Workers' Compensation News
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UR Doctors Will Soon Need State Licenses
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08/24/2009
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0
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Physicians who deny treatment plans for injured workers in the Volunteer State will soon need to be licensed in Tennessee and deadlines for accepting or rejecting claims are being enforced for the first time, according to recently approved regulations.Officials of Tennessee's workers...Read More
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USG's AAU Comp Offers its 1st Product after Launch in State
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08/18/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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AAU Comp, a workers' compensation division of USG Holdings that launched in California last month, introduced on Monday a product designed for the automobile repair industry. The targeted classes include, but are not limited to auto repair, oil and lube shops, auto body repair, gasol...Read More
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UPS Driver Proves Knee Condition Worsened
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07/16/2009
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State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0
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An employee proved that his knee condition significantly worsened, despite the fact that the employer provided surveillance video showing that his knee condition was not as severe as he had reported, a New Jersey appellate court ruled.Case: Worth v. UPS, No. A-0292-08T1, 7/10/09, p...Read More
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UPA Launches Online Agent Portal to Ease WC Writing
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07/15/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: FL | Segment: Business | 0
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UPA, a wholesale broker and program administrator in the workers’ compensation arena, announced Tuesday that it has launched a online portal for its agents.The portal — called UPA e-access — will make writing workers’ compensation easier, giving agency access to m...Read More
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US Supreme Court Grants Leave for Amicus in Cassens Case
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07/02/2009
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
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The United States Supreme Court has granted insurance and employers groups leave to file amicus curiae briefs as it considers a petition for a writ of certiorari of a decision that allowed Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act suit to proceed against an employer, insurer, and medical ex...Read More
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Union Fight Nears an End at World's Largest Hog Slaughterhouse
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06/30/2009
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State: NC | Segment: EAST | 0
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The 15-year battle between Smithfield Packaging Co. and the union that engineered a mass walkout at the world's largest hog-slaughtering plant, in part, over workers' compensation issues appears to be nearing an end.Smithfield and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Int...Read More
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U.S. Alleges Docs Ran 'Pill Mill,' Committed $8.7 Million in Fraud
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06/29/2009
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two Houston-area doctors have been charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in a criminal complaint with allegedly operating their pain management clinic as a “pill mill” and improperly dispensing hundreds of thousands of prescription drugs.Both doctors were also charged i...Read More
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Upstate Towns and Villages Wrangling Over County Self-Insurance
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06/26/2009
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0
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A New York appeals judge has ordered three villages and a town in Herkimer County, N.Y., to take their fight over the county's self-insurance plan to a state Supreme Court jury in neighboring Oneida County.An appeals judge in Rochester, N.Y., granted the municipalities' req...Read More
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Uninsured Employers Fund Pilot Program Extended Indefinitely
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06/11/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Wcc
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The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration has extended indefinitely a pilot program whereby mediators instead of the system administrator make determinations as to whether a claim is eligible for payment by the state's Uninsured Employers Fund.The program was originally...Read More
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University Agrees to Pay $2 Million in Medicaid Fraud Probe
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06/11/2009
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State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0
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The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has agreed to pay $2 million to settle civil fraud allegations by the U.S. Justice Department that it conspired with doctors to double bill Medicaid for outpatient physician services.The Justice Department said in a release that the ...Read More
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