Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI: Claim Frequency Up for State's Self-Insureds | 07/22/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 338 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| Workers’ compensation claim frequency increased for the second year in a row among private self-insured employers in California in 2018, bucking a decades-long national trend of decreasing claim rates. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Schedules Hearing on SIU Rules | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 218 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| The California Department of Insurance will hear public testimony on proposed rules intended to improve carrier fraud investigations, during a Sept. 5 hearing in Sacramento. ...Read More | |||
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Adviser Sentenced After Embezzling Almost $1 Million in Settlement Funds | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 442 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| A Long Beach financial adviser has been sentenced to 124 months in state prison after being convicted of embezzling funds intended to pay for injured workers’ medical care after a settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Accused of Premium Fraud | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 146 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 15 min read | |||
| A Waco businessman is accused of intentionally underreporting payroll and employees in a scheme that allegedly cost Texas Mutual Insurance Co. more than $200,000, according to a report by the city’s ...Read More | |||
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WCD Proposes Rules to Implement Legislation | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 60 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 23 min read | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Friday posted draft rules intended to implement legislation passed over the last two years. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Explains Requirements for Coverage | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 53 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a business owner satisfied the statutory requirements to secure workers’ compensation coverage for her husband, who was her business partner and only employee. ...Read More | |||
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Agency Cracks Down on Towing Industry Over Insurance Issues | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 74 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 7 min read | |||
| A New York state agency is threatening to revoke the licenses of 130 tow truck companies after an investigation allegedly found widespread insurance and workers’ compensation fraud in the industry. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Seeks Input to Define Contractor | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 70 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 17 min read | |||
| The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development is holding a public hearing in August to discuss adopting a new definition of what constitutes an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can't Get TTD for Condition Unrelated to Job | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 79 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| The Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker with an arm injury was not entitled to temporary benefits for a total disability caused by kidney failure. ...Read More | |||
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Marc Pyatt Joins MTI America as Physical Medicine National Product Leader | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 80 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 4 min read | |||
| MTI America, a provider of workers’ comp ancillary health care services, has hired Marc Pyatt as its physical medicine national product leader. ...Read More | |||
