Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Posts Quarterly Adjustment to Hospital, ASC Fees | 10/03/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adopting the latest quarterly update to the outpatient hospital and ambulatory surgery center section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Adopts Updates to MTUS Drug List | 10/03/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced updates to the drug list in the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule to align with national treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Provider Timely Asserts Claim for Reimbursement | 10/03/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals revived an insurance provider's claim for reimbursement from a widow's wrongful death settlement. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Fines Georgia Pacific for Fatal Accident | 10/03/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined Georgia Pacific $648,292 after a worker was crushed by an unguarded packing machine. Ge...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim, Undergo Additional Imaging | 10/03/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a request to expand the scope of a worker’s claim and for additional imaging. Cas...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Get Summary Dismissal of Claim | 10/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld summary judgment for the defendants in a Labor Law case involving a worker’s fall from the roof of a home undergoing renovations. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Appeal of Stay Order as Moot | 10/03/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal from an order staying enforcement of a workers’ compensation award pending judicial review because the review process was completed. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Verdict for Railway on Prejudicial Evidentiary Error | 10/02/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court overturned a jury verdict in favor of a railway, finding that the trial judge prejudicially erred in excluding the testimony of an injured worker’s expert witness. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Posts Report on COVID Claims | 10/02/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| About 15% of COVID-19 claims with medical payments involved treatment for long COVID symptoms, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California reported. ...Read More | |||
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Fee Schedule Public Comment Period Opens | 10/02/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration is accepting public comments on the 2025 fee schedule and billing instructions. ...Read More | |||
