Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Award for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome | 08/13/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for complex regional pain syndrome arising from an ankle injury. ...Read More | |||
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WCB, Medical Service Review Committee Holding Joint Meeting | 08/13/2019 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board and the Medical Services Review Committee will hold a special joint meeting to discuss the state’s medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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WCB Names Tom Sheridan New Managing Attorney | 08/13/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board announced Tom Sheridan will take the position of managing attorney at the start of October. Sheridan i...Read More | |||
| Woman's Lawsuit Says She Was Fired Over Comp Claim | 08/12/2019 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former employee of an Illinois automobile dealership has filed a lawsuit alleging she was fired after she considered filing a workers' compensation claim for carpel tunnel syndrome. Chelsea Marinacci contends she was fired after telling her superiors at Tri Ford in Highland, Illinoi...Read More | |||
| WCRI Finds Little Connection Between Provider Pay, Worker Outcomes | 08/09/2019 | ||
| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Paying medical providers more to treat injured workers doesn’t substantially improve worker outcomes, but it does seem to increase the amount of care provided, according to a study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
| WCI Conference Promises Sharp Debate on Recent Court Rulings | 08/09/2019 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A woman denied benefits after tripping over her dog and a challenge to the constitutionality of Florida's system that allows expert medical advisers to deny medical treatment will be among the more than two dozen court decisions that will be reviewed during a case law update when the Workers&...Read More | |||
| WCIRB Recommends 5.7% Rate Cut for 2020 | 08/08/2019 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s advisory pure premium rate is poised to fall again in 2020 with the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau recommending a 5.7% cut. The WCIRB’s Governing Committee on Wednesday voted to recommend the insurance commissioner reduce the advisory rate to ...Read More | |||
| Worker's Improper Use of Restraint on Patient Didn't Forfeit His Entitlement to Benefits | 08/07/2019 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a residential treatment facility employee was entitled to benefits for his injury from attempting to restrain a patient because his violation of his employer’s policy on restraining patients had...Read More | |||
| WCIRB's X-Mod Estimator Now Available for 2020 | 08/06/2019 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released its 2020 experience modification estimator. WCIRB’s estimator allows insurers, agents and brokers to help policyholders understand how payroll and claims experience will affect the calculation of thei...Read More | |||
| Worker's Settlement of Claim Didn't Bar Widow from Seeking Dependent's Benefits after His Death | 08/06/2019 | ||
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled that a worker who settles an occupational disease claim during his lifetime cannot unilaterally release his dependents’ independent contingent right to claim death benefits after his demise. ...Read More | |||
