Workers' Compensation News
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Widow Gets Benefits for Worker's Death by Suicide | 08/05/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 153 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a worker’s widow for his suicide. Case: Matter of Meager v. Sara...Read More | |||
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Coalition Against Insurance Fraud Names New Communications Director | 08/05/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 124 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 53 min read | |||
| The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud welcomed Arinze Ifekauche as its new director of communications. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies PTD Benefits to Coal Miner With Multiple Injuries, Pneumoconiosis | 08/05/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 87 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 23 min read | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits to a former coal miner with a history of multiple injuries and occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Tweaking Uninsured Fund Petitions, Doctors' Invoices | 08/05/2020 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 95 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 97 min read | |||
| Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed a bill that gives workers and the uninsured fund a little more room to recover payments when an employer is not insured. ...Read More | |||
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New State Rules Require Registration, More Info From PBMs | 08/05/2020 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 121 | 0 | Popular with Vendor | 12 min read | |||
| The Delaware Department of Insurance has put the final touches on new rules that require pharmacy benefits managers to register annually and provide contract information to state regulators. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Seeks Presenters for 2021 Conference | 08/05/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 134 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| The Texas Workers' Compensation Conference was canceled this year due to the pandemic, but regulators already are seeking presenters for the 2021 conference, set for June. ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau's C&R Committee Meets Friday | 08/04/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 231 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 47 min read | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Classification and Rating Committee will meet via teleconference at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Claimant Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case | 08/04/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1494 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 37 min read | |||
| The California Department of Insurance reported that a woman who falsified documents to receive an additional $10,590 in benefits pleaded guilty to felony counts of insurance fraud and identity theft. ...Read More | |||
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Study: Health Care Workers File 9 Times More COVID-Related WC Claims Than Other Groups | 08/04/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 596 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 69 min read | |||
| Health care workers make up nearly two-thirds of all COVID-related workers' compensation claims, and they have filed more than nine times as many claims as any other group, according to a new study. ...Read More | |||
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Counterfeit Drugs a Growing National Problem, Report Says | 08/04/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 215 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| Two Ukrainian men pleaded guilty two weeks ago in Houston to conspiring to smuggle counterfeit medications into the United States. Ins...Read More | |||
