Workers' Compensation News
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MLAC Says It's Ready to Consider COVID-19 Legislative Proposals | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 108 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 43 min read | |||
| Members of Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee say they’re prepared to evaluate any COVID-19 proposals introduced by state lawmakers, the committee wrote in a letter to Gov. Kate Brown last week. ...Read More | |||
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Doctor's Inconsistent Opinions Inadequate to Deny Surgery | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 96 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 59 min read | |||
| A Delaware Superior Court judge ruled that a doctor’s inconsistent medical opinions did not provide substantial evidence to deny a worker’s request for back surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Benefits to Worker Who Lost Finger | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 136 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 100 min read | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals overturned a denial of temporary disability compensation to a worker whose doctor recommended the immediate amputation of an injured finger. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Right to Private Action for Willfully Negligent Acts | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 106 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 16 min read | |||
| Montana workers who are hurt due to willfully negligent acts would be able to seek damages against the person who caused the injury and receive workers’ compensation benefits, under a draft bill released Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Lauren Gregory Joins Alliant Insurance Services | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 177 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 137 min read | |||
| Lauren Gregory joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president of Alliant Specialty Group, Public Entity. Gregory will be located ...Read More | |||
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MSA Administrator Ametros Forms Medical Advisory Council | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 181 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 149 min read | |||
| Ametros, a Medicare set-aside administrator, announced the formation of a Medical Advisory Council with two physicians who will provide medical opinions to the company’s members and serve as medical directors on complex cases. ...Read More | |||
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Board Extends Telemedicine Rules Until Mid-April | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 152 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 81 min read | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has extended emergency rules that allow the use of telemedicine services in most situations. T...Read More | |||
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Agency Hosts Webinar on Record Keeping, Reporting of Injuries | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 126 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| The Kentucky Labor Cabinet is offering a free webinar on proper record keeping and reporting of injures, illnesses and deaths at the workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Doctors, Pharm Agents Can Soon File Dispute Resolution Requests Electronically | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 145 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 135 min read | |||
| Starting next month, Texas physicians and pharmacy processing agents will be able to request medical fee dispute resolutions through encrypted email, fax or secure file transfer protocol, the Division of Workers' Compensation said in a ...Read More | |||
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Employers Must Consider Wealth of Legal Issues Before Requiring COVID Vaccinations | 01/19/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 709 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read | |||
| As health care professionals begin to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, California employers may have to navigate myriad legal issues if they’re considering mandating or even suggesting that their employees get vaccinated, employment law and workers’ compensation experts said. ...Read More | |||
