Workers' Compensation News
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Vendor Taking Orders for New Medical Fee Schedule
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09/09/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division announced that it has contracted with OptumInsight, formerly Ingenix, to produce a new medical fee schedule that will be available on or before Sept. 30.The Alaska Legislature earlier this year approved House Bill 13 by Rep. Kurt Olson, R-Sal...Read More
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Videotape and Skeptical Docs Nixed Continuing Medical Care
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09/09/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: AR | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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Testimony from doctors that a claimant seemed to exaggerate her shoulder pain, and surveillance tape that showed her lifting her arms above her shoulders when not in the doctor's office were ample reasons to deny her request for continuing medical care, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled....Read More
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Voucher Bill Heads to Governor
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08/31/2011
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Senate voted on afternoon to send to Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would make retraining vouchers available to injured workers earlier in the claims process....Read More
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Verdict Reversed because Jury Improperly Instructed on Causation
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08/26/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A trial court's erroneous instructions that a workplace accident need not be a substantial factor in bringing about an injury led the Texas 1st District Court of Appeals to reverse a jury decision that a claimant's knee injury was compensable.Case: Continental Casualty Co. v. Bak...Read More
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Veteran Former Insurance Commissioner Dies
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08/02/2011
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State: VA | Segment: EAST | 0
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Former Virginia Insurance Commissioner Alfred Gross Jr. died last Thursday -- seven months after he retired from the post he had held for 14 years.Gross was 65. He was a professor of German at Kalamazoo College and Virginia Commonwealth University before he went to work for the Virginia ...Read More
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Van Norman Reelected as Presiding Judge of Comp Court
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07/28/2011
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State: NE | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court Judge Laureen Van Norman has been reelected as the body's presiding judge through June 30, 2013, the court announced Tuesday.The court is comprised of seven judges who are initially appointed by the governor and who then remain on the bench ...Read More
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Video Shows Officer Lied About Accident
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07/20/2011
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0
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A police officer in Lakewood, Wash., who told investigators he crashed his cruiser after swerving off the road to avoid being shot, resigned after learning surveillance footage from a security camera on a house near the accident scene revealed he was lying, according to media reports.Ada...Read More
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Vocational Expert Fee Schedule Bill Passes Committee
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06/30/2011
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefExperts hired to rebut disability ratings in accordance with the Ogilvie decision are increasing costs, because there is no limit to the hours they can bill or the amount they can charge...Read More
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VFD Gets Reprieve from Secret Donor
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06/27/2011
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State: WV | Segment: EAST | 0
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A West Virginia volunteer fire department anticipating a forced shutdown from the state Fire Marshal's office Friday announced it can continue operations because of a $33,000 loan from an unnamed donor.The Bradley-Prosperity Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) in Raleigh County, W.VA., w...Read More
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Veterans' Benefits Don't Count as Credit for Second Injury Fund
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06/02/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: AR | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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A veteran may receive additional benefits in addition to his existing veterans’ disability benefits because Arkansas law, which seeks to prevent double recovery in many cases, does not apply to veterans’ awards, a high court ruled. Case: Second Injury Fund v. Osborn, No. 10-1...Read More
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