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Monday, September 21, 2020

CopperPoint Names Vice President, Chief Marketing and Corporate Communications Officer

  • State: Arizona
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CopperPoint Insurance Cos. announced that Thomas Pytel Jr. joined the company as vice president, chief marketing and corporate communications officer.

Thomas Pytel Jr.

His

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Friday, September 18, 2020

State OSHA Faults 2 Employers for Failure to Protect Workers Against COVID-19

  • State: Oregon
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Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued more than $23,000 in fines to two businesses for engaging in the same hazardous behavior of refusing to

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Friday, September 18, 2020

Medical Advisory Committee Seeks Input on Disk Replacement

  • State: Oregon
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The Oregon Medical Advisory Committee said it will accept testimony on a draft recommendation that two-level cervical artificial disk replacement should be a compensable service

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Friday, September 18, 2020

Governor Signs Presumption, COVID Notification Bills

  • State: California
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a bill creating several presumptions that COVID-19 is a compensable condition, and he signed a measure that would

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

WCIRB Submits Amended Rate Filing

  • State: California
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted an amended 2021 pure premium advisory rate recommendation to the California Department of Insurance that would spread projected

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

Report: MSF Declares $20 Million Dividend

  • State: Montana
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Montana State Fund declared a $20 million dividend, according to a report by the Great Falls Tribune.

The newspaper reports that the average return of

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

No Benefits to Longtime Miner for Lung Condition

  • State: Montana
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a longtime miner did not prove he suffered a lung injury from his work, nor did he establish

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

CWCI: Evaluation and Physical Medical Visits Down, but Payments Up 14%

  • State: California
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Visits for evaluation management and physical medicine services in the state’s workers’ compensation system are down again, continuing a trend that started after lawmakers passed

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

L&I Proposes Tapping Reserves to Avoid 2021 Rate Increase

  • State: Washington
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The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries on Tuesday proposed tapping into the workers’ compensation contingency reserve to avoid a rate increase in 2021.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

L.A. County DA Charges Sheriff's Deputy With Workers' Comp Fraud

  • State: California
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Editor's note: A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury acquitted Kevin Adams Sept. 13, 2023.

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with workers’

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