Workers' Compensation News
| DWC Increases 2019 Premium Surcharge | 12/11/2018 | ||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 75 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read | |||
| The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation increased the Workers’ Compensation Cash Fund premium surcharge, to 1.35% for 2019, from 1%. At the same time, the division imposed a 0.1% premium surcharge for the Subsequent Injury Fund and Major Medical Fund. There was no asses...Read More | |||
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Coal Mine Rate Bureau Asks for 10% Increase | 12/11/2018 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 139 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read | |||
| Workers' compensation costs may be dropping across the country, but not for coal mining companies in Pennsylvania. The Coal Mine Compensation...Read More | |||
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WC Won't Pay for Prospective Injuries, Fire Department Told | 12/11/2018 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 177 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| There's no such thing as a prospective injury in workers' compensation, and insurance won't pay for prophylactic medical treatment. That i...Read More | |||
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Court Strikes Expert Medical Opinion on Compensability of Worker's Mold Exposure | 12/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 89 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims should not have admitted the medical opinion presented by a worker allegedly sickened by her exposure to mold. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Expand Presumption for Firefighters, Ease Contractor Status for Taxi Drivers | 12/11/2018 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 78 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 29 min read | |||
| Two workers' compensation bills that saw little action in 2018 have been carried over to the 2019 legislative session, which begins Jan. 9. ...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors Allege Kickback Scheme Netted $211M | 12/10/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1467 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read | |||
| Federal prosecutors in Southern California say a scheme to pay kickbacks to doctors who prescribed compound drugs to injured workers netted more than $211 million in payments over a four-year period. ...Read More | |||
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Public Health Department Reports Data on Carpal Tunnel | 12/10/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 473 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read | |||
| As many as 6.3 out of every 10,000 full-time employees in California might have carpal tunnel syndrome, according to information the state Department of Public Health posted on its website. ...Read More | |||
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Doctor and Patient Charged With Insurance Fraud | 12/10/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1239 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 26 min read | |||
| Southern California prosecutors charged a doctor and a patient with insurance fraud for generating more than $850,000 in bills for medically unnecessary prescriptions for compound creams. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Carrier Profitability Grows, More So in Some States | 12/10/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 659 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read | |||
| Profitability of workers’ comp insurers in the U.S. last year grew, to 9.5% of net worth, compared to 8.2% of net worth in 2016, but profitability varied by state: from a high of 14.1% in Indiana to a low of 4.2% in the District of Columbia. ...Read More | |||
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Political Groups Fined for Failing to Report Spending to Defeat Formulary Bills | 12/10/2018 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 153 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| Two lobbying groups reportedly financed by a claimants' law firm were fined by the Pennsylvania Ethics Commission for late disclosure of contributions that funded Twitter and advertising campaigns against workers’ compensation bills, The Morning Call newspaper ...Read More | |||
