Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Opens Comment Period on Revisions to Home Health Care Fee Schedule
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09/13/2016
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1052 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 71 min read
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation opened a 15-day comment period on revisions to the proposed home health care fee schedule.
Proposed changes to rules to implement the fee schedule mandated by SB 863 would add definitions for terms including “domestic services,&...Read More
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Supreme Court Rules Opt-Out Unconstitutional
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09/13/2016
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State: OK | Segment: Top | 1048 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 100 min read
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court earlier today ruled that a provision of the state's opt-out law is unconstitutional because it "creates impermissible, unequal, disparate treatment of a select group of injured workers."
In a 7-2 decision, the high court upheld a September 2015 dec...Read More
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Carrier Doesn't Owe Complete Defense for Workers' Hearing-Loss Claims
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09/13/2016
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: Top | 617 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 152 min read
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In a case of first impression, the Louisiana Supreme Court last week ruled that an insurance carrier did not have a duty to provide an employer with a complete defense to the industrial hearing loss claims of some 100 former employees, spanning six decades.
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BWC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Clear Final Hurdle
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09/13/2016
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: OH | Segment: Top | 797 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 70 min read
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New opioid-prescribing rules cleared an Ohio legislative hurdle Monday and will be finalized Sept. 19, despite a national pain management organization’s concerns that the regulations go too far.
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Worker's Post-Injury Sales Job Wasn't 'Meaningful' Return to Work
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09/13/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 336 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 42 min read
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The Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a worker did not have a "meaningful" return to work when his post-injury sales position entitled him to a guaranteed base salary that was less than his weekly earnings in his time-of-injury job.
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Man Dies in Soybean Bin, Leading to $412,000 Fine for Repeat Offender Employer
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09/13/2016
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 495 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read
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A 41-year-old worker at a Nebraska grain-handling facility suffocated while clearing debris from a soybean bin, leading to an investigation that yielded a fine of more than $400,000 for his employer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Monday.
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Fraudulent-Transfer Claim Against Corporate Officers Was Time-Barred
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09/13/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 419 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read
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A Texas appellate court ruled that the statute of limitations barred an injured worker from pursuing a fraudulent-transfer claim against her non-subscribing employer, and it overturned a $10,000 award of sanctions against the employer's corporate officers for discovery abuses.
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Concentra Acquires Occ Med Facility in Philadelphia
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09/13/2016
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 327 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 114 min read
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Concentra has acquired an occupational medicine center in Philadelphia, bringing its number of Pennsylvania facilities to 20.
The national occupational health care company will assume operations of the Industrial Health Care Center on Southhampton Road, Concentra announced Monday.
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