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Workers' Compensation News
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Cleaning After Use of Toilet Doesn't Break Causal Connection Between Accident, Back Injury | 07/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 148 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 128 min read | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker’s act of cleaning herself after using the restroom did not break the causal connection between her prior work accident and the herniation of a disc in her back. ...Read More | |||
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Memorial Service for Longtime Commissioner Leeds Set for July 21 | 07/16/2018 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 96 | 0 | |||
| A memorial service will be held Saturday for former Maryland Workers' Compensation Commissioner Jacques Leeds Jr. Leeds died July 1 at age 90. The...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Police Officer's Tort Claim for Injuries Sustained in Pursuit of Suspects | 07/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 87 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured police officer could not pursue a personal injury claim against a general contractor in charge of a construction site where the officer allegedly fell while pursuing robbery suspects. ...Read More | |||
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Registration Opens for Educational Conference | 07/16/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 110 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 120 min read | |||
| Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services opened registration for its 16th annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference scheduled for the end of September. ...Read More | |||
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Medical Committee Meets Thursday to Tackle Formulary Requirements of HB2 | 07/16/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 142 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 37 min read | |||
| A medical advisory committee, tasked with devising ways to implement a drug formulary and prescribing guidelines as required by House Bill 2, will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Employers ID Cumulative Trauma as Work Comp Quagmire | 07/13/2018 | |
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| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1963 | 5 | Popular with Legal | 38 min read | |||
| ANAHEIM, California — California employers on Thursday gave the state labor secretary a trophy to take back to Gov. Jerry Brown for bringing stability to the workers’ compensation system, while sending a message to the next governor that they want something done about cumulative traum...Read More | |||
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DWC Announces P&T Committee Members, First Meeting | 07/13/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 359 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the six people selected to serve on the committee that will consult with the agency on updates to the prescription drug formulary. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Hospital Consolidation Likely Impacting Comp Costs | 07/13/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 226 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 72 min read | |||
| Hospital mergers have substantially reduced operating costs for acquired hospitals but increased hospital prices by double-digit percentages, a trend that is expected to impact workers’ compensation medical costs, according to a new report. ...Read More | |||
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Memo Reminds Attorneys on Overbilling; Texas Mutual Says 'It's Not Over' | 07/13/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 313 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| After news broke last month that a claimants' attorney had been indicted on fraudulent billing charges and that other attorneys had billed for thousands of hours per year, many in the state expected regulators to launch some sort of investigation. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Sue Employer for Trying to Make Him Pose as Contractor | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 116 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 5 min read | |||
| A divided Michigan Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker has no civil remedy against his direct employer for allegedly pressing him to pose as an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
