Workers' Compensation News
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Appeals Court Orders Review of City's Entitlement to Reduce Judgment | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a trial court needed to revisit its determination that a city was not entitled to reduce a judgment against it to account for the workers’ compensation benefits a plaintiff had received. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Posts Update to Pathology, Laboratory Fee Schedule | 07/05/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday announced updates to the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule. The division said the order modifying the fee schedule implements relevant changes in the Medicare payment system. The ...Read More | |||
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High Court Finds Worker Not Entitled to Reopen Claim | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured loader operator was not entitled to the reopening of his claim for further permanent partial disability from a neck injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Rehab Coordinator Was Not PTD | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court dismissed a rehabilitation program coordinator’s challenge to a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board finding she was not permanently and totally disabled from her injuries from being attacked by a patient. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Transitional Work Program Increases Grants for Employers | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation last week announced that it is increasing grants employers can use to get injured workers back to work as quickly as possible. ...Read More | |||
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Block Elected Comp Court Presiding Judge | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court approved the election of Dirk V. Block as presiding judge of the Workers’ Compensation Court. The comp cour...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Citation Against Framing Contractor for Worker's Injuries | 07/03/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld a citation against a framing contractor for a worker’s fall through an unprotected opening for a stairwell. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Debit Card Payment Bill | 07/03/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow carriers to continue using debit cards to pay indemnity benefits for another year in a vote that allows the measure to be sent to the governor. ...Read More | |||
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Stakeholders Question Low WC Network Participation | 07/03/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| By Steve Nichols, News Contributor Data from the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation showing better outcomes when claims are treated in networks has prompted some observers to question why market penetration is not greater. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Can't Rule on Constitutional Challenges to Comp Rates | 07/03/2023 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a decision by the state Insurance Department to refrain from addressing an employer’s constitutional challenges to the regulatory framework for calculating workers' compensation rates. ...Read More | |||
