Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Adopts Rule Requiring Utilization Reviewers to Be in Same Specialty | 01/26/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 171 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 83 min read | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation gave final approval to a rule requiring utilization review and peer review doctors to be in the same or similar specialty as the treating physician. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Approves Rule Allowing Rule Modification for Emergency Orders | 01/26/2021 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 98 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 167 min read | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission now has the authority to modify its rules to conform with emergency orders from the state's chief justice. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Commissioners Make Progress on Case Backlog, Advocate for Better Communication | 01/25/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 729 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 50 min read | |||
| As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its one-year milestone in the U.S., commissioners at the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board say they’ve used their lockdown time to chip away at a years-long case backlog. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB's C&R Committee Meets Feb. 2 | 01/25/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 193 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 50 min read | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Classification and Rating Committee will meet via webinar teleconference at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 2. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts Adjustments to OMFS for Pathology and Clinical Labs | 01/25/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 120 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 135 min read | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to relevant 2021 changes in the Medicare payment system. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Slow Recovery, Permanent Layoffs, Drop in Premium for 2021 | 01/25/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 223 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 75 min read | |||
| If 2020 was tough on workers' compensation premium, 2021 may not be much better, thanks to long-term economic shifts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said in a report. ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Ironworker's Labor Law Claims | 01/25/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 142 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of an ironworker’s Labor Law claims based on his fall into a hole. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Pursue Labor Law Claim for Boiler Valve Mishap | 01/25/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 177 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claims based on alleged injuries he sustained while replacing a boiler steam valve. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Timeliness of CT Claim | 01/25/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 85 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 42 min read | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an assembly line worker’s claim for benefits for cumulative trauma was timely filed. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies Benefits for Man Whose Legs 'Gave Out' | 01/25/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 89 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 190 min read | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker who allegedly suffered injuries when his legs gave out failed to prove his injuries were the result of his work. ...Read More | |||
