Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker Pleads Guilty to Double-Dipping | 01/16/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1018 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 56 min read | |||
| A Southern California man pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud for failing to report income he was earning as a self-employed contractor while receiving benefits for an industrial injury. ...Read More | |||
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Advertising for Seminar on EquityComp Program Didn't Violate Trademark Laws | 01/16/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 302 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that the advertising for a workers’ compensation seminar on the controversial EquityComp program did not infringe upon Applied Underwriters’ trademarks. ...Read More | |||
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New Reference Guide Addresses Non-Submission of MSAs to CMS | 01/16/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 906 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 56 min read | |||
| Payers are growing more skeptical about Medicare's voluntary set-aside approval process. Perhaps in response, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is emphasizing the advantages of MSA review in a new manual. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Restore Fourth Edition, End Prevailing Factor Requirement | 01/16/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KS | Segment: Top | 117 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 79 min read | |||
| While the Kansas Legislature remains a deep shade of red, the new governor is a Democrat who has signaled her support for a kinder, gentler workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Part of Injured Worker's Bad Faith Claims Against Employer, Comp Carrier | 01/16/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 125 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals last week revived part of an injured worker’s bad faith claim against his employer and its workers’ compensation insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Reconsideration for Request to Expand Claim | 01/16/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 82 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 11 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court rejected a worker's challenge to a denial of a request for reconsideration, rejecting his motion to expand his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Worker's Request to Reopen Claim | 01/16/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 118 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board denying a worker’s motion to reopen her claim. ...Read More | |||
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John Travis Named Work Comp Manager at Appalachian Underwriters | 01/16/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 85 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| Appalachian Underwriters has hired John Travis as manager of workers’ compensation operations. ...Read More | |||
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Layla Santa Rosa Named Deputy Commissioner | 01/16/2019 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 170 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read | |||
| North Carolina Industrial Commission Chairman Charlton Allen has announced the appointment of Layla Santa Rosa as a deputy commissioner. Sant...Read More | |||
| Greenlight Re Makes Another Investment in AccuRisk | 01/16/2019 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 97 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| Greenlight Capital Re, a property and casualty reinsurance company headquartered in the Cayman Islands, is investing in AccuRisk Solutions LLC. The investment will allow AccuRisk, a Chicago-based managing general underwriter focused on employee and health insurance benefits, to expand thr...Read More | |||
