Workers' Compensation News
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Sunz Subsidiary Opening Branch Office in Sacramento
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06/14/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 296 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 79 min read
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Next Level Administrators, a subsidiary of Sunz Holdings that provides claims administration services, is expanding into the California market with the opening of an office in Sacramento.
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5th Circuit Upholds Conviction of Houston Doctor for Operating Pill Mill
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06/14/2018
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 172 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read
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The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a Houston-area doctor’s five year sentence for his role in running a pill mill that dispensed approximately 1.6 million dosage units of oxycodone in a two-year-period.
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UR Fraud Probe Spreads; Hundreds of Cases in Question
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06/14/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: CT | Segment: Top | 1016 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read
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A convicted physician charged with fraud in New York state also set up a fraudulent peer-review firm in Connecticut, which now means that hundreds of workers' compensation cases may have to be reopened, authorities said Wednesday.
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Commission Drafting Emergency Rule for Coverage Exemption Affidavits
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06/14/2018
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 99 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 87 min read
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The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission said Wednesday that it is drafting emergency rules and forms to implement legislation passed this year that allows independent contractors to exempt themselves from workers’ compensation coverage by filing an affidavit.
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Worker's Losing Record Didn't Bar Most Recent Claim
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06/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 75 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker’s previously dismissed workers’ compensation claim did not bar her from making another attempt at securing benefits for hand injuries that may be different from those she had asserted earlier.
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No Intoxication Defense for Employer
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06/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 120 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 37 min read
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The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not avail itself of the statutory presumption that a gin worker’s accident was caused by intoxication from marijuana use, since it could not prove how a urine sample was obtained for drug testing.
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Liberty Mutual Appoints Waters to Lead National Insurance Specialty Unit
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06/14/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 228 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read
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Liberty Mutual has appointed Matt Waters as chief underwriting officer and senior vice president to its National Insurance Specialty unit. He will be responsible for primary and excess products sold to large and mid-sized construction and energy companies.
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Senate Resolution Keeps Reform Bill Alive
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06/14/2018
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State: AK | Segment: WEST | 120 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 38 min read
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The Alaska state Senate passed a resolution to suspend legislative rules and allow a vote on a bill that would overhaul the state workers’ compensation system even though the Senate did not take a vote on the measure before adjourning its regular session.
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