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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

COVID Presumption Bills in Minnesota, Pennsylvania Still Alive

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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While the wave of COVID-19 presumption measures seems to have slowed around the country, bills in two states could see some action before the year

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

WCIRB: Payroll Exclusion Rule, COVID-19 Shutdown Don't Negate Physical Audit Requirements

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Physical audit requirements are not being waived because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said Tuesday during an online

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Study: Medical Payments Per Claim Stabilize After Reforms Sent Them Tumbling

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

Average medical payments per claim in California stabilized between 2015 and early 2019 thanks largely to legislative reforms that pushed costs down over several prior years,

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Doctor Fees Among the Lowest While Outpatient Costs Still High, Report Shows

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Florida
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Conclusions in the latest report by the Workers Compensation Research Institute covering medical payments from 2013 through 2018 reflect concerns that regulators and stakeholders have

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Monday, October 19, 2020

Witnesses Slam D.C.'s Dual Comp System

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: District of Columbia
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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For almost three hours Friday, Washington, D.C., leaders heard from two dozen injured workers and attorneys who testified about how strange and capricious the district's workers' compensation

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Friday, October 16, 2020

Marsh: COVID-19 Impacts on Comp Better Than Expected, but Challenges Remain

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  9 shares

The nation’s workers’ compensation systems are not experiencing the worst-case scenarios some stakeholders predicted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, though employers and injured

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Friday, October 16, 2020

Another Court Finds Dancers Are Employees, Not Independent Contractors

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Connecticut
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The Connecticut Superior Court upheld an arbitrator's decision finding six exotic dancers were misclassified as independent contractors and denied wages and workers' compensation benefits.

It's

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

DWC Asked to Remove Perjury Threat From Copy Service Fee Proposal

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

Labor and management representatives are asking the California Division of Workers’ Compensation to remove language from proposed changes to the Copy Service Fee Schedule that

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

Stakeholders Brace for Impact of Cap on TTD Benefits

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: North Carolina
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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In 2011, the North Carolina legislature made historic changes to the state's workers' compensation system, including the centerpiece provision: a 500-week cap on temporary total

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

WCIRB Committee Recommends Keeping Audit Threshold

  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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A Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau committee says the physical audit threshold for California employers should remain the same, despite available data suggesting it should be

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