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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, May 25, 2018
Medical provider networks, intended to improve care for injured workers and reduce medical spending, shaved only about 2% from average medical costs per claim in California, compared to non-network treatment, according to new data from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute.
And opioid prescribing was more prevalent in cases where the injured worker’s primary treating provider was part of a medical provider network, CWCI found.… Read more »
A federal trial court in Colorado has thrown out a class action against an air-ambulance provider by plaintiffs who challenged the allegedly exorbitant fees they were billed.
U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson found that the class plaintiffs’ breach of contract… Read more »
News: West
- CA Supervisor's Lending Employer Can't Be Held Vicariously Liable for Worker's Electrocution
- CA 1st DCA Upholds Former Correctional Officer's Conviction for Insurance Fraud, Theft, Perjury
- CA WCIRB Classification and Rating Committee Meets Thursday
- NV DIR Opens Registration for Educational Conference
News: North
- NY No Duty Disability Benefits for Corrections Officer Injured by Falling Inmate
- NY Owners of 10 Medical Transport Companies Charged With False Billing, WC Fraud
- PA Surveillance Leads to Fraud Conviction
- IN Medical Costs Down, Indemnity Up After 2013 Changes, Study Says
- MN Governor Signs Pay Raise for WC Appeals Judges
A California appellate court ruled that an employer that loaned a supervisory employee to another company could not be held vicariously liable for the electrocution of an agricultural worker who was following the supervisor’s instructions to pick fruit from a tree near a live power line.
Case:… Read more »
A California appellate court rejected a former correctional officer’s challenge to his conviction for insurance fraud, grand theft and perjury for collecting more than $74,000 in benefits while still physically capable of exercising, acting and cheating on his wife.
Case: People v.… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that a corrections officer was not entitled to duty disability benefits for a neck injury caused by an inmate who had fallen on him while exiting a transport van.
Case: Matter of Martin v. New York State Comptroller, No. 525315, 05/17/2018,… Read more »
The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission ruled that a worker’s timely filed claim was not subject to dismissal because of his delay in requesting a hearing.
The case was Jackson v. BJs Restaurants Operations Co.
Chad Jackson worked at a BJs Restaurant. He filed a workers’ compensation… Read more »
The owners of 10 medical transport companies in upstate New York this week were charged with leading an extensive scheme to defraud the workers' compensation and Medicaid systems of millions of dollars, law enforcement officials announced.
“With these medical transport companies it was the New… Read more »
The National Council on Compensation Insurance's Raji Chadarevian discussed opioid utilization, price and cost at NCCI’s recent Annual Issues Symposium 2018.
Six percent of opioid medications used in workers’ comp is for treating opioid use disorder; methadone and suboxone are the drugs of choice.
The older the claim is, the more opioids are… Read more »
A Pittsburgh man who made the mistake of running for a bus while holding his crutches pleaded guilty to a theft by deception charge last month, the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority said in its monthly newsletter.
Saeed A. Anglin pleaded guilty on April 3 to theft by deception in a plea agreement with prosecutors. He was sentenced to 12 months of probation, and ordered to pay $475.01 in restitution and $1,577 in court costs, the authority said.
Prosecutors say Anglin reported to his supervisor at a Sears Outlet Distribution Center… Read more »Five years after Indiana adopted a hospital fee schedule but raised some workers' compensation benefits, medical… Read more »
The owner of a garage door company in the Atlanta-area has been charged… Read more »
Gov. Charlie Baker has nominated Omar Hernandez for reappointment to the position of administrative judge on the Industrial Accident Board at the Department of Industrial Accidents.
Hernandez served as an administrative judge from 2003 until 2011 and has been the senior judge at the DIA since 2011.
DIA oversees the Massachusetts workers’ compensation system. The Industrial Accident Board consists of 21 administrative judges who preside over… Read more »Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has signed into law a $7,000 pay raise for workers' compensation appeals… Read more »
The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Classification and Rating Committee will… Read more »
The board of directors for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion rebate on premiums to 180,000 employers, making it the fourth billion-dollar rebate in six years.
The rebate amounts to about $8,300 per employer, and replaces 85% of what employers paid in premiums in 2017, the bureau announced. The checks should be in the mail by July.
The bureau said employers must pay any overdue premium amounts and submit outstanding… Read more »North American Risk Services Inc., a third-party claims administrator, has hired Randy Wallace as its… Read more »
The National Council on Compensation Insurance will hold four state advisory forums in June to provide insight into factors affecting… Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor is offering $20 million in grants for the development of new strategies to keep people with a work-related disability on the job.
The grants are the first phase of funding for the Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network, or RETAIN, demonstration projects. The projects will be… Read more »
The National Council on Compensation Insurance announced Thursday that it has submitted revisions to Basic Manual classifications and the manual’s Appendix E — Classifications by Hazard Group.
NCCI filed Items B01436(FD) and B-1436(RD), a national filing, the department said. NCCI proposes to reformat the special classifications for building raising… Read more »
The eighth annual Nevada Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference will feature sessions exploring large-deductible policies, vocational rehabilitation and worker misclassification, according to an agenda the Division of Industrial Relations released when opening registration for the event.
The annual… Read more »
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