Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Assessment Rates to Drop July 1
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06/04/2018
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 60 | 0
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has given final approval to new assessment rates for self-insured employers and to employer contributions to the marine industry fund.
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Excessive Fees Went to Three Providers, Investigation Shows
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05/23/2018
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 188 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read
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Details continue to emerge about skyrocketing workers’ compensation in Paterson, New Jersey, after a former city councilman’s brother was suspended as risk manager for the city and for the school district.
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Education Seminar to Cover Workplace Safety, Opioid Solutions
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05/22/2018
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 57 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read
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The Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation will host an education seminar August 15-16 to examine regulations, workplace safety and medical issues in the state.
The seminar at the Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, Missouri, will include dozens of sessions and more than 100 ven...Read More
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EOB Must Go to Provider and Worker, Not Third-Party Payer
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05/18/2018
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State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 151 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 501 min read
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Third-party payers and networks are not health care providers, the Michigan Workers' Compensation Agency said in a reminder bulletin issued Thursday.
The state has seen an increase in the use of ...Read More
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Extensive Changes to Claims-Handling Standards Take Effect Aug. 2
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05/16/2018
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 154 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 89 min read
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Tennessee's Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced new claims-handling standards and rules that will take effect Aug. 2, including a rule that ends the requirement that carriers have a claims office in the state.
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Exclusivity Doesn't Prohibit Defamation Claims, High Court Rules
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05/10/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: HI | Segment: Top | 201 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 8 min read
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An injury to a worker's reputation is not the kind of injury that is subject to the exclusive remedy of the workers' compensation law, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled in overturning a six-year-old appellate court decision.
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Electrician Accused of Double-Double Dipping
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05/04/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 572 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 43 min read
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A Bay Area electrician is accused of working for three different employers while drawing temporary disability benefits for separate claims filed against two carriers, the California Department of Insurance said Thursday.
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EquityComp Customer Can't Be Compelled to Arbitrate Claim of Fraud
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05/04/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 388 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read
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A California appellate court ruled that a disgruntled EquityComp customer could not be compelled to arbitrate its fraud claims against the program providers, since the arbitration agreement the customer had signed was not enforceable.
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Employer Had Immunity From Civil Liability to Worker Provided by Staffing Agency
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05/03/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 151 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 52 min read
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was immune from civil liability for a worker’s negligence claim because it controlled the aspects of his day-to-day job activities and had arranged for payment of workers’ compensation premiums through the staffing agency that had placed ...Read More
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