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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Questions Arise: Will Excluding COVID From X-Mods Mean Lax Protection for Workers?

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Recent state actions have provided employers a shield from the cost of virus-related comp claims and liability suits. But that has raised new questions about whether

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Mental Health Doctors Decry Latest MLFS Proposal as DWC's Comment Period Closes

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Mental health professionals from around California have submitted comments in opposition to the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s latest Medical-Legal Fee Schedule proposal, saying lackluster reimbursement

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Riots Pushing Hundreds of Police to File PTSD Claims, Lawyers Say

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Minnesota
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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After weeks of protest and several nights of rioting that reportedly left some Minneapolis police officers fearing for their lives, hundreds of cops are now

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Monday, July 13, 2020

Webinars, Dividends and Policy Holds: How Carriers Are Doing Business During COVID-19​

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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As uncertainty continues to swirl around the COVID-19 pandemic, workers’ compensation insurance carriers are relying on months-old safety protocols and creating new policies to keep

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Monday, July 13, 2020

PPP Loans Went to Comp Insurance Companies, Top Law Firms, PBMs and More

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  2 shares

Like nearly 5 million other businesses around the country, hundreds of workers’ compensation organizations have received low-interest and forgivable loans through the federal government’s Paycheck Protection

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Friday, July 10, 2020

Industry Must Work Harder to Attract, Retain Diverse Employees, Panelists Say

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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If the workers’ compensation industry is going to continue to thrive, businesses nationwide must be more proactive about recruiting and promoting minority employees, a group

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

Study: Workers' Comp Drug Spending Fell 6.1%, Opioid Use Continued Decline in 2019​

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  1 share

Prescription drug spending on workers’ compensation plans fell 6.1% last year, and the total number of prescriptions fell by 4.3%, according to new data released

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

10 Indicted in Alleged Plan to Use Rural Hospitals to Bilk Insurers Out of $1.4 Billion

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Florida
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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An X-ray technician at a rural hospital in North Carolina said she knew trouble was brewing when the surgery for her work-related back injury suddenly

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Workers' Comp Data: 7 of 10 COVID Claims in State Approved​

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: Oregon
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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About 71% of Oregon’s workers’ compensation claims for exposure to COVID-19 have been approved, according to numbers provided by the state Workers’ Compensation Division and

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

NYCIRB Report Suggests COVID Claims Could Be Fewer Than Once Feared

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: New York
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  7 shares

COVID-19 workers' compensation cases through mid-June could result in hundreds of claims that will cost New York insurers more than $75 million in hospitalization expenses, according

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