Overall medical payments and payments per claim continued to decline in 2019, with pharmaceuticals experiencing sharp declines in payments, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited a frozen food manufacturer and its staffing firm a combined $584,000 for violations that included exposing
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Oregon employers on average will pay 5.6% less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021 than they did this year, the Department of Consumer and Business
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will resume lien trials Monday.
Lien trials will be limited to one per judge per day to start, and
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a self-insurance fund was able to moot a dispute with a worker by accepting liability for a worker’s
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited 11 employers a total of more than $116,000 for not protecting workers from COVID-19.
“The employers
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The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section said an emergency order that extended claim and hearing deadlines and prevented professional employer organizations licenses from expiring is no
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Washington’s annual Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference will be held virtually this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to the state’s Department
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker does not need to reach maximum medical improvement before he challenges a subrogation lien under the
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The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to set aside the settlement he accepted for his work-related injuries since he failed
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