Workers' Compensation News
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Widow Fails to Link Alcohol to Injury, Denial of Medical Treatment | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 138 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 41 min read | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a widow was not entitled to benefits, finding she did not prove that her husband's increased use of alcohol was related to his job injury. ...Read More | |||
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Dodrill Reminds Workers, Employers That COVID Claims May Be Compensable | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 158 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 121 min read | |||
| West Virginia is not one of the states that have adopted a COVID-19 presumption law or rule, but the state insurance commissioner is reminding virus-sickened workers that they may be eligible for benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Nurse With Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Can Reopen Comp Claims | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 295 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 13 min read | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that a registered nurse should have been allowed to reopen her workers’ compensation claims for injuries from her multiple chemical sensitivity diagnosis. ...Read More | |||
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Carisk Partners Names Dr. Alana Letourneau Chief Clinical Strategy Officer | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 112 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| Specialty risk transfer and care coordinator Carisk Partners announced the promotion of Dr. Alana Letourneau to chief clinical strategy officer, effective immediately. ...Read More | |||
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Mileage Reimbursement Falls to 56 Cents | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 83 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 82 min read | |||
| Injured workers in Nevada who have to travel for medical appointments this year will be reimbursed at a rate of 56 cents per mile, the Workers’ Compensation Section ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Extending Deadline for Mental Health Group Report | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 106 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 87 min read | |||
| The Utah House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure that would extend until 2025 the deadline for the final report from a task force charged with studying the compensability of mental health claims for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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After Layoffs, Pond Lehocky Names Five as Partners | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 135 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 152 min read | |||
| Eight months after Pond Lehocky Giordano, one of Pennsylvania's largest claimants' firms, laid off a quarter of its workforce, the firm has named five lawyers as partners. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Reminds Insurers to Pay Settlements On Time | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 116 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 26 min read | |||
| The Kentucky Workers' Claims commissioner is reminding insurance carriers and their attorneys that settlements should be paid within three weeks of approval by an administrative law judge. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Webinar Covers Notable Changes to 2020-21 USRP | 01/20/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 514 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 65 min read | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau says dozens of changes to classification codes in the California Workers' Compensation Uniform Statistical Reporting Plan could have big impacts on 2020 and 2021 policies. ...Read More | |||
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Keches Firm Says Arrangement Was Legal and Kickback Law Does Not Apply to Workers' Comp | 01/20/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MA | Segment: Top | 664 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 44 min read | |||
| One of the largest claimants' law firms in Massachusetts is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit the state attorney general filed alleging it accepted kickbacks in return for referring injured workers to a mail-order pharmacy. ...Read More | |||
