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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Division Adopts Rule to Exclude COVID Costs From X-Mods

  • State: Oregon
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The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation adopted a temporary order that will be in effect through October that excludes costs of COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

DWC Suspends Three Physicians, Three Nurses

  • State: California
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation suspended three physicians and three nurses who had previously lost or surrendered their professional licenses.

The division suspended Bayard

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Work-Product Privilege Does Not Shield Carrier's Emails to Insurance Agency

  • State: Montana
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an insurance carrier is required to turn over emails its attorney sent to an agency that a worker

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Kathleen Ziegler Joins CopperPoint as Senior Vice President, Operations

  • State: Arizona
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CopperPoint Insurance Cos. announced that Kathleen Ziegler has joined the company in a newly created role as senior vice president, operations.

Kathleen Ziegler

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

NASA Subcontractor Fined $1.2 Million Over Allegedly Inflated WC Claims

  • State: California
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A subcontractor that provides fire protection services at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View will pay $1.2 million in fines over allegations that it

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Monday, August 24, 2020

New SIU Rules Take Effect Oct. 1

  • State: California
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Insurance companies will have until Oct. 1 to come to grips with new rules for special investigative units that the California Department of Insurance adopted

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Monday, August 24, 2020

CWCI: COVID Claims Disproportionate for Skilled Nursing, Hospital, Physician Practices

  • State: California
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Workers in skilled nursing facilities, hospitals and physician practices/outpatient clinics accounted for a disproportionate share of health care industry COVID-19 claims, according to an analysis

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Monday, August 24, 2020

State Issues More Than $73,000 in COVID Safety Fines

  • State: Nevada
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The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced more than $73,000 in new fines for businesses violating COVID-19 safety guidance, including more than $10,000 in

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Friday, August 21, 2020

CWCI: COVID-19 Claims on the Rise

  • State: California
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Claims for COVID-19 increased sharply in May and June, the California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported.

CWCI reports 10,528 COVID-19 claims with a date of injury

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Friday, August 21, 2020

Advisory Committee to Hear Report in Support of Two-Level Disk Replacement

  • State: Oregon
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Oregon’s Medical Advisory Committee will discuss at a Friday morning meeting a recommendation that the state’s workers’ compensation system start covering two-level cervical artificial disk

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