Workers' Compensation News
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Largest Drop in Opioid Spend Notched in 2017
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07/19/2019
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 128 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 12 min read
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The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation released an opioid summary report Thursday showing payments for painkillers dropped just more than 11% in 2017 co...Read More
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9/11 Victim Compensation Bill Stumbles in Senate
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07/19/2019
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 109 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read
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A bill approved last week by the U.S. House of Representatives that would replenish the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is now caught up in political wrangling in the Senate.
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Court Upholds Jury's $12.343 Million Award
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07/19/2019
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 183 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 96 min read
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A divided Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s verdict finding an employer liable for $12.343 million in damages to two employees who were struck by a vehicle.
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Pie Insurance Expands to Four More States
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07/19/2019
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 125 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 230 min read
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Pie Insurance, which sells workers’ comp policies online directly to small businesses, has expanded into four additional states: Mississippi, New Hampshire, Utah and West Virginia.
The expansion brings the area where Pie offers coverage to 29 states plus the District of Columb...Read More
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Supreme Court Denies Benefits for Security Guard
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07/19/2019
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 158 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read
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The Montana Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a security guard was barred from receiving benefits for an assault injury because he waited too long to file his workers’ compensation claim.
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Corrections Comp Audit Request Fizzles on Rubio, CAAA
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07/18/2019
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By: Eddie Curran (correspondent)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 989 | 1 | Popular with Legal | 72 min read
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Perhaps the state workers’ compensation system does need fixing, as the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association and Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio assert, but an attempt by Rubio and CAAA to make that case in dramatic fashion appears to have failed.
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State Paying Off Student Loans to Address Doctor Shortages
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07/18/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 535 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read
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California spent more nearly $70 million to pay off loans doctors took out to attend medical school in July as part of a new strategy intended to address the state’s shortage of providers, the ...Read More
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DWC Updates Treatment Guidelines
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07/18/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 337 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 67 min read
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order updating the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule.
The updates that appl...Read More
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