Workers' Compensation News
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WCD Updates Premium Assessment Bulletin | 10/21/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Friday announced premium assessments that fund its operations will increase in 2020. The assess...Read More | |||
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Woman Charged With Cashing Grandma's Comp Checks Pleads Guilty | 10/21/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Rochester woman charged with cashing her deceased grandmother's workers' compensation checks changed her plea to guilty and has agreed to pay more than $5,300 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: Moderate Growth in Medical Payments Reverses Trend of Decreases Following Reforms | 10/18/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Medical payments in California are on the rise, but the increase coming out of Senate Bill 863 is more moderate than what happened as the effects of the reforms enacted in the early 2000s waned, according to a new report by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Appeal Due to Failure to Complete Application | 10/18/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s failure to complete the Workers’ Compensation Board’s application for administrative review of her claim justified its denial. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Execs Testify in Support of 5.4% Rate Cut | 10/17/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau executives cited downward loss development in California, faster claim settlement rates, falling pharmaceutical costs and increasing wages in support of a proposed 5.4% rate cut for 2020. ...Read More | |||
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WCS Schedules Training on Changes to Provider Panel Rules | 10/17/2019 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section will hold a daylong training session in November to discuss changes to treating provider rules under Senate Bill 381. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Delay in Providing Notice of Accident Nixes Comp Claim | 10/17/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a company owner’s delay in informing an insurance carrier of his injuries from a car accident was fatal to his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Offers X-Mods and More Service to Agents, Brokers | 10/16/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced that the X-Mods and More web service is available to agents and brokers, as well as insurers. ...Read More | |||
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Workers' Comp Department Moving to New Offices Next Month | 10/16/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Labor Cabinet and the Department of Workers' Claims is moving to a new building next month, closer to the center of Frankfort. The...Read More | |||
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Worker's Disability Can't Be Apportioned | 10/15/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s disability could not be apportioned between a traumatic brain injury from an on-the-job fall and his pre-existing, later-diagnosed multiple sclerosis. ...Read More | |||
