Workers' Compensation News
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TDI Reports Large Number of Enforcements in 1st Quarter of 2014
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05/28/2014
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Insurance Council of Texas task force is continuing to address the problem the state’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has with the submission of inaccurate and untimely electronic medical billing data. In the meantime, the division continues to enforce medical-billing violations at...Read More
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Triad Staffing to Join BWC Retro Group Administered by Spooner
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05/28/2014
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Triad Staffing, a subsidiary of General Employment Enterprises Inc., will join the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s retro group retrospective rating program administered by Spooner Inc., General Employment announced Tuesday. The rating program...Read More
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Two Counties File Consumer Protection Suit against Opioid Makers
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05/23/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Attorneys for two California counties have filed a consumer-protection lawsuit against five opioid manufacturers, alleging they spawned a nationwide public health crisis by misleading doctors and patients about the proper use and risk of the addictive drugs.The suit alleges that the drug...Read More
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TV Reporter Grills Buehrer Over Plans to Appeal 'Cabal' Ruling
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05/23/2014
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Columbus television station, NBC4, pressed state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation administrator Stephen Buehrer Wednesday on whether the BWC would appeal a May 15 appellate court ruling that found that “a cabal of BWC bureaucrats” had rigged rates....Read More
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Three Sentenced for Double-Dipping
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05/19/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Three individuals were sentenced in unrelated cases for not reporting outside income while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, according to the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries. Rodimiro Cardenas Pacheco, 38, pleaded guilty to first-degree theft and was se...Read More
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Task Force Releases Report to Governor, General Assembly
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05/16/2014
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State: DE | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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The Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation Task Force released its official recommendations on how to stop the state’s workers’ compensation rate increases.Lt. Gov. Matt Denn, the leader of the task force, held a news conference Thursday to announce the release of the t...Read More
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Task Force Finalizes Recommendations for New Fee Schedule
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05/13/2014
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State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Joey BerlinSouthern Bureau ChiefDelaware’s Workers’ Compensation Task Force has finalized a set of recommendations that aim to cut medical reimbursements by one-third. Lt. Gov. Matt Denn said legislation ...Read More
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Trank Joins Henderson Franklin for Comp Defense
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05/13/2014
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Attorney Mark Trank has joined the firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., to practice in the workers’ compensation area, the Fort Myers, Florida-based firm announced in a release.Trank represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and employers in the de...Read More
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Teen's PTSD, Drug Treatment, after Car Wreck Were Compensable
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05/13/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Court of Appeals of Louisiana ruled that a teenager who was involved in a horrific multi-vehicle car wreck while in the course of his employment was entitled to compensation for his mental health and drug treatment after the accident. Case: Daniel v. Point t...Read More
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Treatment Guidelines Apply Regardless of Date of Injury
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05/09/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Sherri OkamotoLegal ReporterLouisiana's medical treatment fee schedule applies to all requests for medical treatment and disputes emanating from requests for medical treatment after the...Read More
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