Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Attempting to Account for COVID Impacts on 2020 Development, Sept. Rate Filing | 02/18/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California and its committees begin to ramp up discussion for the Sept. 1, 2021, pure premium rate filing, bureau staffers said they may have found a way to account for COVID-19-related impacts on ...Read More | |||
| WCS Holding Fee Schedule Training Feb. 24 | 02/18/2021 | ||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section is holding a free medical fee schedule educational program on Feb. 24. The class includes comprehensive training on the use of the medical fee schedule and is recommended for health care providers, insurers, third-party administrators and the...Read More | |||
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Worker on Bridge Construction Project Can Proceed With Labor Law Claim | 02/17/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A state appellate court ruled that a worker could proceed with a Labor Law action against the City of New York for an alleged injury even though a separate law barred his claim against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Shouldn't Have Been Limited to Schedule Award | 02/17/2021 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a trial judge erred in limiting a worker to a schedule loss of use award for a biceps tendon injury when the undisputed medical evidence indicated that the impairment affected more than just the injured arm. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB: Drug Formulary Has Helped Reduce Prescription Costs, UR Requests | 02/12/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Prescription drug costs and utilization review requests declined sharply at first, then steadily in the two years after the California Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted its Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule drug formulary, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Assert Occupational Disease Claim Based on Aggravation of Conditions | 02/11/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a clerical worker with a history of neck issues and a carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis could still assert a viable occupational disease claim based on aggravation of her preexisting conditions. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Reports Drops in Compounds, Opioids in Formulary Analysis | 02/10/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The share of pharmaceutical payments for opioids, compound drugs and brand-name drugs when generic alternatives were available dropped sharply after the California Division of Workers’ Compensation implemented a prescription drug formulary. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial Committee to Discuss Experience Rating Plan Values for Sept. 1 Filing | 02/10/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Actuarial Committee on Tuesday is expected to discuss proposed experience rating plan values for the bureau’s Sept. 1, 2021, regulatory filing. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Pursue Tort Claim Against Colleague | 02/09/2021 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker could not proceed with a tort claim against a colleague whose negligence allegedly caused an accident that left him paraplegic. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment for Fall From Scaffold | 02/09/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a scaffold lacking guardrails. ...Read More | |||
