The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will host three webinars in January to help educate medical providers on billing, reimbursement, fee disputes and more, the
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The Texas insurance commissioner has finalized assessment rates for maintenance taxes and fees for 2021, with some showing a slight increase over this year's levels.
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker who injured her right shoulder in a compensable accident did not establish her entitlement to benefits for
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A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer that issued a letter of guarantee to a treatment provider did not conclusively establish a lack of contractual liability to
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A divided Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that a worker is entitled to penalties and fees based on a carrier’s failure to timely tender payment of
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a clerical worker failed to establish her claim for benefits for a diagnosis of bilateral carpal tunnel.
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals resolved a split in its prior unpublished decisions as to the retroactive application of a 2017 amendment to the interest
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A former postal worker in Maryland pleaded guilty Monday to defrauding the federal government out of almost $62,700 in injury benefits from 2016 to 2019,
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a coal miner was not entitled to additional vocational rehabilitation services despite his inability to find a
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has set the interest rate and the discount rate for the first quarter of 2021 at 3.59%.
The rate
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