Workers' Compensation News
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URAC Holding Public Hearings on Provider Performance Standards
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08/27/2008
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State: NA | Segment: Business | 0
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URAC on Tuesday opened a second round of public comment on revisions to its draft Provider Performance Measurement and Reporting Standards. The proposal features significant revisions by URAC's Health Standards Committee, the accreditation organization said in a press release. ...Read More
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URAC Revises Core Standards in Nine Accreditation Programs
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08/15/2008
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State: NA | Segment: Business | 0
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URAC has approved comprehensive revisions to nine of the organization's health care management accreditation programs, the company announced this week.The changes include additions to URAC's Core Standards that address the need for greater consumer empowerment and health care tra...Read More
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UPS Appeals Benefits Awarded Worker Who Broke Hand in Temper Fit
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08/05/2008
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State: IA | Segment: Courts | 0
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United Parcel Service (UPS) has appealed a decision by a Division of Workers’ Compensation administrative law judge awarding workers’ compensation benefits to an employee who lost his temper and broke his hand “by hitting it against an object in a UPS trailer.”UPS...Read More
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Use of 'Odd-lot' Doctrine Requires Proper Notice, Appellate Court Rules
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07/30/2008
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State: NJ | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A New Jersey appellate court vacated a judge of compensation's finding that an injured worker was permanently and totally disabled because the judge did not give proper notice to the employer before invoking the state's "odd-lot doctrine."In Rambough v. C.V. Hill Refrigeration...Read More
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Utah Converting to Birth-Month Renewals of Producer Licenses
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07/22/2008
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State: UT | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Utah Department of Insurance will convert to birth-month based renewals of producer licenses for new licenses issued after Aug. 11 and licenses scheduled to renew on or after Oct. 31.The department announced that starting with October renewals, the new renewal date may be anywhere fr...Read More
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Utah District Court Considering Waterboarding Suit Against Employer
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07/16/2008
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State: UT | Segment: Courts | 0
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Defense attorneys for a Utah employer accused of waterboarding an employee are defending against a lawsuit with a workers' compensation exclusivity defense, according to the Provo Daily Herald.During a Monday hearing in Provo's 4th District Court, attorneys for Prosper Inc. argue...Read More
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Unexplained Cardiac Arrest Compensable, Court Rules
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07/14/2008
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State: GA | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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In a case where physicians have been unable to prove the precipitating cause of a worker's death, a Georgia appellate court concluded that the worker's estate is entitled to death benefits. In the published decision of Keystone Automotive v. Hall, No. A08A0086, 7/10/08, th...Read More
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U.S. Chamber Releases Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws
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06/30/2008
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The United States Chamber of Commerce last week released its 2008 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws, which showed maximum income benefits for disability increased an average of 4.1% in the United States over 2007. "This publication confirms that time and again business own...Read More
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Undocumented Worker Ineligible for Additional Benefits
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06/27/2008
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State: NY | Segment: Courts | 0
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New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, issued a 5-2 decision Thursday holding that an undocumented worker is not eligible for additional vocational rehabilitation benefits after his permanent disability award was paid in full because his illegal status makes him ineligible to work in ...Read More
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Unlikely Deal Would Have Rolled Back Spitzer Reform
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06/26/2008
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 0
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An eleventh-hour bill aimed at removing a key piece of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's 2007 workers' reform package was shelved Tuesday afternoon after it ran into a solid roadblock put up by the New York AFL-CIO.But those involved in negotiations over workers' compensation refor...Read More
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