Workers' Compensation News
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Virginia Posts Final Manual for EDI Conversion
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08/25/2008
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State: VA | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission posted online its final implementation manual for converting the state's paper-based system to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) format for the filing of first and subsequent reports of injuries.The manual provides extensive lists of ...Read More
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Va. Attorney Pleads Guilty to $3.5 Million Settlement Scheme
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08/20/2008
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State: VA | Segment: Fraud | 0
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A Virginia attorney pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges Tuesday alleging that he settled his clients' cases without telling them, and then misappropriated the funds. Washington D.C.'s ABC and NBC television affiliates reported that Stephen T. Conrad, 40, of Woodbridge, Va., p...Read More
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Vote Likely on Colo. Initiative to Repeal Exclusive Remedy
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08/12/2008
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State: CO | Segment: Politics | 0
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A Colorado initiative sponsored by labor groups that would allow workers to sue their employers for workplace injuries is expected to qualify for the November ballot.Douglas Friednash, a Denver attorney who represents opponents of the measure, said Monday that the state Supreme Court den...Read More
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Vermont Sends Out Alert on New Address
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08/07/2008
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State: VT | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Vermont Division of Workers' Compensation Division warned that a majority of adjusters and other stakeholders in the system are sending mail to the agency's old address in Montpelier, despite the agency's recent move.The division reminded adjusters, attorneys and others t...Read More
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Virginia Considers 1.4% Drop in Loss Costs
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08/01/2008
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State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has called for decreasing overall loss costs in Virginia by an average 1.4% next year in a reversal driven in part by a 15.2% reduction for job classifications in the coal-mining industry.The state's voluntary market loss costs in...Read More
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Vermont Boosts Mileage Rate to 58.5 Cents
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07/31/2008
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State: VT | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Vermont Workers' Compensation Division said the rate for workers' compensation mileage will increase from 50.5 cents to 58.5 cents per mile, effective Friday.The rate is set by division rule 12.2100 to cover travel for medical treatment, to attend an independent medical exami...Read More
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Virginia Updates EDI Conversion
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07/28/2008
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State: VA | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission (WCC) has updated its Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) implementation guide and posted a series of related materials aimed at meeting requirements that the filing of First Reports of Injury and Subsequent Reports of Injury be entirely electronic by ...Read More
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Vermont Posts 2008 Hospital Report Cards
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07/09/2008
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State: VT | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration (BISHCA) released its 2008 comparison of hospitals in the state this week, saying the four-year-old program is boosting the quality of health care.Prepared by state health care officials, the Vermon...Read More
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Vermont Posts Electronic Wage Form
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07/08/2008
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State: VT | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Vermont Department of Labor announced it has posted revised workers' compensation forms, including the final version of Wage Form 25, using the "Formatta" system now in place for electronic completion of documents.The documents took effect for all injuries occuring on or after Ju...Read More
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Victoria Office Sets Session on Designated Doctors for July 31
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06/27/2008
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State: TX | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Victoria field office will host a “brown-bag” session July 31 on “Designated Doctors: What They Do and What Is New."The free session will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the field office at 3001 N. Cameron....Read More
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