Workers' Compensation News
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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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United Restaurants Group Pays 40% Dividend to Members
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06/11/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NY | Segment: Business | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Friedlander Group, which manages the United Restaurants of New York Workers' Compensation Safety Group, announced Wednesday that it paid a 40% dividend to approximately 966 members with policies effective from Sept. 30, 2007 to Sept. 30, 2008. The 40% dividend is in addition to t...Read More
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Uninsured Employer Law Applies Retroactively, WCC Rules
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06/08/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0
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A new state law that allows the Montana Uninsured Employers Fund to join uninsured employers in all disputes over benefits applies retroactively to cases pending before it was enacted, the Workers' Compensation Court ruled.Case: Benton v. Uninsured Employers Fund v. Harrymans, WCC No...Read More
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