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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: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
When Thanksgiving or any other three- or four-day weekend rolls around next year, New York workers' compensation carriers had better make sure they have a designated person on hand to review prior-authorization drug requests.
That was one of the takeaways from a webinar hosted by the board on Tuesday, the first in-depth explanation of what's been… Read more »
A Southern California doctor who admitted to receiving more than $1.5 million in illegal kickbacks from Pacific Hospital of Long Beach was ordered to serve two years in federal prison and forfeit $3 million in criminal proceeds.
Dr. Timothy J. Hunt will be required to surrender to serve his federal prison sentence by Nov. 12. He will be on supervised release for three years after he completes his term of… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a parcel delivery driver had suffered a schedulable… Read more »
A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of an employer’s lawsuit against its insurance broker… Read more »
News: NORTH
- NY Court: UPS Driver Has Schedulable Injury of Right Knee
- NY Court Tosses Judgment for Worker Who Fell From Truck
- NE Profits of S Corp. Don't Count as Shareholder's Wages
- IL Co-Sponsor of Asbestos Bill Steps Down From Committee Post Amid Probe
- NY Doctor Reinstated After Correcting Double Reimbursement
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker had not been entitled to summary judgment in a negligence claim based on his fall from a truck’s lift gate.
Case: Elam v. Ryder Systems Inc., No. 2018-10565, 10/02/2019, published.
Facts: Rodney Elam worked for Liberty Moving and Storage. In September 2011, Liberty sent him to deliver voting machines to a Board of Elections facility in… Read more »
In a case of first impression, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s wages do not include the net profit for an employee of an S corporation.
Case: Bortolotti v. Universal Terrazzo & Tile Co., S-17-1024, 10/11/2019, published.
Facts: Terry Bortolotti worked in a family business, the Universal Terrazzo and Tile Co., for more than 30 years. Universal had… Read more »A key sponsor of one of the most controversial workplace injury laws in years has resigned his chairmanship of a state Senate committee after the FBI searched his home and office as part of probe into construction contracts.
The Associated Press reported that Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Chicago,… Read more »
The New York State Workers' Compensation Board has reinstated a Middletown physician after he reimbursed a group health insurance carrier for payments that had already been covered by workers' compensation insurance.
Dr. Manoranjan Singh, a family medicine practitioner at Crystal Run Healthcare, had his authorization to… Read more »
The Kentucky Labor Cabinet and the Department of Workers' Claims is moving to a new building next month, closer to the center of Frankfort.
The exact date of the move has not been set, the department said in a bulletin. The workers' claims department is moving from its current site on Chamberlin Avenue, on the southwestern edge of the… Read more »
Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed his first workers’ comp bill, AB 346.
AB 346 would have expanded fully paid leaves of absence due to occupational injury to police officers employed by a school district, community college or county office of education. They would have been eligible for up to a year of Labor Code 4850 leave.
Under current law, no… Read more »
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated its workers’ compensation user guide to allow electronic submission of annual attestations for approved set-aside agreements, Tower MSA Partners reports.
The Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Portal User Guide Version 5.9, released Oct. 7, eliminates the requirement to submit the annual… Read more »
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced that the X-Mods and More web service is available to agents and brokers, as well as insurers.
The service offers machine-to-machine, real-time access to risk-level data including experience modifications, also known as X-mods; reported policyholder names and addresses; as well as… Read more »
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