Workers' Compensation News
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Rand Recommends Incentives for Quality, Timely Med-Legal Reports | 12/11/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 442 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read | |||
| California’s Medical-Legal Fee Schedule could be improved by abandoning the time-based payment methodology for a flat rate, and adding bonuses for timely and complete reports, according to a new Rand Corp. report...Read More | |||
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Employer May Apportion Disability to Pre-Existing, Asymptomatic Condition | 12/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 695 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that an employer may apportion a worker’s disability following a work injury to a previously asymptomatic, underlying condition. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Deferred Retirement Program Not Cost-Neutral | 12/11/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 264 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| A deferred retirement program intended to keep veteran police and firefighters on the job in Los Angeles is not cost-neutral, despite being sold as such to voters in 2001. ...Read More | |||
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Ride-Share's Role in Comp Transportation Debated | 12/11/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 204 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| Ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft are making inroads into workers’ compensation transportation, but how big of a role they will ultimately play in shuttling injured workers to and from medical appointments is being hotly debated. ...Read More | |||
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Bicklein Trial Set; Defendant Contends Payments Were Legal Because Clients Signed Forms | 12/11/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 433 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read | |||
| A prominent claimants' attorney who is accused of taking kickbacks from the Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas plans to assert that it was not a crime to accept the payments because his clients had signed consent forms acknowledging the arrangement. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Reimbursement From Subsequent Injury Account | 12/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 79 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that further proceedings are required to determine whether an employer’s workers’ compensation provider was entitled to reimbursement for an employee’s claim based on his disability from a work-related injury and a pre-existing condition. ...Read More | |||
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Work Comp Rates Down 3.25% in November Ivans Index | 12/11/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 75 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 8 min read | |||
| Workers’ comp premium renewal rates were down 3.25% in November, following a 3.20% decrease in October, according to results of the Ivans index. ...Read More | |||
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4th Circuit Upholds Air Ambulance Provider's ADA Challenge to State Fee Schedule | 12/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 90 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 63 min read | |||
| Air ambulance providers last week notched yet another win in their battle against state regulation of their rates. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court o...Read More | |||
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Stan Connally Joins AAU as Producer in Tampa | 12/11/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 39 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| Allied American Underwriters, a division of USG Insurance Services Inc., has hired Stan Connally as a producer/broker for workers’ compensation in the Tampa, Florida, branch. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Profitability Helps Maintain 'Stable' Outlook for Commercial Lines | 12/11/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 93 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read | |||
| A.M. Best is maintaining a stable outlook for the commercial lines segment of the U.S. property and casualty insurance industry for 2019, in part due to continued profitability of workers’ compensation, the segment’s largest line of business. ...Read More | |||
