Workers' Compensation News
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VICA Luncheon on Catastrophic Injuries Set for Tuesday
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03/09/2017
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 994 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 51 min read
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The Valley Industrial Claims Association will host an educational luncheon on catastrophic injuries next week.
Barbara Silvas, a nurse case manager at Genex Services, will present "Catastrophic Injuries: How to Avoid Shattering Your Reserves." The session will run from 11:30 a.m...Read More
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Vendor Will Share Stakeholder Comments to Medical Fee Schedules
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03/09/2017
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 714 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read
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The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Medical Fee Schedule Regulatory Advisory Panel will meet today with Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting to review a summary of stakeholder feedback and proposed revisions to medical fee schedules.
The meeting will be from 9 a.m. to...Read More
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Volunteer Rescuer's Injuries Covered by Comp
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01/25/2017
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 1043 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 12 min read
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A volunteer who sustained multiple fractures after getting caught in an avalanche during a rescue effort will have his medical bills paid by workers' compensation, Routt County, Colorado, officials told the Steamboat Today newspaper on Monday.
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V3 Adds Three Senior Executives
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01/11/2017
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 715 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read
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V3 Insurance Partners LLC has announced the addition of three senior executives as part of the expansion of its online quote-and-bind workers’ compensation practice.
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Videotape Leads to Arrest of Claimant After $500K Spent on Benefits
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12/27/2016
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 768 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 55 min read
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A Florida claimant who was provided motorized wheelchair because of an alleged work-related neck injury that prevented him from bending his body was arrested on workers' compensation fraud charges after investigators videotaped him cleaning his boat and pushing it off its trailer.
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Value-Based Care is Focus of Orthopedic Conference
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11/29/2016
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 893 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read
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Whether patients can have a total hip or knee replacement and go home the same day will be a question addressed during a two-day conference hosted by the American College of Perioperative Medicine.
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Voters Reject Universal Health Care Measure 4-to-1
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11/10/2016
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 503 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read
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Colorado voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot initiative that would have created a universal health care system to cover all medical treatment, including care for work injuries.
The Colorado Secretary of State reports that 79.7% of voters opposed Amendment 69.
The measure would...Read More
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Voc Rehab Working Group Posts Presentation Ahead of Meeting
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11/09/2016
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State: HI | Segment: WEST | 419 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 75 min read
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An advisory group convened to identify ways to improve Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system is considering the possibility of tying reimbursement for vocational rehabilitation to how quickly injured workers are back on the job.
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