Workers' Compensation News
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WCD Increases Reimbursement for Medical Travel | 12/29/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Thursday announced that the reimbursement rate for injured workers who travel to medical appointments is increasing next year. ...Read More | |||
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Williamson Rule Supports Dismissal of Charges Against Attorney | 12/28/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of criminal charges against an applicants’ attorney who was charged with fraud for allegedly steering his clients to an interpreting business he owned. ...Read More | |||
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WCS Reminds Carriers, TPAs of 2024 Cost-of-Living Adjustment | 12/28/2023 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section reminds carriers and third-party administrators that cost-of-living adjustments should be applied to monthly benefit rates in January. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Webinar to Cover Report on Time to First Medical Service | 12/28/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is holding a webinar on Jan. 11 to discuss its report on the median number of days from injury to first medical service that was released earlier this year. ...Read More | |||
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WCS Announces Change in Rating Process | 12/27/2023 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Rating physicians and chiropractors will be assigned randomly and not via rotation starting Jan. 1, the Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section announced. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB: Written Premium Up 14% for 2022 | 12/21/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Written premium in 2022 is 14% higher than in 2021 and nearly at the pre-pandemic level, the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau said in its Third Quarter 2023 Experience Report, released Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Seeks Comments on Judicial Reappointments | 12/21/2023 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration seeks public comment on the reappointment of two judges to full, five-year terms. ...Read More | |||
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Work Deaths Up 5.7% in 2022 | 12/20/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The 5,486 fatal work injuries recorded in 2022 represented a 5.7% increase from the 5,190 work deaths in 2021, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Maintain Tort Suit Against Cousin for Loss of Eye | 12/22/2023 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld the dismissal of a worker’s tort claim against his cousin and his cousin’s company for an industrial accident resulting in the loss of his eye. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Lacks Authority to Act on Petition for Reconsideration After 60 Days | 12/19/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that if the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board does not act on a petition for reconsideration of a decision by an arbitrator or workers’ compensation judge within 60 days, it loses jurisdiction over the matter, and decisions on the petition after 60...Read More | |||
