Workers' Compensation News
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Beecher Carlson Names CEO, COO
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04/11/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 56 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read
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Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, a large account insurance broker, has promoted Joseph Siech to chief executive officer, and B. Scott Davis to chief operating officer.
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Res Judicata Barred Worker From Re-Litigating Compensability of Knee Surgery
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04/11/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 72 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read
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The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that the doctrine of res judicata barred an injured worker from seeking additional benefits and coverage for knee surgery after the Workers’ Compensation Commission had already rejected her medical evidence as insufficient to prove causation.
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Department to Hear Comments on WC Rates
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04/11/2018
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 49 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read
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The Department of Industrial Accidents and the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday today will hear comments on changes in workers' compensation rates.
The listening session will be from 1-3 p.m. in Conference Room No. 3 at 1 Ashburton Place, 21st Floor, in Boston, acc...Read More
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WC Board Releases Revised Authorization Request Forms
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04/11/2018
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 95 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read
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The New York Workers' Compensation Board has revised medical authorization request forms to allow more room for a national provider information (NPI) number, and for more than one email address and fax number.
The changes apply to doctor's request for authorization and c...Read More
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Employers Oppose Bill to Cover Police Officers Injured Out of State
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04/10/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 692 | 1 | Popular with Legal | 53 min read
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Employers say a bill that would allow California peace officers to seek workers’ compensation benefits for injuries that occur outside of the state would unnecessarily create a gray area in the state’s workers’ compensation law.
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Underreporting Payroll
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04/10/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 445 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read
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The owner of a Southern California janitorial company pleaded guilty to underreporting payroll by more than $1 million in an effort to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office ...Read More
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ACOEM Wants Greater Focus on Functional Improvement in Opioid Treatment
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04/10/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 330 | 2 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read
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While many recent efforts to combat the opioid crisis have focused on restricting initial prescriptions for the painkillers, others are attacking the issue from the angle of opioid use by chronic pain patients.
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Uproar After Chief ALJ Forces Another Judge to Resign
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04/10/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 433 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read
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What began as an official complaint against a doctor has ballooned into a Texas-sized drama, with one administrative law judge forced to resign and the chief judge now facing calls for her own dismissal.
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