Workers' Compensation News
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Billing Statute, Finds Carrier Not Liable for Bills | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals rejected a constitutional challenge to a statute governing billing for medical treatment and found that a carrier was not liable for payment of a provider’s bills that had not been properly submitted. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Entitled to Additional Imaging, Physician Evaluation | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that an injured worker was entitled to additional imaging studies and an evaluation by another doctor. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Unwitnessed Scaffold Accident | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his unwitnessed scaffold accident. Case: ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Outpatient and Medical Goods Fee Schedules | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation updated sections of the Official Medical Fee Schedule covering outpatient procedures and medical goods to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system. ...Read More | |||
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Dispute Over Borrowed Employee Precludes Summary Judgement in Tort Claim | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Illinois appeals court reversed an order that dismissed a civil tort claim, remanding the case for the trial court to determine whether the person who allegedly caused the injury was a borrowed employee of the injured worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Three Plead Guilty to Evading Payroll Tax, Comp Coverage | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Three residents of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax fraud through a years-long scheme of avoiding workers' compensation coverage and vastly underreporting payroll. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Labor Market Indicators Solid in March | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said labor market indicators remained solid in March, with the economy adding 228,000 jobs overall, including 209,000 in the private sector. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Establish New/Omitted Condition Claim, Continued Combined Condition Claim | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s new/omitted medical condition claim for a preexisting cervical arthritic condition, as well as a finding that his compensable cervical strain/sprain ceased to be the major contributing cause of a compensable combined condition...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding That Summer Camp Excursion Director Was Seasonal Employee | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a finding that a summer camp’s excursion director was a seasonal employee and a finding that he had not suffered a neck injury in a fall from a rock-climbing tower. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to End TTD When Worker Released to Full Duty | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill allowing temporary total disability benefits to be terminated when an injured worker is released to full duty. ...Read More | |||
