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Monday, November 16, 2020

Annual Updates to AMA Impairment Guides Will Face Rough Waters Ahead

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Impairment ratings will face intense scrutiny and potential upheaval as the American Medical Association embarks on an ambitious program to update its rating guides every

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Friday, November 13, 2020

High Court Upholds Executive Orders on COVID, Including Presumption

  • State: Kentucky
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Gov. Andy Beshear did not exceed his authority in issuing a series of executive orders relating to

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

Data Show Municipalities Are Accepting Most COVID Claims; Three Presumption Bills Filed

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Texas
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  3 shares

Texas municipalities are accepting liability for approximately the same percentage of workers' compensation claims for COVID-19 as the state is denying.

Cities, counties and other

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

NCCI Finds Some Medical Services More Expensive When Provided In-Network

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
  • -  1 share

Average paid medical costs for in-network treatment provided for back and shoulder injuries are higher than costs for out-of-network treatment, according to a new report from

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Report: Federal Examiners Allow Overpayment on Some Claims

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Federal claims examiners in the last 12 months have failed to perform due diligence on a number of claims, resulting in overpayments of benefits, a

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Premiums Not Falling As Much as Benefits Have, NASI Report Finds

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  1 share

Benefits for injured workers nationwide have declined significantly in recent years, but employer costs have not fallen as much, according to a new report from

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

DWC Finds More Than 1,500 Instances of Late or Unpaid Indemnity Benefits; Audit Fines Top $1M

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  4 shares

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation levied more than $1 million in fines for claims-handling violations in 2019, including more than 1,500 instances of companies

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Monday, November 9, 2020

Actuaries Work to Keep Up With Changing Presumption Laws

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  1 share

Workers' compensation presumption rules were supposed to eliminate some of the debate about compensability for certain illnesses.

Dave Heppen
(riskreg.com)

But with

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Friday, November 6, 2020

Lack of Uniform State Handling Makes It Hard to Pin Down National COVID Trends

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Workers’ compensation research experts finally have a reliable chunk of data on national COVID-19 trends, but they say more is needed to fully understand what's

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Friday, November 6, 2020

Commissioner Again Successful in Demand for Bigger Rate Decrease

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Florida
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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For the fourth time in five years, the Florida insurance commissioner has demanded a better deal on workers' compensation rates from its rating organization.

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