Workers' Compensation News
|
CWCI: Evaluation and Physical Medical Visits Down, but Payments Up 14% | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 322 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 39 min read | |||
| Visits for evaluation management and physical medicine services in the state’s workers’ compensation system are down again, continuing a trend that started after lawmakers passed Senate Bill 863 in 2012, according to a study summary released by the ...Read More | |||
|
L.A. County DA Charges Sheriff's Deputy With Workers' Comp Fraud | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1061 | 1 | Popular with Legal | 35 min read | |||
| A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud, prosecutors announced Monday. Kevin Adams, ...Read More | |||
|
Drug-Free Workplace Policies Don't Mean Fewer Claims, NCCI Study Shows | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 300 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 133 min read | |||
| Contrary to what many employers may expect, drug-free workplace policies don't always translate into fewer lost-time claims, the National Council on Compensation Insurance reported Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
|
Study: Use of Topicals, Expensive Specialty Drugs Rose in 2019 | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 354 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 63 min read | |||
| Usage rates for topicals, compounds, combo packs and other specialty medications are relatively low, but some costs associated with the products remain exponentially higher when compared with other treatments, according to a new drug trends report from a workers’ compensation care managemen...Read More | |||
|
No Benefits to Longtime Miner for Lung Condition | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 116 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a longtime miner did not prove he suffered a lung injury from his work, nor did he establish that he had an occupational lung disease. ...Read More | |||
|
L&I Proposes Tapping Reserves to Avoid 2021 Rate Increase | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 87 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 133 min read | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries on Tuesday proposed tapping into the workers’ compensation contingency reserve to avoid a rate increase in 2021. ...Read More | |||
|
Court Rejects Attorney's Effort to Secure Additional Fees | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 115 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 10 min read | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court dismissed an attorney’s claim of entitlement to additional fees, finding he had not secured a valid final judgment from the Office of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
|
Woman Settles Suit for $8 Million After Gruesome Machinery Accident | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 165 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 31 min read | |||
| A Virginia woman who lost her entire scalp in an industrial accident has settled a lawsuit against an equipment manufacturer and installer for $8 million. ...Read More | |||
|
Insurance Exchange Can't Get Injunction Barring Rival's Allegedly Libelous Solicitation of Clients | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 128 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 89 min read | |||
| The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a workers’ compensation insurance exchange was not entitled to a preliminary injunction barring a rival service provider from sending unsolicited emails to its customers containing allegedly libelous misrepresentations. ...Read More | |||
|
Jason Luce Joins HomeCare Connect as Director of Sales | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 125 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 147 min read | |||
| HomeCare Connect, a national ancillary service provider specializing in home health services in workers’ compensation, welcomed Jason Luce as its new director of sales. ...Read More | |||
