||
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Using Providers Experienced With Comorbidities Seen as Way to Improve Outcomes | 12/20/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One key to achieving better outcomes for injured workers who have comorbidities such as diabetes or excessive weight might be to steer them to providers with the best track records for those types of cases, some say. ...Read More | |||
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U.S. Senator Proposes Reform to Comp Law Affecting Wildland Firefighters | 12/20/2016 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A U.S. senator from Montana is proposing legislation that would keep injured wildland firefighters on their pre-injury retirement track. ...Read More | |||
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UEGF Has No Liability for Benefits to Trucker Covered by Out-of-State Policy | 12/16/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that the state Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund did not have liability for a claim by the employee of an out-of-state employer that did not maintain comp coverage in Pennsylvania. ...Read More | |||
| U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Challenge to NFL Concussion Settlement | 12/13/2016 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The United States Supreme Court on Monday denied review of two petitions for certirorari challenging the adequacy of the National Football League's massive class-action settlement with former players for failing to warn them about the long-term health risks of brain injuries they sustain...Read More | |||
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University Employees to Face Civil Liability for Accident That Paralyzed Colleague | 12/07/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Missouri appellate court last week ruled that a group of Southeast Missouri University employees may face civil liability to a colleague who was left paralyzed after a workplace accident. ...Read More | |||
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USPS Fined $342K for Mishandling Bodily Fluid Exposure | 12/05/2016 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Postal Service received a $342,059 fine late last month for mishandling workers' exposure to infectious bodily fluids. This sprin...Read More | |||
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Uncertainty Rules Comp Market Following Judge's Ruling | 11/29/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A lower court decision last week voiding a 14.5% rate increase and declaring that NCCI and Florida regulators held secret, unlawful deliberations raises more questions than it answers, the state's top workers' compensation judge said Monday. ...Read More | |||
| Updated WC-400 Form Made Available | 11/17/2016 | ||
| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Michigan's workers' compensation agency has made available a new version of the Insurer's Notice of Issuance of Policy form. The new Form WC-400 is available here. Carriers must use ...Read More | |||
