Workers' Compensation News
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Gilson Daub Announces Four New Partners | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 101 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Gilson Daub announced the promotions of Alex Chien, Adrianna Maldonado, Nicholas Rosen and Matthew Smith. ...Read More | |||
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WCI Says Conference Will Be In-Person in December | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 110 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 102 min read | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Institute announced Thursday that its annual educational conference will be held in-person in December in Orlando, Florida. ...Read More | |||
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Department Revises Rules on ASC Facility Fees, Implants | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 87 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 120 min read | |||
| After receiving comments from stakeholders, the Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims has amended its hospital and ambulatory surgical center fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Employer's Ability to 'Coordinate' Comp Benefits With SSDI Payments | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 112 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 99 min read | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that an automobile manufacturer could "coordinate" a retired employee's workers' compensation benefits to account for his receipt of Social Security disability payments. ...Read More | |||
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Family of First OKC Firefighter to Die From COVID Gets Lump-Sum Settlement | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 1841 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 185 min read | |||
| Oklahoma City officials this week cleared the way for workers' compensation benefits for the family of a firefighter who died from COVID-19, but the mayor said the move does not set a costly precedent for the city. ...Read More | |||
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IBR Apps Drop in 2018-19; Providers Bemoan Inability to Recover Filing Fee | 01/21/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 521 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 40 min read | |||
| Applications for independent bill review fell below 2,000 in 2018 and 2019 for the first time since the process started in 2013, according to a new report by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Trump Pardons Doctor Convicted in Pacific Hospital Kickback Scheme | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1636 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 38 min read | |||
| President Donald Trump pardoned a doctor and former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach who didn’t serve a day of the 15-month sentence he received in 2020 after ...Read More | |||
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Company Charged in RICO Action Also Had No Comp Coverage, DWC Says | 01/21/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 179 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 25 min read | |||
| Florida property-casualty insurers, hit by increasing losses in recent years, have opened a new front in the war against fraud and are using anti-racketeering laws to go after companies they say have double-billed for restoration work. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Fails to Link Alcohol to Injury, Denial of Medical Treatment | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 113 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 36 min read | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a widow was not entitled to benefits, finding she did not prove that her husband's increased use of alcohol was related to his job injury. ...Read More | |||
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Dodrill Reminds Workers, Employers That COVID Claims May Be Compensable | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 142 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 121 min read | |||
| West Virginia is not one of the states that have adopted a COVID-19 presumption law or rule, but the state insurance commissioner is reminding virus-sickened workers that they may be eligible for benefits. ...Read More | |||
