Workers' Compensation News
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NIOSH, Calif. Public Health Department Team Up on Oil-Gas Safety Video | 08/24/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has partnered with the California Department of Public Health's occupational health branch (CDPH-OHB) to release a video on oil and gas tank gauging safety. ...Read More | |||
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No Duty Disability Retirement Benefits for Firefighter With Back Injury | 08/24/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of duty disability retirement benefits for a firefighter with a back injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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NAIC Heads to Honolulu for National Meeting | 08/24/2017 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will hold its Fall 2017 national meeting in Honolulu from Dec. 2-4. According to a tentative agend...Read More | |||
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NCCI Explores Marijuana Issues in Series of Articles | 08/23/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is releasing a five-part series on marijuana and the workers’ compensation system. T...Read More | |||
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New Medicare Set-Aside Reference Guide a Mixed Bag | 08/22/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A much-heralded re-review process isn’t the only significant change found in a new Medicare set-aside guidance document, which also includes provisions for utilization review denials and state-specific limits on workers’ comp benefits. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser...Read More | |||
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No Disability Retirement Benefits for Guard Injured Attempting to Thwart Inmate's Suicide Attempt | 08/21/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of disability retirement benefits to a corrections officer who was injured while attempting to stop an inmate from hanging herself. ...Read More | |||
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New EDI Standard Expands Electronic Options for FROI, SROI | 08/17/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| An international organization has rolled out updated standards for electronically submitted first report of injury forms, a move that some say may cause short-term headaches but ultimately will provide long-term benefits for those handling workers’ comp claims. ...Read More | |||
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Narrowly Divided Court Overturns Schedule Loss of Use Award to Worker | 08/17/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the Workers' Compensation Commission awarding a worker benefits for a schedule loss of use of her leg instead of her lost wage-earning capacity. ...Read More | |||
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No Disability Retirement Benefits for 911 Operator With Host of Health Problems | 08/16/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a 911 operator was not entitled to disability retirement benefits because she was not disabled by the effects of her multiple medical conditions, separately or cumulatively. ...Read More | |||
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No Duty Disability Retirement Benefits for Corrections Officer for Injury From 1992 | 08/16/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a former corrections officer was not entitled to disability retirement benefits because he failed to prove that his back condition was proximately caused by the actions of an inmate more than 25 years ago. ...Read More | |||
