Workers' Compensation News
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Detention Center Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries From Horseplay | 12/06/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 99 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that a detention center employee was entitled to benefits for her injuries that happened while engaged in horseplay with a colleague. ...Read More | |||
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Oil Field Service Contractor Owed Operator Defense to Suit by Injured Worker | 12/06/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 92 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that state law governed an agreement between an oil field service contractor and a well operator, which required that the contractor indemnify the operator for injuries to a worker allegedly caused by the contractor’s negligence. ...Read More | |||
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New Schedule Would Raise Physician Fees, Tie Them to Medicare's Conversion Factor | 12/06/2018 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 133 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| Thanks to a recent drop in overall workers' compensation costs for employers, Tennessee regulators now feel comfortable granting medical providers a significant increase in fees, one that will rise with Medicare's fees over time, officials said this week. ...Read More | |||
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Rule Change Would Require PBMs to Pass Along Rebates | 12/06/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 182 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| Pharmacy benefit managers will have to pass along any rebates or other "third-party revenue" to employers and insurers under amendments to the Pharmacy Fee Schedule proposed by the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Department Approves 5.6% Rate Decrease | 12/06/2018 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 99 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| Louisiana employers should see another drop in their workers' compensation insurance costs, beginning May 1, 2019. ...Read More | |||
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Benefit Termination Notice Requirement, Firefighter Coverage Bills Pending Introduction | 12/06/2018 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 75 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| Drafts of bills awaiting introduction for the 2019 legislative session in Montana would require carriers to notify workers when medical benefits are about to end, and would create a mechanism to pay for workers’ compensation coverage of volunteer firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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State Rep. Wants Review of Comp System | 12/06/2018 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 148 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| A Nevada lawmaker wants to review the state’s workers’ compensation laws when the Legislature convenes for the 2019 session in February. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Could Apply Holding From Dynamex to Comp | 12/05/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1032 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read | |||
| The three-part test to determine whether a worker is an employee that the California Supreme Court adopted this summer for wage-order claims could be applied to workers’ compensation and other issues, under one of the first bills introduced for the 2019 state legislative session. ...Read More | |||
| Constitutional Challenge to Lien Stay Dismissed | 12/05/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 687 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read | |||
| The U.S. District Court for Central California dismissed the 18-month-old constitutional challenge to the statutory stay on liens filed by criminally charged providers. At the same time, U.S. District Judge George H. Wu on Nov. 28 lifted the preliminary injunction that prohibited the Divi...Read More | |||
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Medical Payment Disputes Surging in State That Still Lacks Fee Schedule | 12/05/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 201 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 54 min read | |||
| Medical payment disputes appear to have increased sharply in New Jersey’s workers’ comp system, rekindling a debate over whether the state needs a medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
