Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Prospective Review of Texas Medical Care Rule to be Repealed
Jun 12 2007 // As the result of the adoption of treatment guidelines for the workers’ compensation system, the Texas Department of has announced that the prospective review of medical care not requiring preauthorization (PRM) rule...
Workers’ Comp Judge Put on Leave for Alleged Comment
Jun 11 2007 // A judge with the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration has been placed on paid leave while the agency investigates an allegation that he made an inappropriate sexual proposal to an injured worker while...
Compromise Would Boost Ariz. Workers’ Injury Benefits
Jun 11 2007 // A business-labor compromise that emerged at the Arizona Legislature would increase Arizona’s caps on workers’ compensation benefits received by employees hurt on the job. Under a freshly rewritten...
OSHA Cites Firms in Danvers, Mass. Explosion with 23 Violations
Jun 11 2007 // Federal officials have cited two companies with 23 health and safety violations and proposed fines totaling more than $32,000 in connection with the explosion that destroyed a paint and ink factory in Danvers, Mass. in...
Governor Asks Mo. Workers’ Comp Director to Resign
Jun 11 2007 // The director of the Missouri state Workers’ Compensation Division said Friday that she was forced to resign, though she believes she had “done a terrific job.” Pat Secrest submitted her resignation on...
Conn. Workers’ Comp, Sick Pay Bills Falter as Legislature Closes
Jun 8 2007 // Connecticut employers sighed with relief as several labor and workers’ compensation bills that had been advancing died when the state Legislature adjourned its regular session at midnight on June 6. Chief among them...
Calif. State Fund To Receive $113,000 For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 6 2007 // San Diego County Superior Court Judge Fred McGuire has ordered a San Diego construction firm owner to pay the California State Compensation Insurance Fund $113,327 in restitution for defrauding the workers’...
Texas to Host Southern Workers’ Comp Administrators Meeting
Jun 5 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance and Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts are hosting the 59th Annual Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators (SAWCA) Convention on July...
Md. Claims Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Stealing Workers’ Comp Checks
Jun 5 2007 // Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler reports that Natalie L. Mack, a former insurance claims adjustor with CompManagement, Inc., pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to stealing approximately...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Officials Appear in Court on Felony Charges
Jun 5 2007 // The executive director of the North Dakota State Workers’ Compensation agency and an agency investigator were released after their first court appearances last week on felony charges involving questionable spending...
La. sees rate decreases in workers’ comp filings
Jun 4 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates are decreasing in Louisiana, according to Commis-sioner of Insurance Jim Donelon. Donelon attributes the positive change to a significant drop in loss costs for...
Calif. permanent disability cuts ruled invalid
Jun 4 2007 // A Workers Compensation Appeals Board judge has invalidated California’s rating schedule that cut injured workers’ permanent disability compensation. According to the California Applicant Attorneys Association,...
Mass. workers’ comp rates going down 16.9%
Jun 4 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurers and the state regulator have agreed upon a 16.9 percent average decrease in workers’ compensation rates in Massachusetts starting Sept. 1, 2007. The industry’s...
News Currents
Jun 4 2007 // La. sees rate decreases in workers’ comp filings Workers’ compensation insurance rates are decreasing in Louisiana, according to Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon. Donelon attributes the positive change to...
News Currents
Jun 4 2007 // Calif. permanent disability cuts ruled invalid A Workers Compensation Appeals Board judge has invalidated California’s rating schedule that cut injured workers’ permanent disability compensation. According to...
People
Jun 4 2007 // Emeryville, Calif.-based Commodore Insurance Services Inc. appointed Mark Cravens president. Cravens was recently with Wellington Underwriting, which was acquired by Catlin, where he led development of catastrophe modeling...
Texas Workers’ Comp Medical Billing, Payment Data Available
May 31 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the availability of public use data files (PUDFs) for workers’ compensation medical charges and payments. Data sets for both...
58 Arrest Warrants Issued in Calif. for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 31 2007 // Law enforcement officers from five Calif. counties have served 58 arrest warrants for insurance fraud and related charges, such as grand theft, receiving stolen property and perjury, following investigations of alleged...
Ill. Assurance Sponsors Workers’ Comp Seminars for Executives
May 31 2007 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Assurance Agency Ltd. recently announced that it has produced an educational seminar titled “Unlocking the Secrets of Workers’ Compensation Insurance.” The free seminar will be held...
Calif. Commissioner Unveils Workers’ Comp Reform Package
May 30 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has unveiled a series of reforms to address what he says are systemic and structural deficiencies in the state’s workers’ compensation system. He also recommended...
