Workers' Compensation News
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WCA Posts Proposed 2021 Provider Fee Schedule for Review | 10/16/2020 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration posted to its website proposed changes to the provider fee schedule for public review. T...Read More | |||
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WCI to Rebroadcast Sessions From Annual Conference | 10/16/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Institute's annual educational conference, held online this year for the first time, will be rebroadcast over the next few months, the institute said. ...Read More | |||
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With No New Claims, Second-Injury Fund Slowly Winding Down, Report Notes | 10/16/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The unfunded liability for Florida's second-injury fund has continued to drop and now stands at less than $237 million, according to an actuarial report. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Clarifies Application of Payroll Exclusion Rule | 10/15/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau said a rule excluding from reportable payroll wages paid to people who aren’t working because of the pandemic applies only to cases that can be tied directly to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Compensation for Full Measure of Impairment From Combined Condition | 10/15/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker is entitled to compensation for the full measure of her disability from a combined condition. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Committee Recommends Keeping Audit Threshold | 10/14/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau committee says the physical audit threshold for California employers should remain the same, despite available data suggesting it should be lowered by $1,000. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Proceed With Labor Law Claim Against Roofing Material Manufacturer | 10/14/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been allowed to proceed with his Labor Law claim against a roofing material manufacturer that contracted with his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Work Injuries, Deaths Vastly Underreported, Labor Report Says | 10/13/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workplace fatalities nationwide have not improved, violence has increased, safety enforcement has plummeted and the coronavirus response has been lacking, says a new report from the AFL-CIO. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Compel Production of Articles, Data, Advertising by Doctor's Employers | 10/13/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to compel the production of the articles and data a doctor used to formulate an opinion about her condition, as well as the production of advertising by the doctor’s employers. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Forfeits Entitlement to Benefits by Failing to Disclose Business | 10/09/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a former train operator committed fraud and forfeited his entitlement to benefits by failing to disclose his operation of a garden supply business. ...Read More | |||
