Workers' Compensation News
Pair Arrested for Alleged Premium Fraud | 01/29/2024 | ||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Friday announced two arrests in an alleged $127,000 premium fraud scheme. The CFO’s office sai...Read More | |||
Police Officers Fail to Link Layoffs to Workers' Comp Claims | 01/18/2024 | ||
State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a finding that two special police officers had not been laid off from their positions in retaliation for pursuing workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
Pediatrician Waits Too Long to File Occupational Disease Claim | 01/17/2024 | ||
State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that a pediatrician waited too long to file her occupational disease claim. Dr. Stacy...Read More | |||
Penalties for Safety Violations Increase 3.24% for Inflation | 01/16/2024 | ||
State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations on Friday announced a 3.24% increase in penalties for workplace safety violations, due to inflation. S...Read More | |||
Provider Can't Challenge Carrier's Use of Billing Code to Deny Coverage | 01/10/2024 | ||
State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a medical care provider lacked legal standing to challenge an insurance carrier’s use of a billing code to deny coverage to patients as violating the workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
Proposal Returns to Shorten Deadline for Medical Fee Disputes | 01/10/2024 | ||
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New Jersey state senator is making another run at reducing the statute of limitations to two years in workers’ compensation medical fee disputes. ...Read More | |||
PEO Coverage Bill Back Before Lawmakers | 01/09/2024 | ||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A Florida state senator is taking another run at legislation that would require employee leasing companies to provide comp coverage for all of a client’s workers if the client company does not have coverage itself. ...Read More | |||
Public Employers' Rates Drop 3.9% | 01/05/2024 | ||
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that public employer rates decreased by an average of 3.9% at the start of the year. ...Read More | |||
PCRB to Launch Data Platform | 12/20/2023 | ||
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau on Monday announced a partnership with Cloverleaf Analytics to create a new data platform. The b...Read More | |||
Privette Doctrine Shields Company From Liability to Subcontractor's Injured Employee | 12/15/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A California appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to the general contractor for a construction project, finding that the Privette doctrine shielded it from liability to a subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||