State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 193 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that it could not address the merits of a worker’s claim for additional indemnity benefits because of procedural deficiencies with the record it had been provided.
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 438 | 0 | Popular with Legal
An attorney who specializes in legal public relations said a Philadelphia claimants’ firm provided a “blueprint” for how to respond to a negative investigative report.
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 397 | 0 | Popular with Legal
Medical marijuana is moving into the mainstream in workers’ comp, with another major carrier announcing a process for providing cannabis to claimants.
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State: WI | Segment: Top | 267 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council is expected on Wednesday to bless legislation that would create a quasi-Medicare-based fee schedule and is girding for a major fight with health care providers.
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 339 | 0 | Popular with Legal
Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, is launching a new digital platform to make it easier for small businesses to buy workers’ comp policies without using an agent.
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 469 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled that the “dual capacity” doctrine is no longer a viable means through which a worker may be able to seek a civil remedy for an employer’s allegedly tortious conduct.
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 2453 | 0 | Popular with Legal
Three medical providers claim the Division of Workers’ Compensation relied on underground regulations to deny applications for recertification as qualified medical evaluators earlier this year.
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 183 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
An Ohio appellate court ruled that psychiatrist who had worked at a state prison was not an independent contractor, but a public employee eligible to participate in the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System.
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 181 | 0 | Popular with Legal
Paradigm Outcomes, a provider of medical management for catastrophically injured workers, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ForeSight Medical, a surgical device cost-containment company.
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