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UT: Renewed Pressure To Privatize State's WC Fund
08/13/2003
The Utah Taxpayers Association and the Utah Business Coalition have joined in efforts to privatize of the Utah Workers Compensation Fund.
Both the Association and Coalition have put into place guidelines for the drafting of any bill seeking to change how the fund operates.
Gov. Mike
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NAII Has High Hopes for CA Legislators on Comp
08/12/2003
controversial budget bill and will reconvene on Aug. 18. The 2003 session is scheduled to end on Sept. 12.
In its current form SB 1 would require a financial institution to provide a consumer with an option to "opt-out" of the disclosure of his or her nonpublic personal information to affiliated
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Ohio Boasts of Successful Fraud Program
08/11/2003
which accurately addressed fraud. Thus workers' compensation fraud was a crime without consequence.
That changed later that year when House Bill 107 created a specific criminal fraud statute in the Ohio Revised Code and authorized the criminal prosecution of workers' compensation fraud. While
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NCOIL Adopts Asbestos Litigation Resolution
08/11/2003
of SB 1125 the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution FAIR Act of 2003 by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill introduced by Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch R-UT would establish a national asbestos trust fund to pay claims for those functionally impaired as a result of their asbestos
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AIA Supports NCOIL and NAIC Asbestos Reforms
08/11/2003
the jurisdiction of his asbestos exposure or in the jurisdiction of the defendant's principal place of business; and limited consolidation of asbestos claims.
"These are all important provisions which should be part of any comprehensive reform bill. Unfortunately the Senate Judiciary Committee
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NY Dr Gets 18 mos, $1.4M Restitution for Fraud
08/07/2003
reform agenda. Dr. Chehebar has been prosecuted for his fraud and the 1.4 million in restitution will certainly help control costs."
Dr. Chehebar pleaded guilty in connection with a lengthy scheme to double bill for services rendered and in some instances he fraudulently reported procedures that
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Jack in the Box Net Off 18% Due to Comp Costs
08/07/2003
higher workers' compensation costs in California Washington and Texas.
The company announced net earnings of 19.8 million for the third quarter ended July 6 compared with 24.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 and said that the 18 difference was primarily due to its bill for work comp
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MSF Offers Grants for Workplace Safety Programs
08/07/2003
2001 Legislature gave MSF the ability to establish a charitable giving program to promote civic goodwill and enhance the success of selected worthwhile causes in Montana. A bill to dissolve the program was proposed during the 2003 Legislature session but members of the Business and Labor Committee
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TX: One of the Highest Medical Costs Per Claim
08/07/2003
' Compensation system is on the verge of collapse" said TAB President and CEO Bill Hammond. "Employers are finding it difficult to afford insurance for their employees because of spiraling medical costs due to the provision of medically unnecessary services. Both private employers and state and local units of
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Dayton Man Pleads Guilty: Worked Under False ID
08/06/2003
filed a bill of information on April 29 2003 and Bundenthal pled guilty on June 9 2003 to one felonious count of workers' compensation fraud.
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