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Workers' Compensation News
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Tribble Takes Helm of Church Mutual Subsidiary CM Regent
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07/12/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 114 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 53 min read
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Church Mutual on Wednesday announced the appointment of John Tribble as vice president and chief administration officer for CM Regent Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Church Mutual Insurance Co.
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NBA Player Gets Six Years in Referral and Tax Fraud Scheme
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07/11/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 2040 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read
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A retired basketball player who received kickbacks for referring athletes to a workers’ compensation attorney in Southern California as part of a larger scheme to siphon off money from a charity was sentenced to six years in prison.
Kermit A. Washington, 66, pleaded guilty in Novemb...Read More
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Cargo Company Cited for Fatal Forklift Accident
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07/11/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 437 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 219 min read
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined SSA Pacific Inc. $205,235 for willful and serious safety violations uncovered during an investigation into a Jan. 9 fatal forklift accident at the Port of San Diego.
A longshoreman was driving a forklift to a transit shed Jan...Read More
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Doc Accused of Self-Dealing Pleads Not Guilty
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07/11/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1454 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read
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A Southern California doctor pleaded not guilty to fraud charges relating to allegations that he referred workers’ compensation patients to have services provided at other clinics he owned, according to a report by ...Read More
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Study Finds Mixed Results From State's Medical Treatment Guidelines
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07/11/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 263 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 57 min read
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Lost-time duration for New York workers with low back injuries fell following the state’s implementation of workers’ comp medical treatment guidelines, according to a new study, which also found that the rate of magnetic resonance imaging increased after the guidelines took effect....Read More
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Supreme Court Mulls Whether Marijuana Is The Rx For Comp
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07/11/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: NH | Segment: Top | 197 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 31 min read
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Some workers' compensation insurance carriers have been quietly paying claims for marijuana and one claimant's attorney is hoping that the New Hampshire Supreme Court will make his state the sixth to specifically require workers' comp carriers to pay for pot.
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PEOs, Formulary Updates Are Subjects of Proposed Regulations
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07/11/2018
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 140 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has published a notice of rules awaiting a recommendation under the state’s “common sense” initiative: an update to the BWC prescription drug formulary and rules regarding professional employer organizations.
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Opioid Prescribing Rules to Take Effect Aug. 8
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07/11/2018
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 144 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read
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A regulation that requires doctors to check the state’s prescription drug monitoring program before prescribing opioids and sets an initial limit of a seven-day supply of opioids for acute pain will take eff...Read More
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Shipyard Faces $271K Fine Following Employee Drowning
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07/11/2018
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 118 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed penalties of $271,061 for a Florida shipyard where an employee drowned in an accident in January.
OSHA issued citations on July 2 to North Florida Shipyards Inc., a shipbuilding and repair company in Jacksonville.
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Court Says Comp Board Lacked Jurisdiction to Overturn Worker's Award of TTD
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07/11/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 76 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 26 min read
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The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board could not overturn an award of temporary total disability benefits as being unsupported by the record evidence since none of the parties had contested the award during the proceedings before the administrative law judge....Read More
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