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Workers' Compensation News
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WCD Updates Hospital, Ambulatory Surgery Fee Schedules | 07/20/2018 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 78 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| The Alabama Workers’ Compensation Division has published Addendum 3 to its 2018 fee schedule, containing updates to the hospital and ambulatory surgery center fee schedules. ...Read More | |||
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Worker in Need of Surgery Can't Reopen Claim for Prior Knee Injury | 07/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 87 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to reopen her workers’ compensation claim for a knee injury, since she failed to prove that her need for surgery was related to her prior accident. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's 44-Year Old Comp Claim Can't Be Saved by Legislation Passed After Alleged Injury | 07/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 74 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 48 min read | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s 44-year old claim for a wrist injury was time-barred and that it could not be saved by later-enacted legislation. ...Read More | |||
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Window-Cleaning, Security Companies Indicted in Premium Fraud Cases | 07/18/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 153 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 112 min read | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has announced indictments in two workers’ comp premium fraud cases. In the first case, a Travis County grand jury...Read More | |||
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WCB Launching Electronic System for Settlement Documents | 07/17/2018 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 75 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 40 min read | |||
| A new procedure for submitting settlement documents to the Indiana Workers’ Compensation Board will take effect on Aug. 1 and will become mandatory on Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Work Comp Rates Fall Again in Second Quarter, MarketScout Reports | 07/16/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 144 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 35 min read | |||
| Rates for most lines of U.S. commercial property and casualty insurance increased in the second quarter, with the exception of workers’ compensation rates, which fell 3%, according to the latest Market Barometer report from MarketScout. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Sue Employer for Trying to Make Him Pose as Contractor | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 115 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 5 min read | |||
| A divided Michigan Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker has no civil remedy against his direct employer for allegedly pressing him to pose as an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Claims He Was Fired for Filing Comp Claim | 07/13/2018 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 112 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read | |||
| A St. Louis man who worked for a manufacturer of seating products has accused his former employer of firing him just days after he filed a workers’ comp claim. ...Read More | |||
| WCIRB: 2019 X-Mod Estimator Online | 07/12/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 194 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read | |||
| California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau launched its 2019 experience modification estimator for carriers, agents and brokers. Entering a policyholder’s payroll, classification and claims information allows users to estimate experience modification fact...Read More | |||
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Worker Misfiled Challenge to BWC Debit Program Fees | 07/12/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 76 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court this week ruled that a trial judge should have thrown out an injured worker’s challenge to the state’s debit card program for payment of benefits because he picked the wrong court in which to pursue his claim. ...Read More | |||
