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Legislative Update: First Responders
By Phil Yacuboski Montpelier, VT (WorkersCompensation.com) - Vermont and Texas have made it easier for first responders to obtain workers’ compensation benefits thanks to new laws. “This is a job...
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July Marks Start of New Workers’ Comp Laws Across U.S.
By Jim Thompson Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - A slate of new state laws regarding workers’ compensation became effective earlier this month across the country. July 1, routinely one of the...
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Opioids are Just One Pharmaceutical Issue Facing Workers’ Comp Programs
By Jim Thompson Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Opioids, the class of powerful pain-relieving drugs including oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine and morphine, have dominated headlines in recent...
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TX Court Overturns $43M Settlement; Says Injuries Covered Under Workers’ Comp
By Liz Carey Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – A Texas appeals court reversed a $43 million injury award for a man whose leg was amputated in an industrial accident, saying his injuries were...
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Congressman Accuses Business Owner of Caring ‘More About Hot Dogs’ than...
By Liz Carey Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – A New Jersey Congressman implied that a businessman cared more about his fast food product than his employees during workplace liability hearings...
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Rousmaniere: The Stale State of Reform
By Peter Rousmaniere Trying to lower workers’ compensation costs was a once compelling song that is worn-out. It is a story of employers burdened by “out of control” costs and legislators passing laws...
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KY Aims for Balance on Workers’ Comp Issues
By Jim Thompson Frankfort, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) - An effort by the Kentucky legislature to trim workers’ compensation benefits passed the state House earlier this year, but was stymied in the...
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DC: Professor Sues for Workers’ Comp
By Liz Carey Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – A former American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) professor has filed a claim with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for workers’ compensation...
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FL Commissioner Welcomes New Chief of Staff to the Office of Insurance...
By WorkersCompensation.com Tallahassee, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Yaworsky as the new Chief of Staff...
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Preexisting Conditions in WI: ‘A Complicated Fact Pattern’
By Phil Yacuboski Chippewa Falls, WI (WorkersCompensation.com) - A Wisconsin woman won’t get workers’ compensation benefits after the Supreme Court in the Badger State ruled it was because she had two...
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The 72nd Workers’ Compensation Conference marks the 30th year that the Workers’ Compensation Institute (Institute) has organized this annual event. The theme of this year’s conference “Then and Now . ....
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Check it Out: WCI’s Annual Conference Comes to Town
By Dara Barney Orlando, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - It is that time of year again: The Workers’ Compensation Institute’s (WCI) Annual Conference starts Sunday, Aug. 6 and goes through Wednesday,...
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Workers’ Comp Fraud Busts
By Phil Yacuboski Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) - A nationwide crackdown on individuals who didn’t meet the standards when it came to insurance licensing requirements in eight states netted 675...
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Coal Ash Spill Survivors File Suit, Say They Were Threatened into not Filing...
By Liz Carey Kingston, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Eight years after the dust has settled, surviving cleanup workers of the largest coal ash spill in history are filing suit against the company that...
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Top 10 California Workers’ Comp Topics: First Half of 2017
By Julius Young, Workers' Comp ZONE Blog Months race by, so now it is time to take stock of California workers’ comp after the 2017 half-way mark. What stands out? Below, in no particular order, are my...
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National Safety Council: 43% of Americans Admit They May Be Too Tired To...
By WorkersCompensation.com Itasca, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) - According to a new National Safety Council survey-based report, 43 percent of Americans say they do not get enough sleep to mitigate...
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WCI 2017 Conference Roundup
By Dara Barney Orlando, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Missed out on the conference this year? Or maybe didn't attend all the sessions you wanted to? See below for a quick summary of some hot workers'...
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Generic Drugs Trending Upward
By Phil Yacuboski Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - The prescription of generic drugs is trending upward in workers’ compensation, according to research released by Coventry Workers’ Comp...
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More Employers are Turning to Wellness Programs When it Comes to Comorbidities
By Jim Thompson Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Comorbidities — conditions like diabetes and obesity that can complicate the medical care of people injured on the job — are significant cost...
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Insurance Fraud Rings Recruit Workers, Experts Warn
By Liz Carey Omaha, NE (WorkersCompensation.com) – Insurance fraud rings may use public records on workers’ compensation to identify potential recruits for their plans, experts say. According to the...
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