State: WA | Segment: WEST | 457 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner is accepting comments on possible rule-making to implement a 2016 bill creating a second appeals process for small pharmacies to challenge drug prices set by pharmacy benefit managers, and requiring PBMs to register with the state.
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State: NC | Segment: Top | 326 | 0 | Popular with Legal
Starting next week, employers and insurers that want to compel action or respond to a worker's attempt to compel are going to have to get a lawyer, as the North Carolina Industrial Commission will no longer accept motions for relief filed by insurance adjusters.
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 174 | 0 | Popular with Legal
Insurance Recovery Group, a national firm focused on subrogation, second injury funds and cost containment for the property and casualty industry, has named Paul James as its president and chief executive officer.
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 408 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Idaho Industrial Commission said carriers could lose their authority to write workers’ compensation insurance in the state if they don’t register as trading partners before new electronic reporting requirements take effect in November.
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 231 | 0 | Popular with Legal
An Ohio Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission properly exercised continuing jurisdiction over a staff hearing officer’s order to deny a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits.
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 254 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Maryland Insurance Commissioner has proposed amending a rule that governs the terms of canceling a workers' compensation policy.
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 208 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has hired an insurance company investigator as deputy commissioner of compliance and investigations.
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 491 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The biggest rainmaker in the history of the continental United States prompted the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation to issue a bulletin requiring that insurers be flexible in handling workers’ claims.
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 225 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York-based investment house that bills itself as an alternative asset management firm has acquired four physical therapy firms that together operate 11 clinics in four states.
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 494 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Rome insurance agent was arrested Thursday and charged with six counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud, the Georgia Department of Insurance said.
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