Workers' Compensation News


	L.A. Times Takes on Cumulative Trauma Claims		07/17/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 1451 \| 1 \| Popular with Legal \| 32 min read
	California’s largest newspaper tackled cumulative trauma claims with a front-page article Sunday, but observers said they don’t expect any late-session bills on the subject this year. ...Read More


	Rebranding May Not Mean Widespread Changes for Patriot National		07/17/2018
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA \| Segment: Top \| 149 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 63 min read
	Patriot National has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has changed its name, but whether the provider of technology services to the insurance industry can overcome its past troubles remains to be seen. ...Read More


	Insurers, Businesses Asking for Help on Enforcement Action Rules		07/17/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: TX \| Segment: Top \| 165 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 17 min read
	Just when some insurers and employers thought they'd caught a break on what they considered to be nitpicking rule enforcement by the Division of Workers' Compensation, proposed rules have left them asking for more specifics. ...Read More


	Board Posts Plans for Transition to Electronic Medical Billing		07/17/2018

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 165 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 29 min read
	The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board on Monday laid out a three-part plan to implement electronic medical billing, which will be mandatory for all medical providers by Jan. 1, 2020. ...Read More


	Court Upholds Benefits for Death of Accountant in Workplace Shooting		07/17/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 89 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 9 min read
	The Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama last week ruled that the family of an accountant who was gunned down by a disgruntled former client was entitled to benefits for her death. ...Read More


	TDI Approves Order Revising Manual Change on Domestic Worker Classification		07/17/2018

	State: TX \| Segment: SOUTH \| 142 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 16 min read
	The Texas Department of Insurance announced Monday that it has approved changes to the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s Basic Manual for Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance. ...Read More


	DWC Reports 4.2% Benefit Increase		07/17/2018

	State: CO \| Segment: WEST \| 30 \| 0 \| Popular with Employer \| 12 min read
	The maximum benefit rate for people injured on or after July 1 increased 4.2%, to $987.84, from $948.15, according to the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation. The division increased the maximum benefit by the same amount as the increase in the state’s average weekly wag...Read More


	WCB Launching Electronic System for Settlement Documents		07/17/2018

	State: IN \| Segment: NORTH \| 70 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 40 min read
	A new procedure for submitting settlement documents to the Indiana Workers’ Compensation Board will take effect on Aug. 1 and will become mandatory on Sept. 1. ...Read More


	Subcontractor Must Cover General Contractor's Costs of Defending Against Carrier's Claim		07/17/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: LA \| Segment: SOUTH \| 66 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 69 min read
	A federal trial court judge ruled that the terms of a contract between a general contractor and subcontractor allowed the general contractor to recover the costs it incurred in defending itself against a claim by a workers’ compensation carrier. ...Read More


	Injured Worker Can Proceed With Discrimination Claim, but Not Retaliation Claim		07/17/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NV \| Segment: WEST \| 52 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	A divided federal appellate court panel ruled that an injured worker should have been allowed to proceed with a claim that his employer had discriminated against him for his off-work drinking, but that he did not state a viable claim for disability discrimination or for retaliation for havin...Read More

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NY - Regulators Approve 11.7% Rate Reduction for Third Cut in Three Years

07/18/2018 | 96 | 0 | 3 min read

The New York Department of Financial Services has approved an overall loss-cost rate decrease of 11.7%, the third straight year that the department has fully endorsed a recommended rate cut. The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board recommended the latest reduction in May, and the DFS approved it last week. It takes effect Oct. 1. The recommended change, following a 4.5% reduction a year ago, was based on the latest statistical data reported by the rating board’s member carriers and reflects the application of generally accepted actuarial principles and methodologies, the b... Read More

CA - Remaining Defendants in Pain Relief Health Center Case Plead Guilty

07/18/2018 | 328 | 0 | 3 min read

A chiropractor accused of running medical mills in Los Angeles and California’s Central Valley pleaded guilty to a single count of aiding and abetting health care fraud, and a psychologist charged with paying kickbacks for referrals pleaded guilty to fraud. Bahar Gharib-Danesh, a chiropractor in Woodland Hills, pleaded guilty July 5 to aiding the fraudulent activities of another chiropractor. Danesh signed a plea agreement saying she directed staff to forward to a third-party billing agency invoices submitted by a person identified as “N.E.” Danesh forwarded the invoic... Read More

CA - Paragon Expands to San Diego, Hires Senior Vice President

07/18/2018 | 120 | 0 | 4 min read

Connecticut-based Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC opened a new office in San Diego, and hired Robert Etzler as senior vice president and director of workers’ compensation. Etzler held leadership roles at Cypress Point-Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Atlas General insurance Services and Midwestern Insurance Alliance prior to joining Paragon, the agency said in a statement. Paragon, a national multi-line specialty managing general agency based in Avon, Connecticut, also announced that it opened a new office in downtown San Diego. The company said it is in negotiations with other indus... Read More

WA - L&I Fines Asbestos Removal Co. $229,700

07/18/2018 | 46 | 0

The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries fined an asbestos removal company $229,700 for exposing workers and the public to unsafe conditions. The department said in a statement that Above & Beyond Asbestos Removal is also under further review for having “demonstrated a continuous indifference to Washington’s asbestos handling rules which protect workers and the public from harm.” Inspections at two job sites found similar violations, according to L&I. Above & Beyond was hired to remove boiler insulation at a Seattle apartment complex. The co... Read More

MA - Democratic Candidate Lacks Work Comp Insurance

07/18/2018 | 87 | 0 | 19 min read

A Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts governor’s office neglected to purchase workers’ compensation insurance for his campaign staff, a possible violation of state law, The Boston Globe reported. Bob Massie The newspaper said that a spokesman for the state Office of Labor and Workforce Development confirmed that the Friends of Bob Massie committee did not have an insurance policy in place and that it has referred the matter to the Department of Industrial Relations “for further inquiry.” The Massie campaign told the Globe that it was “working to addres... Read More

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