Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Commissioner Hears Pitch for 4.3% Rate Reduction
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10/11/2016
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 936 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read
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SAN FRANCISCO – The numbers have changed a bit, but the song remained the same at Monday’s hearing on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s 2017 advisory pure premium rate recommendation.
Medical costs are developing favorably and taking the sting out...Read More
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Epic Adds Gerrad Newton to Auto Dealer Specialty Program
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10/11/2016
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 639 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 31 min read
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Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants announced on Monday that Gerrad Newton has joined the firm’s Sacramento office as a producer.
Newton will work within the auto dealer specialty program. He will focus on workers' compensation and garage liability for auto and moto...Read More
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Christine Baker Scheduled to Speak at AIP Seminar in San Diego
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10/11/2016
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 879 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 71 min read
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California Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker is scheduled to speak during an Association of Insurance Professionals seminar in San Diego on Oct. 18.
Michelle Green, claims manager for Amtrust Financial, is also scheduled to speak during the event, titled Strategi...Read More
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Board's Ability to Collect Assessments from Trusts Hangs on Pending Appeal
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10/11/2016
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 927 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 61 min read
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Ever since New York's self-insurance program imploded about a decade ago, the State Workers' Compensation Board has been aggressively trying to collect from employers the liabilities the trusts left behind - but recent court decisions may be putting part of its recovery plan in jeopardy....Read More
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Employers Strategizing Against Bills that Reach '90% of Infinity'
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10/11/2016
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: Top | 785 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 29 min read
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Louisiana employers have been complaining for years about paying some of the highest fees in the nation for outpatient surgery. Now they have created a wisecrack description of the problem -- "90% of infinity" -- and are coming up with strategies to fight back.
The Louisiana Ass...Read More
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1st DCA Reverses Ruling on State of Limitations Defense
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10/11/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 404 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read
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The Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that equitable estoppel did not bar an employer from asserting the statute of limitations as a defense to a worker's claim for authorization for medical care.
Case: City of Dana Beach v. Zipoli, No. 1D16-0693, 10/10/2016, published....Read More
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Gov. Inslee Orders Action on Opioid Crisis
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10/11/2016
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 628 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday issued an executive order aimed at bringing together state agencies, public health organizations, law enforcement and others to combat the opioid crisis....Read More
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DWC Adopts New Fee Schedule
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10/11/2016
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 544 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 65 min read
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The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation has adopted changes to its medical fee schedule that include new conversion factors for calculating reimbursement rates under the state’s Resource-Based Relative Value Scale.
For example, the conversion factor for radiology has dr...Read More
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Subcontractor's Lack of Comp Coverage Didn't Eliminate Right to Payment
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10/11/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 362 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 63 min read
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a contractor breached the terms of its agreement with a subcontractor by refusing to pay for its work because the subcontractor had failed to provide adequate proof it had comp coverage.
Case: Lauderback v. FMWB, No. 02-16-00057-CV, 10/06/2016, published...Read More
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Hearing Set For Nov. 16 On Lump-Sum Payment Rule Approved By Legislature
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10/11/2016
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 550 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 48 min read
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Nevada's Industrial Relations Bureau will hold a hearing Nov. 16 on statutory changes approved by the legislature last year.
The changes affect workers hurt after Jan. 1, 2016 whose injuries received permanent partial disability classifications.
Workers whose disability rating...Read More
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