Workers' Compensation News
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Commission Set to Review Year With Fee Schedule | 01/15/2019 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 111 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read | |||
| Until a year ago, Virginia was one of only seven states without a fee schedule for workers' compensation medical services. Now, state regulators are in the midst of reviewing the first year under the schedules, what they have called a transition year. ...Read More | |||
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Ivans: Work Comp Rate Decreases Last Year Mostly Exceeded 2017 | 01/15/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 69 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 47 min read | |||
| Workers’ comp premium renewal rates fell more last year than in 2017, with the exception of December, according to the Ivans Index. Wo...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Adjusting PPD Benefits for Inflation | 01/15/2019 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 66 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| Permanent partial disability benefits in Alaska would be indexed to inflation and adjusted each year under a bill introduced ahead of the legislative session that starts today. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Taxi Driver's Claimed Injuries From Airport Assault | 01/15/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 83 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 11 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court rejected a taxi driver’s claim for benefits based on his failure to provide timely notice of injuries from an alleged assault, and his lack of credibility. ...Read More | |||
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Hearings Scheduled for Volunteer Firefighter Coverage Bills | 01/15/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 37 | 0 | Popular with Other_other | 31 min read | |||
| Montana lawmakers will hear testimony this week on bills that would impose a sales tax on fireworks to cover the cost of mandating workers’ compensation coverage for volunteer firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to Serve All Parties Ruins Challenge to Denial of Disability Retirement | 01/15/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 86 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s failure to properly serve a representative of the state Attorney General’s Office with a copy of a petition challenging his application for disability retirement benefits was fatal to his appeal. ...Read More | |||
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Two Bills Would Expand Cancer Coverage for Firefighters | 01/15/2019 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 81 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 135 min read | |||
| Two bills filed this week would make it easier for Alabama firefighters and retired firefighters to have their medical expenses covered when diagnosed with cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Appellate Panel Tells Trial Court to Stop Delaying on Employer's Motion | 01/15/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 72 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 63 min read | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an employer that had waited for more than a year for a hearing on its motion to dismiss or transfer a workers’ compensation claim was entitled to a writ compelling the trial court to rule. ...Read More | |||
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Brown Approves Medical Provider Performance-Based Audit Plan | 01/15/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 162 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Cassie Brown has approved a Medical Quality Review Audit Plan for 2019 that calls for review of the appropriateness of physical medicine and re...Read More | |||
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Terms of Staffing Agency's Employee Contract Barred Personal Injury Suit Against Customer | 01/15/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 97 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that the terms of a staffing service employee’s agreement with his employer barred his suit against a client for work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
