Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Open Up Ability to Choose IME Doctor for 2nd Exam to All Workers | 12/14/2017 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Hampshire state senators plan to introduce a bill that would allow injured workers to obtain a second independent medical exam from a doctor of their choosing if they’re dissatisfied with the results of the first exam, which is performed by doctor chosen by their employer or its insuran...Read More | |||
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Board Updates List of Providers Authorized to Help Injured Workers | 12/14/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has added 80 medical personnel to its list of providers authorized to treat injured workers, and removed 87 others who had been authorized to render treatment or conduct independent medical examinations. ...Read More | |||
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Better ID of Suspended Providers, Process to Report Bad Actors Sought at Hearing | 12/12/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| OAKLAND, Calif. — A sparsely attended hearing on proposed permanent rules to suspend providers from California’s workers’ compensation system yielded a request for better ways to identify those no longer allowed to treat injured workers, a call for guidance on the retroacti...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow State to Investigate, Audit PEOs | 12/08/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Democratic senator representing Fort Lauderdale filed a bill Wednesday that would place certain obligations on professional employer organizations (PEOs), also known as employee leasing companies. ...Read More | |||
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Board Adopts Emergency Rule to Allow Self-Insurance by Jockey Fund | 12/07/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has adopted an emergency rule to implement legislation that allows the Jockey Injury Compensation Fund to self-insure its workers’ compensation risk, according to ...Read More | |||
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Board Releases Latest Medical Fee Schedule | 12/07/2017 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maine Workers’ Compensation Board has released its medical fee schedule for dates of service on and after Jan. 1. The schedule includ...Read More | |||
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Bill Drops Conditions for PTSD Compensability for First Responders | 12/06/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A parade of tearful first responders, spouses and survivors who were prepared to testify against a PTSD presumption bill reversed course Tuesday after the sponsoring senator dropped a set of qualifying conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Benchmark Study Finds Decrease in Claim Closure, More Tracking of Provider Performance | 12/05/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ comp insurers and third-party administrators are having a harder time closing claims than they did three years ago, as more than half who participated in a recent survey reported a closure ratio of less than 100%. ...Read More | |||
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BNTD Law Changes Name to Bluestein Attorneys | 12/04/2017 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Columbia, South Carolina, law firm Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado LLC has changed its name. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposes Amendments to Provider Certification Criteria | 12/04/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing Jan. 4 over proposed amendments to Ohio Administrative Code 4123-6-02.2, which relates to provider certif...Read More | |||
