Workers' Compensation News
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Nurse Failed to Prove Change in Condition Sufficient to Reopen Claim | 10/12/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 101 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a nurse failed to carry her burden of proving a sufficient change in her condition to justify reopening her workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Transparency and Disclosure From PBMs | 10/12/2018 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 201 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read | |||
| Pharmacy benefit managers, the subject of criticism around the country that they don't always produce the cost savings they promise, would have to follow strict reporting and contractual requirements under a bill introduced in the Michigan Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Doctors at Gala Say Their Lien Days Are Over | 10/11/2018 | |
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| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2450 | 1 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| SAN DIEGO — Medical providers who treat California workers’ compensation applicants on a lien basis are playing a fool’s game, physicians and attorneys said Wednesday during WorkCompCentral’s Comp Laude Awards Gala. ...Read More | |||
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Man Fights State Exemption of Comp for Ag Workers | 10/11/2018 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: SD | Segment: Top | 203 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 29 min read | |||
| Most states provide that workers' compensation coverage is not required for all agricultural workers. But only in New Mexico has such an exclusion been overturned as unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
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Fraud Investigations Help, but Problem Is Much Bigger, Critics Say | 10/11/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NC | Segment: Top | 220 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| Two years after a state audit report slammed the North Carolina Industrial Commission for failing to ferret out noncompliant employers, the agency says its investigations have quadrupled since. ...Read More | |||
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11th Circuit Upholds Rejection of OSHA Inspection Warrant for Poultry Plant | 10/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 169 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 18 min read | |||
| The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals this week ruled that a Georgia employer could not be compelled to submit to an inspection after a worker suffered an electric shock injury. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Rules of Procedure | 10/11/2018 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 133 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 52 min read | |||
| The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation increased some conversion factors used to calculate reimbursement for medical services as part of an update to its Rules of Procedure. ...Read More | |||
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Columbus Day Holiday Didn't Extend Time for Employer to File Petition for Review | 10/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 80 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to an extra day to file a petition for review of an award, since Columbus Day was not a holiday for the Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Third Challenge to Worker's Treatment Regimen | 10/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 126 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 35 min read | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals rejected an employer’s third attempt to challenge the reasonableness and necessity of a worker’s treatment regimen for a 10-year old back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Workplace Safety Penalties to Increase 84% | 10/11/2018 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 247 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 12 min read | |||
| The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced that the maximum penalty for workplace safety violations will nearly double on Oct. 20 to account for inflation. ...Read More | |||
