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Workers' Compensation News
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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 | 732 | 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 | 851 | 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 | 473 | 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 | 390 | 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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Vericlaim Acquires Mid-Texas Claim Service
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11/07/2016
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 673 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 3 min read
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Vericlaim, a provider of loss adjusting and claims management services, has acquired the assets of Mid-Texas Claim Service Inc.
Terms of the deal, an...Read More
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VICA to Hold Last Educational Luncheon, on Narcotics Abuse, Nov. 8
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10/25/2016
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 681 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 230 min read
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The Valley Industrial Claims Association will hold its last educational luncheon of the year on Nov. 8, on the topic of narcotics abuse.
Marianna Kritsberg of Genex Services, a national managed care provider with locations throughout California, will deliver the presentation. The talk wil...Read More
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Veteran Firefighter's Cancer Claim Was Time-Barred
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10/19/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 453 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 91 min read
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a veteran firefighter was time-barred from filing a workers' compensation claim for his cancer.
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Voluntary Base and Assigned Risk Rates Drop for Second Straight Year
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10/05/2016
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State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 557 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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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