Workers' Compensation News
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U.S. Labor Department Opts for AMA 5th Edition
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03/17/2009
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The U.S. Department of Labor has joined Kentucky and some other states in the decision not to switch to the Sixth Edition of the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment based on predictions that the sixth edition will have a significant negative impact on ...Read More
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Unadopted Stepdaughter Not Entitled to Share of Death Settlement
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02/24/2009
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State: KY | Segment: EAST | 0
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Kentucky statutes bar an unadopted stepdaughter from collecting a share of her dead stepfather's estate's $5-million wrongful death settlement that was reached following a fatal dust explosion, according to a ruling from the Court of Appeals. Case: Davis v. Johnson, No. 200...Read More
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Unpaid Assistant Professor Qualifies as 'University Evaluator'
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02/18/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: KY | Segment: EAST | 0
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An unpaid assistant professor at a university medical school qualifies as a “university evaluator” even though he was referred to injured worker through the private clinic that employs him, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled.Case: Donald Morrison v. The Home Depot WC-...Read More
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URAC Taking Public Comment on PBM, Drug Therapy Standards
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02/17/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: Medicine | 0 | Popular with Legal
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URAC, once called the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission, on Friday called for public comment on revisions to its Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Version 2.0, Drug Therapy Management (DTM) Version 2.0, and PHARM Core Version 3.0 Standards. The revisions include proposed data c...Read More
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United Heartland Eclipses $200 Million Mark
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02/12/2009
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State: WI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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United Heartland announced that it is celebrating the fact that it wrote $205.3 million in direct written premiums in 2008.
The Wisconsin-based national carrier's premium level has grown 25% since 2006 when it wrote $164 million in premium while th...Read More
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Udall Plans Bill to Reform Nuclear Weapons Compensation Program
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02/04/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CO | Segment: Politics | 0
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U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., has enlisted support from Congressional leaders and plans to introduce legislation to reform the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, which critics say unfairly denies care to former nuclear weapons, the Rocky Mountain News reported on Tuesday....Read More
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United Heartland Building New Headquarters Near Milwaukee
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01/29/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: WI | Segment: Business | 0
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Workers' compensation insurer United Heartland announced Wednesday that it plans to build a new national headquarters in the Milwaukee suburb of New Berlin as it continues a national expansion. The carrier said it will break ground in March on a 56,000-square-foot office facility nea...Read More
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Uninsured Employer Can't Collect Through Liability Policy
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01/26/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0
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An employer who failed to provide workers' compensation coverage cannot recover the cost of a negligence claim filed by two injured workers through his general liability policy, because that coverage was specifically excluded, the Florida 4th District Court of Appeal ruled.Case: I...Read More
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UEF Not Entitled to Subrogate Against Third Party
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01/15/2009
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Uninsured Employers' Fund is not entitled to subrogate benefits from a commercial condo owner for benefits it paid to a contractor's employee who suffered an injury while working on the condo, a Montana court concludedCase: H&D Investments v. UEF, et al., No....Read More
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UnitedHealth Group to Shed Ingenix Data in $50 Million Settlement
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01/14/2009
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 0
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New York Atty. Gen. Andrew Cuomo and UnitedHealth Group announced a $50 million deal Tuesday that requires UnitedHealth to shed usual-and-customary charges data now supplied by its subsidiary, Ingenix, and create a nonprofit database with national public access.In what Cuomo called "hist...Read More
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