Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Can Benefit From Discounted Rate Negotiated by Worker's Private Insurance Carrier | 01/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an employer’s liability for an injured worker’s medical benefits is limited to the amount actually paid to the treatment providers, even if they were paid at a discounted rate negotiated by the worker’s personal health insurance carri...Read More | |||
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EDI Implementation Delayed Eight Months to Allow for IAIABC Release 3.1 | 01/11/2018 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission has adopted emergency rules to delay by eight months the implementation of an electronic data interchange (EDI) system. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Contest Citation Because State Didn't Use Certified Mail | 01/09/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could contest a citation for an alleged violation of state safety regulations, even though it did not file an objection within 30 days of receiving the citation, because the state had not sent the citation by certified mail. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Failed to Rebut Presumption of Compensability for Driver's Injury | 01/08/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia’s highest court ruled that a bus driver was entitled to benefits for back pain because his employer’s expert had failed to address a medical expert’s theory that the disabling condition had been caused or aggravated by work. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Indemnitor Could Pursue Subrogation Claim Against Worker's 3rd-Party Recovery | 01/08/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A company that indemnified an employer for the costs of a worker’s claim could assert the employer’s subrogation right against a recovery the worker later obtained from a third-party tortfeasor, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Fined $41,310 for Fatal Bee Attack | 01/05/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined an employer $41,310 as a result of a fatal bee attack in 2017. Gerardo Balbuena, 49, was...Read More | |||
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Estranged Husband Can't Collect Death Benefits as Surviving Spouse or Dependent | 01/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker’s estranged husband was not entitled to benefits for her death as a dependent or as her surviving spouse. ...Read More | |||
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Express Scripts Can Sue Pharmacy Shuttered Amid Fraud Investigation, Judge Decides | 01/04/2018 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Express Scripts can proceed with a $2.3 million lawsuit accusing the owners of a now-shuttered compounding pharmacy of buying a fleet of luxury cars instead of reimbursing the pharmacy benefit manager for payments made on suspected fraudulent prescriptions, a ...Read More | |||
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Emergency Rate Hike Will Increase System Costs by at Least $163 Million | 01/02/2018 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Insurance Department’s approval of a 6.06% rate increase stemming from the state Supreme Court’s Protz decision will raise system costs by at least $163 million, the state rating bureau says. The rate hike nearly negates a 6.2% loss cost decrease that the Insurance Departm...Read More | |||
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Employer May Be Held Liable for Cost of Massage Services | 12/29/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court overturned a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, finding that an employer was not liable for the cost of the massage services that an injured worker had received for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
