Workers' Compensation News


	Rand Suggests DWC Streamline Mandatory Forms, Pay Docs for Completion		06/06/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 977 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 42 min read
	A report by one of the California's leading research groups — which apparently has been sitting on a shelf for the past six months — recommends that state regulators give medical providers more money for report writing, and clean up some of its duplicative requireme...Read More


	Residents Who Agreed to Check on Neighbor Can Recover for Injuries Through Comp		06/06/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 899 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 23 min read
	A California appellate court ruled that the workers’ compensation system provides the only available remedy to two private citizens who suffered horrific injuries in a knife attack while checking on the well-being of a neighbor at the request of a deputy sheriff. ...Read More


	Republican Lawmakers Try Again With New Rx Guideline, Compounding Pharmacy Bill		06/05/2018

	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 336 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 35 min read
	Five weeks after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a hotly debated bill that would have set up a drug formulary and imposed more utilization reviews, Republican lawmakers are trying again. ...Read More


	Rules Proposed to Eliminate 12-Month Cap on Extended TD Duration		06/05/2018

	State: WY \| Segment: WEST \| 125 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 59 min read
	The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services has proposed rules that would eliminate a cap on the extended temporary total disability benefit that can be awarded to injured workers who already received 24 months of benefits. ...Read More


	Rates Falling, Profitability Improving, CRIB Reports		06/04/2018

	State: NJ \| Segment: NORTH \| 149 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 49 min read
	Workers’ comp insurers in New Jersey ended 2016 with a combined ratio of 93.2%, a significant improvement from 98.1% in 2015 and the third straight year under 100%, according to an annual report released last month by the New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau. ...Read More


	Roofing Contractor Cited for Lack of Fall Protection		06/04/2018

	State: KS \| Segment: NORTH \| 88 \| 0 \| Popular with Employer \| 33 min read
	The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Wichita roofing contractor for exposing employees to falls and other safety hazards. ...Read More


	Ramsey Named Secretary of Education and Workforce Development		05/31/2018

	State: KY \| Segment: SOUTH \| 190 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 54 min read
	The man in charge of Kentucky's Labor Cabinet since 2015, former National Football League tight end Derrick Ramsey, has been named secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, the governor's office announced. ...Read More


	Riverside Chiropractor Accused of Participating in Capping Scheme		05/21/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 3052 \| 6 \| Popular with Legal \| 51 min read
	The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against a chiropractor accused of paying for patient referrals as part of a widespread capping scheme being prosecuted in courts throughout Southern California. ...Read More


	Report: Feds Pay More Than $60,000 After Failing to Accommodate Worker's Condition		05/17/2018

	State: WA \| Segment: WEST \| 180 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 8 min read
	The federal government paid $61,147 in back wages to a civilian worker for the U.S. Navy who was out of work for 18 months because he was not placed in a job that accommodated medical problems he says he suffered after being exposed to toxic chemicals, according to a ...Read More


	Report: Interpreters Question Part of NLRB Ruling Requiring Reclassification as Employees		05/14/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 588 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 11 min read
	Interpreters are questioning part of a National Labor Relations Board order requiring a government contractor to classify as employees the interpreters it provides to federal immigration courts, according to a report by an industry publication ...Read More

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NY - Regulators Approve 11.7% Rate Reduction for Third Cut in Three Years

07/18/2018 | 32 | 0

The New York Department of Financial Services has approved an overall loss-cost rate decrease of 11.7%, the third straight year that the department has fully endorsed a recommended rate cut. The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board recommended the latest reduction in May, and the DFS approved it last week. It takes effect Oct. 1. The recommended change, following a 4.5% reduction a year ago, was based on the latest statistical data reported by the rating board’s member carriers and reflects the application of generally accepted actuarial principles and methodologies, the b... Read More

CA - Remaining Defendants in Pain Relief Health Center Case Plead Guilty

07/18/2018 | 52 | 0 | 1 min read

A chiropractor accused of running medical mills in Los Angeles and California’s Central Valley pleaded guilty to a single count of aiding and abetting health care fraud, and a psychologist charged with paying kickbacks for referrals pleaded guilty to fraud. Bahar Gharib-Danesh, a chiropractor in Woodland Hills, pleaded guilty July 5 to aiding the fraudulent activities of another chiropractor. Danesh signed a plea agreement saying she directed staff to forward to a third-party billing agency invoices submitted by a person identified as “N.E.” Danesh forwarded the invoic... Read More

CA - Paragon Expands to San Diego, Hires Senior Vice President

07/18/2018 | 31 | 0

Connecticut-based Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC opened a new office in San Diego, and hired Robert Etzler as senior vice president and director of workers’ compensation. Etzler held leadership roles at Cypress Point-Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Atlas General insurance Services and Midwestern Insurance Alliance prior to joining Paragon, the agency said in a statement. Paragon, a national multi-line specialty managing general agency based in Avon, Connecticut, also announced that it opened a new office in downtown San Diego. The company said it is in negotiations with other indus... Read More

WA - L&I Fines Asbestos Removal Co. $229,700

07/18/2018 | 24 | 0

The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries fined an asbestos removal company $229,700 for exposing workers and the public to unsafe conditions. The department said in a statement that Above & Beyond Asbestos Removal is also under further review for having “demonstrated a continuous indifference to Washington’s asbestos handling rules which protect workers and the public from harm.” Inspections at two job sites found similar violations, according to L&I. Above & Beyond was hired to remove boiler insulation at a Seattle apartment complex. The co... Read More

MA - Democratic Candidate Lacks Work Comp Insurance

07/18/2018 | 38 | 0 | 1 min read

A Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts governor’s office neglected to purchase workers’ compensation insurance for his campaign staff, a possible violation of state law, The Boston Globe reported. Bob Massie The newspaper said that a spokesman for the state Office of Labor and Workforce Development confirmed that the Friends of Bob Massie committee did not have an insurance policy in place and that it has referred the matter to the Department of Industrial Relations “for further inquiry.” The Massie campaign told the Globe that it was “working to addres... Read More

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