Advanced-care practitioners treated injured workers in 37% of nonemergency visits for evaluation and management, more than double the 18% reported in 2013, according to the
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The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers have 90 days to transition to using a new claim status notice
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A California appeals court found no problem with an order requiring a business owner convicted of cheating a work comp carrier and state tax collectors
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The U.S. Department of Labor and a Newark roofing contractor have reached a $155,000 settlement agreement resolving litigation stemming from investigations last summer that found the
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A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of an award of Black Lung Act benefits to a coal miner’s widow.
Case: Consol
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a worker’s claim due to her failure to link her ongoing complaints to her employment.
Case:
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A New York appellate court revived a nurse’s claim for repetitive use injuries, finding that the Workers’ Compensation Board used the wrong standard for denying
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s requested shoulder surgery.
Case: Mayer v. City of Clarksburg, No. 24-ICA-462,
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The Division of Workers' Compensation and an advisory committee tasked with monitoring judicial misconduct are at odds over the results of investigations conducted in 2024.
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Connecticut's labor board dismissed a complaint alleging that a city violated the Municipal Employee Relations Act by excluding overtime earnings when calculating work comp benefits
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