09/02/2003
In the wake of the September 11 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City The American Society of Workers' Comp Professionals Inc. AMCOMP assembled the Workers' Compensation Mental Stress Council to study the impact of stress claims on the Insurance Industry.
According to
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02/13/2004
Two men are facing workers' compensation fraud charges after insurance fraud investigators with the Florida Department of Financial Services conducted investigations of numerous construction sites in and around Okeechobee on Monday.
Investigators with the Division of Insurance Fraud Bureau of
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01/09/2014
Arrests for workers' compensation fraud increased by 53 during the fiscal year ended on June 30 2013 and convictions for workers' compensation fraud increased by 25 the Florida Department of Financial Services reported Tuesday.
In a joint report to the Florida House and Senate Tanner
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03/08/2011
By Bill Kidd Central Bureau Chief
The percentage of Texas doctors who reported they're willing to accept new workers' compensation patients rose to 29 in 2010 from 23 in 2008 a new survey by the Texas Medical Association TMA shows.
Attorneys and injured worker advocates have complained
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12/22/2004
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America issued the following release noting workers' compensation laws that go in to effect in California on January 1 2005
AB 2866 Frommer - Workers' Compensation Fraud requires the Department of Insurance to post on its Internet Web site
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08/31/2007
In response to concerns by railroad employees the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry issued a bulletin relating to release of workers' compensation medical records under state and federal workers' compensation programs.
The department reported that during the legislative session
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08/16/2023
The Workers Compensation Research Institute is holding a webinar Sept. 6 to discuss findings from its recent study on the effects of medical inflation.
In a study published Aug. 3 WCRI said it found no evidence that increasing prices for energy food and housing would drive up the costs of
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10/18/2013
New Mexico Workers' Compensation Judge Reg C. Woodward has been reappointed to serve an additional five-year term with the Workers' Compensation Administration the agency announced Thursday.
Woodard was initially appointed as a workers compensation judge in November 2012 the administration said
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11/24/2003
Last week leaders of the garment and textile workers union of Bangladesh took their first step toward creating a more uniform and modern system for workers' compensation for factory workers in that nation.
Holding a press conference under a banner reading "Demand to establish Workers
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02/27/2004
When workers' compensation insurance fraud occurs everyone pays the price including legitimately injured employees. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau NICB workers' compensation claimant fraud and medical fraud combine to contribute significantly to an annual estimated 30
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