Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Passes Bill to Boost Doctors' Pay | 02/29/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would increase how much doctors are paid for treating injured workers and testifying at depositions in work comp claims. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Arrested on Quarter-Million Premium Fraud Charge | 02/29/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Authorities in Florida said the owner of American Iron Group Corp. was arrested Wednesday on felony charges for allegedly concealing his true payroll to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums by more than $250,000. ...Read More | |||
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Insurer Can Pursue Malpractice Claim Against Attorneys | 02/29/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a retrocession insurer can pursue a malpractice claim against the lawyers who represented its insured in a personal injury action. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Lacks Standing to Appeal Liability Finding | 02/29/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker lacked standing to appeal a finding that her employer’s insurance carrier didn't have to pay for diagnostic testing she received from an out-of-network provider. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Chemical Exposure Claim | 02/29/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a retired worker’s chemical exposure injury claim. Case: Goines v. Stan...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes New Dispensing Fee, Changes to Pharmacy Fee Schedule | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation proposed rules to incorporate into its pharmacy fee schedule new prescription drug reimbursement rules adopted by the state’s Medicaid program. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Electronic Signature on C&R | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers and their beneficiaries in California would be able to electronically sign settlement agreements, under a bill introduced this month. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy No Bar to Civil Rights Claim for Forced Strip Search | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that neither qualified immunity nor the exclusive remedy provision of Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Law barred a nurse’s civil rights claims of being strip-searched as she reported for a job assignment at a jail. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Coal Miner | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a former miner on his occupational pneumoconiosis claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Publishes Compendium of State, Federal Cost Containment Strategies | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute published a guide describing the medical cost containment strategies used in all 50 states and three federal workers’ compensation programs. ...Read More | |||
