Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Busted for Drug Sales Loses Entitlement to Benefits by Lying About Lack of Income | 10/05/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 442 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 38 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker forfeited his entitlement to benefits by engaging in criminal conduct that provided him with an income while he was collecting wage-replacement benefits. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Offers Seminar for Medical Office Staff | 10/05/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 508 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 54 min read | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Small Business Development Center will offer an educational seminar, “Texas Workers’ Compensation 101 for Medical Office Staff,” Nov. 10 at the center’s CESS Building,...Read More | |||
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4 Work Sites Without Fall Protection Net Contractor $292K Fine | 10/05/2016 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 455 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 105 min read | |||
| After inspections revealed no fall protection at any of a New Jersey contractor's four Lehigh Valley work sites, the federal workplace safety agency fined it just shy of $292,000. ...Read More | |||
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MEMIC Announces $20 Million Dividend | 10/05/2016 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 514 | 0 | Popular with Other | 76 min read | |||
| Workers’ compensation insurance company The MEMIC Group will issue a dividend of $20 million to about 18,000 Maine policyholders next month. ...Read More | |||
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U.S. Supreme Court Gets Second Petition Challenging Adequacy of NFL Concussion Settlement | 10/05/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 570 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read | |||
| The United States Supreme Court last week received a second petition for certirorari challenging the adequacy of the National Football League's massive class-action settlement with former players for failing to warn them about the long-term health risks of brain injuries they sustained o...Read More | |||
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Agency Releases New Compensation Rates, COLA Reimbursements, Attorney Fee Schedule | 10/05/2016 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 547 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 81 min read | |||
| The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents has released new COLA payment and reimbursement schedules, maximum and minimum weekly compensation rates and a new attorneys’ fee schedule, effective this past Saturday. ...Read More | |||
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Voluntary Base and Assigned Risk Rates Drop for Second Straight Year | 10/05/2016 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 591 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Insurance Department has approved an 8.4% decrease in the voluntary base rate, and a 7.8% decrease for assigned risk rates, effective Jan. 1. The department attributed the decrease in the voluntary market to fewer claims, and lower medical and indemnity costs. Over the ...Read More | |||
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BWC Makes Minor Changes to Confidentiality Rules | 10/05/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 660 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has revised its confidentiality rules with changes that will go into effect Oct. 13. The BW...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Identity-Theft Conviction for Claimant Who Used False SSN | 10/04/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: KS | Segment: Top | 862 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 31 min read | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeal last week upheld the criminal conviction of an injured worker whose comp claim led authorities to discover his unauthorized use of another person's Social Security number. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Report: In-Network Claims Cost Less, Outperform Non-Network Claims for First Time | 10/04/2016 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 572 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 127 min read | |||
| About half of Texas' claims were treated in-network, and those claims tended to perform better and, for the first time, cost less than out-of-network claims, a Texas Department of Insurance report on 2014-15 claims data found. ...Read More | |||
