Workers' Compensation News
WCRI Study on Low-Back Pain and PT Timing Could Be Roadmap for Stakeholders, Researchers Say | 12/18/2020 | ||
By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
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A Workers Compensation Research Institute study on lower-back pain and the timing of physical therapy could serve as a guideline for stakeholders around the country who are looking to improve claims outcomes, researchers said. ...Read More | |||
WCD Adopts Temporary Rules for New Medical Billing Codes | 12/17/2020 | ||
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Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division adopted temporary rules implementing new medical billing codes that take effect at the start of 2021. ...Read More | |||
WCAB Suspends Required Time Frames for Assignment of Walk-Through Cases | 12/16/2020 | ||
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The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Tuesday issued an en banc decision suspending the requirement that each district office must have a designee available to assign walk-through cases during specified hours. ...Read More | |||
Worker With Prior Knee Injury Gets Benefits for At-Home Injury From Hanging Christmas Lights | 12/16/2020 | ||
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a worker who hurt himself while hanging Christmas lights at home, finding his injuries were caused by the weakened condition of his knee from a prior work accident. ...Read More | |||
WILG Webinar to Focus on How Different States Handle COVID-19 Claims | 12/15/2020 | ||
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WCD Announces Claims Processing Administrative Cost Factor for 2021 | 12/15/2020 | ||
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The claims processing administrative cost factor will be 21.27% in 2021, the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced. The factor is ...Read More | |||
WCIRB Working on Obtaining Stat Code for Insurance Commissioner's COVID-19 Data Directive | 12/14/2020 | ||
By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
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Actuaries from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau say they’re working on obtaining a statistical code that will aid researchers and insurance carriers in processing COVID-19 claims data that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara called for in his 2021 advi...Read More | |||
Worker's Complaint Doesn't State Viable Claim Against Employer | 12/14/2020 | ||
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The Rhode Island Supreme Court threw out a worker’s challenge to the dismissal of her civil suit against her former employer, finding that her 245-page complaint failed to assert any viable theories of recovery. ...Read More | |||
Worker Group Says DWC in 'Alternate Reality' on Number of People Without Comp | 12/11/2020 | ||
By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
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Recent reports from the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation vastly underestimate the number of workers who have no benefits coverage and no protection in case of workplace injury, a worker advocacy group said this week. ...Read More | |||
WCD to Remove SSN Field From Injury and Illness Reports | 12/11/2020 | ||
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The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Wednesday announced a new rule that eliminates a field for including workers' Social Security numbers on the form used to report work-related injuries or illnesses. ...Read More | |||