Workers' Compensation News
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Unsuccessful Job Search Isn't Inability to Earn Wages | 09/05/2019 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a college-educated worker with a lengthy and diverse employment history failed to prove he was unable to return to work just because he couldn't find a new job. ...Read More | |||
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Utilization Reviews Must Be Done by Same Type of Doctor, New Law Says | 09/03/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Several new workers' compensation laws took effect in Texas this week, including one that tightens restrictions on who can provide utilization reviews. ...Read More | |||
| Utilization Review Group Meets Friday | 08/26/2019 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A working group studying utilization review for the Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation will meet Aug. 30, the bureau announced. The g...Read More | |||
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Union Organizers Request Presence of Uber, Lyft Drivers in Bill Negotiations | 07/19/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two groups trying to unionize drivers for Uber and Lyft, as well as the Service Employees International Union, took out a full-page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle d...Read More | |||
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Uniform Name Now Required for EAMS Filing | 05/16/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Wednesday announced that it updated EAMS to require validation of uniform assigned names when users file applications for adjudication of a claim. ...Read More | |||
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Utilization of Docs, PT Making Comp Costs Higher Than Group | 05/16/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| While the prices are similar to group health, physician services and physical therapy are utilized much more often by injured workers, driving up overall medical costs for workers' compensation insurers and employers, a senior actuary for NCCI said this week. ...Read More | |||
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Unsuccessful Comp Defense Barred Same Defense in FEHA Claim | 05/15/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 6 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that an employer could not present evidence of its nondiscriminatory, good-faith reasons for firing a worker as part of its defense to a wrongful termination suit. ...Read More | |||
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USPS Fined $185K for Blocked Exits at Postal Facility | 05/15/2019 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly blocking exit routes and failing to train employees on emergency procedures at a postal facility in Ankeny, Iowa. ...Read More | |||
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UR Bill Gets Overhaul Ahead of Hearing | 04/24/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California workers would be able to pursue a benefit increase if independent medical review authorizes a treatment request denied by utilization review, under amendments to a bill scheduled for a hearing today. ...Read More | |||
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Upper-Limb Prosthetics Can Be Costly, Complex | 04/16/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| For many injured workers who have suffered an upper-limb amputation, a body-powered prosthesis will become their “go-to” prosthesis rather than a fancier myoelectric device, a medical director said. ...Read More | |||
