Despite the fact that New York lawmakers have not approved a presumption law for frontline employees, the state Workers' Compensation Board has posted a fact
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Three weeks after the Kansas attorney general shot down a state agency's attempt to provide a COVID-19 presumption for essential workers, Democratic lawmakers tried but
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Officials from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday reiterated the U.S. had been thrown into a sudden and “unprecedented” economic downturn thanks to
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While employer and insurance groups have urged virus-sickened workers to utilize the sick leave provided by new federal COVID-19 laws — and avoid filing workers'
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California municipalities and K-12 public schools saw their biggest drop in workers’ compensation claim frequency in years during the first two months of Gov. Gavin
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Remember the “Compound King,” the Houston pharmacist charged with billing the federal workers' compensation program more than $21 million for unnecessary creams and gels?
The
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A Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau committee on Tuesday approved new classification codes for telecommuters, as officials predict a continuing shift away from onsite workspaces
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The Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims has finalized its 2020 physician fee schedule, and it shows an increase for some but not all procedures.
While
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Ohio business groups are fighting back after Democrats slipped a last-minute presumption amendment into a bill that was designed to give employers some COVID-19 liability
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A panel of industry observers who convened via conference call Friday during a National Council of Insurance Legislators meeting agreed that COVID-19 has caused wide-scale
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