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The team at WorkCompCentral is stunned and deeply saddened by David DePaolo's sudden departure from this world. He passed away Sunday, July 17 in a motorcycle accident. However, we are all committed to carry on and continue to fulfill David's vision of providing workers compensation professionals with the most unbiased news, education and resources in the industry. We will also strive to make this year's Comp Laude® Awards & Gala event the best ever. The Comp Laude® event encapsulates his vision and passion for the industry. David was very proud of the team that he had assembled and we are working very hard to support each other and our valued customers.
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Top Story: Friday, August 16, 2019
Utilization review requirements in California are in a state of limbo, with mandates from a 2016 reform bill now in effect while the industry awaits Division of Workers’ Compensation regulations to fill in certain details.
The situation was pointed out in a blog post this week by Dan Maldonado, clinical director at Genex Services. For example, Senate Bill… Read more »
The Mississippi Court of Appeals found substantial evidence supported the conclusion that a worker had suffered a 75% loss of wage-earning capacity in light-duty employment.
Case: Itta Bena Plantation III v. Gates, No. 2018-WC-00958-COA, 08/13/2019, published.
Facts: Raymond L. Gates injured his back while working for the Itta Bena Plantation III.
A doctor assigned Gates permanent light-duty work restrictions and a 7% impairment rating to his body as a whole. Later, a medical evaluator opined that Gates was… Read more »The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a cancer-stricken firefighter did not lose the ability to challenge the denial of his workers’… Read more »
A Texas appellate court ruled that a hospital could not be held liable for a contractor’s injury from an electric shock… Read more »
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The owner of a medical transport company in Essex County, New York, pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges for his role in a multi-million dollar case involving health care and workers’ compensation fraud.
Waqas Nauman, 37, of Queensbury, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Albany to the federal crime of health care fraud. Nauman… Read more »
A New York state corrections officer has pleaded guilty to submitting forged documents in order to obtain more than $6,400 in workers’ compensation benefits.
Thomas Smart Jr., 29, of Tonawanda, submitted his formal resignation from state service in Albion Town Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree, a… Read more »A North Carolina attorney who handled some workers' compensation cases and specialized in immigration law has been disbarred after she pleaded guilty in a visa fraud case.
Sarah Jane Brinson, 35, was indicted last November and pleaded guilty in June, after federal investigators charged that the Clinton, North Carolina, lawyer had… Read more »
Legislation that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for California police and firefighters would not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2020, under recent amendments to the bill.
Sen. Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park, on Tuesday amended SB 542 to add the new effective date and eliminate language that would… Read more »
The Workers Compensation Research Institute is hosting a webinar on Sept. 12 to discuss findings of a recent study on opioid prescribing to injured workers in 27 states.
The one-hour webinar will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern time.
During the webinar, WCRI researcher Vennela Thumula will talk about the study, “Interstate Variations in Dispensing… Read more »
An ongoing hot button issue in California workers’ compensation remains the specialty selected for the panel qualified medical evaluator, as it is generally the defense’s opportunity to have the injured worker evaluated by a neutral medical-legal physician after being referred to his own primary treating physician.
But can the specialty be a moot issue if you can… Read more »
Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Co., the largest workers' compensation carrier in the state, has announced several new management promotions.
Tim Feld, who has been director of legal services and assistant general counsel since 2016, was named general counsel for the company. He previously was a founding partner with Feld & Hassman in Lexington, and represented one of several coal companies in Napier v. Enterprise Mining Co. The state Supreme Court in the case this year reversed an appeals court and… Read more »The Texas Department of Insurance has approved changes to the National Council on Compensation Insurance Basic Manual… Read more »
Montana’s Labor Management Advisory Council will discuss the 2019 workers’ compensation annual report as… Read more »
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin appointed a contractor to serve on the commission that oversees funding of the state’s workers’ compensation program.
William Douglas Hacker, a general contractor in Lexington, was appointed as a member of the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission.
Hacker will represent labor and serve for a term expiring Nov. 18, 2020.
The Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission board of… Read more »
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