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	Formulary, Fraud Legislation on Agenda for CCWC Conference		07/06/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 465 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 118 min read
	California’s new drug formulary and anti-fraud legislation are among the topics to be discussed at the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation annual conference, to be held July 11-13 in Anaheim. ...Read More


	New Ambulatory Fee Schedules Official After Three Years of Litigation		07/06/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: NC \| Segment: Top \| 278 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 117 min read
	After three years of litigation and a do-over on the rule-making process, new fees for ambulatory surgery centers in North Carolina officially took effect this week, shifting from a charge-based system to a Medicare-based fee schedule designed to limit costs. ...Read More


	Worker Can Pursue Retaliation Claim Despite Arbitrator's Decision Upholding Termination		07/06/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: CT \| Segment: NORTH \| 110 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 85 min read
	The Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that an injured worker could pursue a retaliation claim despite an arbitrator’s earlier finding that the man was not wrongly fired. ...Read More


	Board Suspends Doctor for Failing to Answer Interrogatory		07/06/2018

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 176 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 27 min read
	The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board suspended New York City doctor John Felix Waller’s authorization to treat injured workers after he failed to cooperate with its investigators. The board said that it served interrogatories to Dr. Waller’s last known business...Read More


	ALJ's Don't Need to Rank Causes of Firefighter's Cancer in Determining Compensability		07/06/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: CO \| Segment: WEST \| 91 \| 0 \| Popular with Other_other \| 433 min read
	The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge does not have to rank risk factors in the course of determining whether an employer rebutted the statutory presumption that a firefighter’s cancer was caused by his employment. ...Read More


	Court Won't Vacate Default Judgment for Defendant in Personal Injury Action		07/06/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 96 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 22 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a construction worker’s personal injury action was not entitled have its default set aside, since it could not demonstrate good cause for its failure to participate in the proceedings. ...Read More


	No Accidental Disability Retirement Benefits for Officer Injured While Moving Dead Body		07/06/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 95 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	A divided New York appellate court panel upheld the denial of accidental disability retirement benefits to a police officer who suffered a hand injury while moving a heavy corpse. ...Read More


	Unrebutted Opinion of Voc Rehab Counselor Established Worker's 100% Loss of Earning Capacity		07/06/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NE \| Segment: NORTH \| 101 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 42 min read
	The Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled that a utility district employee had no earning capacity after an on-the-job back injury, since he properly reported his injury to his employer and there was no evidence to rebut the final opinion of the vocational rehabilitation counselor selected by the parti...Read More


	Contractor Cited for Failing to Provide Fall Protection		07/06/2018

	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 175 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 6 min read
	A contractor faces $48,778 in penalties for exposing employees to dangerous falls at two South Florida worksites. The U.S. Occupational Safety and...Read More


	Commercial Bakery Cited for Fall and Electrical Hazards		07/06/2018

	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 75 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 1 min read
	A Miami bakery faces $67,261 in fines for exposing employees to caught-in, fall and electrical hazards. The U.S. Occupational and Safety Administration c...Read More

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OH - Five Employers Plead Guilty to $269,000 in Fraud for Lapsed Coverage

07/17/2018 | 54 | 0

Five employers and one injured worker have been convicted of defrauding the Ohio workers' compensation system of more than $269,000. “If these employers had just played by the rules and reached out to us for help when they were struggling, we could have had a better outcome for all involved,” Jim Wernecke, director of BWC’s special investigations department, said in a statement issued Friday. “Instead, they went in a different direction and now they have a criminal record in addition to their unpaid BWC premiums.” The six were convicted in June aft... Read More

NE - Schroeder Named Court Administrator

07/17/2018 | 33 | 0

Longtime workers' compensation attorney Jill Gradwohl Schroeder has been named administrator for the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court. Schroeder, who has spent 30 years with the Lincoln firm of Baylor Evnen, will assume her new duties Monday, the court announced. She replaces general counsel Lorra O'Banion, who has served as acting administrator for the past eight weeks. The court administrator manages the court functions, is the primary liaison between the presiding judge and administrative and operational side of the court, and oversees implementation and enforcement of adm... Read More

OR - Registration Opens for Educational Conference

07/16/2018 | 99 | 0 | 120 min read

Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services opened registration for its 16th annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference scheduled for the end of September. The conference is designed for those working in the state’s work comp system, with general sessions providing information about the entire industry, and concurrent workshops that focus on specific issues. The department said the 2018 conference will include basic workshops for those new to the state’s system, as well as advanced workshops for those more familiar with the state’s rules. Reg... Read More

CA - Civilian LAPD Worker Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud

07/16/2018 | 406 | 0 | 18 min read

A civilian worker for the Los Angeles Police Department pleaded guilty to one felony count of insurance fraud and was ordered to pay $3,491 in restitution, county prosecutors announced. Gerald R. Pulley, 51, was a senior clerk typist for the department. The District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that Pulley had been on temporary disability leave when he was cleared to return to work in February 2017. Rather than go back to his job, Pulley returned to a second job working as a security guard while continuing to collect benefits from the Police Department. Pulley’s felony ... Read More

WI - Rates to Drop For Third Straight Year

07/16/2018 | 148 | 0 | 51 min read

Most Wisconsin employers will see another drop in workers' compensation rates after the state insurance commissioner approved a rate reduction for the third straight year. Commissioner Ted Nickel The Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau recommended a 6.03% rate reduction last month and the commissioner of insurance approved it last week. It goes into effect Oct. 1, and follows an 8.46% decline in 2017 and a 3.19% drop in 2016, the Department of Workforce Development announced. The latest reduction is expected to save about $134 million annually for Wisconsin employers. Wisc... Read More

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