Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Loses Challenge to Calculation of AWW, Termination of Benefits, Denial of Change in Doctor | 04/21/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court rejected a worker’s challenge to the calculation of his average weekly wage, the termination of his benefits and the denial of his request to change treatment providers. ...Read More | |||
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Fee Review Section Miscalculates Payments Due for Ketamine Treatment | 04/21/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals overturned a determination that a ketamine treatment provider was not entitled to additional payment for its services, since the Fee Review Hearing Office had miscalculated the amounts due. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding That Employer Failed to Timely Contest Claim | 04/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a finding that an employer failed to timely controvert a worker’s claim of injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill to Move Comp Court to Judicial Branch | 04/21/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would move the Workers’ Compensation Court to the judiciary branch. The state Hous...Read More | |||
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CWCI Reports 16% Increase in QMEs, 17% Increase in Requests for Panels | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported that the number of qualified medical evaluators increased 16% from 2019 to 2024, but the number of requests for QME panels increased by 17% over the same period. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Drops PR-1 Proposal, Opens Second 15-Day Comment Period on UR Rules | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Thursday opened a second 15-day comment period on proposed utilization review rules after abandoning a proposal to create a new progress report. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Holds Annual Conference July 17 | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is holding its 2025 Annual Conference on July 17. The WCIRB said this...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill to Discontinue Group Self-Insurance | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit the Department of Insurance from certifying new group self-insured plans after Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Prohibits Using X-Mods to Disallow Bids | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed a bill prohibiting state agencies from using experience rating to preclude a business from submitting a bid for a contract. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Standard to Rebut Presumption of Retirement for PTD Worker | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court clarified the standard of proof and evidence necessary for a worker to rebut the statutory presumption that she would have left the labor market at the age of 67 were she not permanently and totally disabled by an occupational injury. ...Read More | |||
