
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday moved to its suspense file a bill that would expand the presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a
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North Dakota earlier this month became the first state to define physical therapists as health care providers within its workers’ compensation system, a development that
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Companies that install employee-focused claims models and use analytics to improve claims efficiency are more likely to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic than organizations that
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Workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19 rose to a five-month high in July, as the system’s claim count continued to keep pace with state infection rates
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a trial judge erred in declining to consider a medical expert’s opinions on whether a car accident had aggravated
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About a quarter of COVID-19 patients will develop long-term symptoms, which has prompted health care officials and workers’ compensation stakeholders to engineer multifaceted treatment strategies
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As President Joe Biden’s administration signals it will look to strengthen protections for misclassified workers, employers across the U.S. must stay diligent if they want
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A California insurance carrier trying to move to New Mexico is asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to expedite its appeal in a lawsuit
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As many employees continue to work from home amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, some workers’ comp experts are predicting a rise in work-from-home injuries,
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The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the state Workers’ Compensation Act barred a youth counselor’s estate from pursuing a civil
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