Workers' Compensation News
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WCD Proposes Fee Schedule Rules, Tweak to MCO Regs | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division proposes rules to update fee schedules for 2024 and tweak requirements for managed care organizations. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Increase Witness Fees, Physician Reimbursements | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida doctors would be in line for a raise regardless of the types of injured workers they’re treating, under legislation moving through the state House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Double Benefits for Injuries Involving Illegal Child Labor, Safety Violations | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Iowa employers would be on the hook for double the benefits they otherwise would pay to workers injured in the course of employment in which the employer is found to have violated specific labor laws or rules. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial for Worker's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits for a worker’s carpal tunnel syndrome because the onset of his condition and his diagnosis predated his date of hire with his most recent employer. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bills to Limit Billing Disputes, Notify Workers of Right to Appeal Claim Denials | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia lawmakers passed bills that would allow employers and carriers one year to recover payments to health care providers and require them to notify injured workers of the right to dispute claim denials. ...Read More | |||
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No Error in Judge's Grant of Modification, Denial of Penalty | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a judge did not err in granting an employer’s modification based on a labor market survey, nor did the judge err in denying a worker’s penalty petition. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Plumber for Shoulder Injury | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a plumber for an alleged shoulder injury where he initially failed to disclose a car accident between his alleged date of injury and the date he sought treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets No Recovery on Tort Claim | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an entry of judgment against an injured worker, finding the accident that injured him wasn't caused by the negligence of the transit authority whose bus struck the elevated lift in which he was standing. ...Read More | |||
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Triable Issues Preclude Additional Summary Judgment in Labor Law Case | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that neither a property owner nor an injured worker was entitled to summary judgment on additional aspects of a Labor Law claim arising from a lift accident. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of Class Certification in Anticompetition Action | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the denial of class certification to a group of chiropractors accusing the state’s largest health insurer and claims administrator of anticompetitive behavior. ...Read More | |||
