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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.
Some of David's favorite charities:
Kids Chance of California or Angel Flight West.
David J. DePaolo
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Top Story: Friday, November 15, 2019
Medical-legal lien claimants are required to prove that expenses were reasonably and necessarily incurred to collect on a lien in California, and a payer that fails to cite reasonableness or necessity as an objection to a bill doesn’t forfeit the right to raise those defenses at a lien conference, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board said in an en banc decision published Thursday.
The unanimous decision in Colamonico v.… Read more »
States that are struggling to keep a lid on medical costs may want to take a look at Virginia's fee schedule, which has cut costs for professional services significantly in just one year.
In a webinar held this week, the Workers Compensation Research Institute reported that since Virginia's much-debated fee schedule took effect in January 2018, reimbursement for physicians and other providers dropped 14%… Read more »As more insurance carriers make the move to cloud-based systems, information… Read more »
A California appellate court ruled that an injured bookkeeper waited too long to file a malpractice suit against her… Read more »
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- NC Guaranty Association Can Get Reimbursement for Deductible
- MD Court Clarifies Compensability Requirements for Hearing Loss, Tinnitus
- FL DeSantis Names Scott's Counsel to Comp Judge Nominating Commission
- TX DWC Extends Comment Period on Work-Status Report Rules
- AR Special Disability Fund Comes to an End
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the state Insurance Guaranty Association was entitled to reimbursement from an employer for amounts advanced toward the deductible in a now-defunct carrier’s policy.
Case: North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association v. Weathersfield Management LLC, No. COA19-300, 11/05/2019, published.
Facts: Weathersfield Management… Read more »
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals upheld an award of benefits to two firefighters for their industrial hearing loss but overturned the award for one’s tinnitus.
Case: Montgomery County v. Cochran, Nos. 662 and 2930, 11/01/2019, published.
Facts: Anthony Cochran and Andrew Bowen were firefighters for Montgomery County for… Read more »California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday approved the ninth consecutive advisory pure premium rate cut and lowered the benchmark to $1.52 per $100 of payroll, effective Jan. 1.
The approved rate is lower than the $1.58 the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau recommended in August, which… Read more »
Gov. Ron DeSantis has reappointed three members and named one new member to the commission that vets and nominates people to be workers' compensation judges.
The new face on the Statewide Judges of Compensation Claims Judicial Nominating Commission will be William “Will” Spicola, who was general… Read more »
MEMIC launched a “Safety Experts” podcast to complement its safety blog and workshops aimed at improving the safety of workplaces throughout Maine.
The first five episodes of the podcast, hosted by MEMIC safety management consultant Peter Kock, cover topics including caregiving for dementia, seasonal workforce solutions, ergonomics, transforming… Read more »
The modern workers’ compensation system was devised to provide a guarantee of care and medical treatment to injured workers from their employers.
Organizations also are expected to offer guidance on the resources available to injured workers as well as how to… Read more »
The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has extended the deadline for public comments on rules that would govern how nurse practitioners can sign off on work-status reports.
The rules were required by House Bill 387, which was signed into law this year. The law allows treating physicians to delegate to advanced-practice nurses the authority to complete, sign and file the status reports, the DWC said in a bulletin.
The law took effect Sept. 1, but the rules would fill… Read more »The U.S. Postal Service reported an $8.8 billion net loss for the 2019 fiscal year, driven in part by a $3.5 billion… Read more »
The rate of nonfatal workplace injuries in Montana fell in 2018 to 3.9 per 100 workers in private industry, but… Read more »
Every year at this time, the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission has updated the threshold at which large death and permanent disability claims would be paid from a special state fund.
That practice has come to an end.
The commission announced this week that it would no longer update the threshold amount because the Death and Permanent Disability Trust Fund will no longer cover the catastrophically expensive injuries.
The history of the fund goes back to 1973. From then until 1981, the amount that employers had to… Read more »A bill introduced in New Jersey would adopt a three-part test to determine whether workers are employees or… Read more »
A county in Southern Georgia plans to leave a governmental pool and buy workers’ compensation coverage from a private carrier, a… Read more »
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