The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation formally proposed two rules that it said would improve the operation of the designated doctor program.
The DWC said
… Read more »The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a denial of medical expenses and permanent disability compensation for a mechanic after a compensable injury from his exposure to truck
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier did not have a right to intervene in a wrongful death case against its insured
… Read more »A bill to expand the presumption of compensability for several types of cancers in certain first responders has been introduced in the Virginia General Assembly.
… Read more »The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is extending its call for data on COVID-19 claims through the end of March.
The division on Dec. 6
… Read more »A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a void exclusion in an insurance policy may not be invoked to limit the amount of liability
… Read more »Lawmakers in South Carolina have filed three bills in the last week that would make post-traumatic stress disorder a compensable illness for first responders.
SB
… Read more »The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that medical conversion factors will increase 3.8% in 2023 in accordance with the increase in the Medicare Economic
… Read more »Missouri lawmakers appear slated to once again deliberate mandating the transformation of a state-chartered workers’ compensation carrier into a private mutual insurance company when they
… Read more »A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims found that an employer did not authorize an appropriate one-time change physician for a
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