Workers' Compensation News
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Proposed Rule Would Streamline Annual Policy Count Process | 10/24/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers' compensation insurers would be required to submit a count of the number of policies they have at the end of each year, under a rule proposed by the Texas Department of Insurance. ...Read More | |||
| Payroll Threshold for Ag Comp Exemption Increased to $54,783 | 10/24/2016 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has increased the amount of gross payroll for employers that hire seasonal workers to determine if those employees are subject to the Workers' Compensation Act. The adjusted annual payroll increased 0.78% to $54,783 from $54,359. That am...Read More | |||
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Proposed Fee Schedule Released | 10/21/2016 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kansas has released its proposed workers' compensation medical fee schedule for 2017. The fee schedule would increase reimbursement to most...Read More | |||
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Possible Bill Would Prohibit Benefits for Failure to Disclose Pre-Existing Conditions | 10/20/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: MT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers would be prohibited from receiving benefits for injuries causally connected to pre-existing conditions that are not disclosed at the time of hire, under a legislative concept being drafted by Kalispell Regional Healthcare. ...Read More | |||
| Pinnacol Assurance Hosts 'Pinnacol in Action' Volunteer Month | 10/20/2016 | ||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employees of Colorado workers' compensation insurance carrier, Pinnacol Assurance, announced they have volunteered with 11 organizations over the course of a month-long event deemed Pinnacol in Action, held from September to October. More than 200 employees volunteered for a total of ...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors: Alleged Pain Cream Scheme Operator Threatened Co-Conspirators | 10/20/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a compounded pain cream company that allegedly defrauded the military's health insurance program of about $100 million threatened to "take someone out" if he was turned in, once answering the door holding a handgun, Texas prosecutors say. ...Read More | |||
| Pre-Conference Workshops Address Opioid Use, Case Management | 10/19/2016 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Opioid addiction, modern communication skills and best practices in workers' compensation will be explored during three pre-conference workshops at the Commission for Case Manager Certification 2017 New World Symposium. The pre-conference sessions will take place on Jan. 26,...Read More | |||
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Propane Co. Can't Avoid Trial on Damages to Farmworkers Injured in Explosion | 10/18/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a group of farmworkers who were injured when their living quarters exploded can take their claims against a propane provider to trial, and that their employer is immune from contribution or indemnification to the propane provider for the majority of them....Read More | |||
| ProCare Rx to Expand at Office Park | 10/14/2016 | ||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pharmacy benefit manager ProCare Rx plans to expand into a second building to be constructed at ProCare Park in Gainesville, Georgia. The 31,200-square-foot building will give the company’s 225 employees room to spread out from their 42,900-square-foot building at the park, the Gain...Read More | |||
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Provider Networks Increasing Their Focus on Outcomes | 10/13/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When medical provider networks were introduced in California’s workers’ compensation system in 2004, results were initially mixed. ...Read More | |||
