Workers' Compensation News
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USG Appoints 2 to its Marketing Team
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07/14/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
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USG Holding/Insurance Services, a managing general agent, announced the appointment of Gabriella Gallucci as marketing coordinator and Liz Furrer as marketing assistant based in the company's Canonsburg, Pa., office.Gallucci graduated from Duquesne University with a Bachelor of Arts ...Read More
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Unpaid Benefits Voided Employer's Notice, even for Meritless Claim
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06/29/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: GA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An employer's notice to controvert a claim is not valid, because it failed to pay all benefits due at the time it filed the notice, even if the underlying claim has no merit, the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled.Case: Crossmark et al. v. Strickland, A11A0478, 06/27/2011.Fac...Read More
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Unsigned Notice Letters Sufficient to Allow Downcoding
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06/28/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Records that showed an insurance carrier gave the required 10-day notice before downcoding a physician's bills were sufficient, even though the notices were not signed, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled.Case: Jaeger v. Bureau of Workers' Compensation Fee Review Hearing Of...Read More
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U.S. Healthworks Announces $205 Million Refinancing
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06/21/2011
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Wcc
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U.S. Healthworks announced that it completed a $205 million refinancing initiative on Monday.The Southern California-based occupational health care provider said that it obtained the refinancing, thanks to help from GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services. The refinancing c...Read More
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Uptick in Average Wages Brings Boost in Benefits, Attorney Fees
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05/26/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Wcc
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Oregon injured workers and their attorneys will get a boost to their pocketbooks this summer, thanks to an increase in the state's average weekly wage, according to two bulletins issued by the Workers' Compensation Division on Wednesday.Effective July 1, the average weekly wage i...Read More
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Unauthorized Settlement Only Invalidated Part of Comp Award
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05/16/2011
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State: VA | Segment: EAST | 0
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A claimant's unauthorized auto accident settlement did not justify the termination of his entire workers' compensation award, because the accident did not exacerbate his work-related brain injury, the Virginia Court of Appeals determined. Case: United Airlines v. Hayes, No. 2054-...Read More
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Updated Health Care Provider Participation List Available
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05/12/2011
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The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry reports that the provider participation list for April is now available.The department noted that state law and rules require health care providers that furnish medical services to injured workers under the workers' compensation law to p...Read More
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U.S. Physical Therapy Reports 18% Increase in Net Income
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05/06/2011
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U.S. Physical Therapy Inc. reported on Thursday that its first quarter income was $3.7 million, an 18% increase from $3.2 million for the same quarter in 2010. U.S. Physical Therapy, a national operator of 397 outpatient physical therapy clinics in 42 states, highlighted a 12.6% increase...Read More
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U.S. Charges Toledo Man with Defrauding Office of Workers' Comp
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03/24/2011
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio has charged a Toledo man with three counts of mail fraud involving the federal Office of Workers' Compensation.James E. Mann, age 78, of Toledo allegedly committed the fraud between January 2008 and December 2009, U.S. Atto...Read More
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies SCIF's Challenge to 9th Circuit Decision
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03/23/2011
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Supreme Court will not review a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that allowed a bankruptcy trustee to recoup a $101,531 restitution payment made to State Compensation Insurance Fund. The nation's highest court denied State Fund's petition for certiorari in the case ...Read More
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