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Sixth Circuit: Court Upholds Walgreen’s Termination of Employee for Using Armed Self-Defense.
John Hopkins Doctor Under Fire for X-Ray Readings in Black Lung Cases.
CMS Releases May 29, 2014 Version of WCMSA Reference Guide.
WEDI Group Blasts CMS Delay of Shift to ICD-10.
US Senate Banking Committee Passes TRIA Reauthorization Extension.
NCCI Posts Report Explaining Drivers for Underwriting Cycle.
Coventry Posts Latest Drug Trend Report, Shows 2013 Decline in Narcotic Use.
AR: NCCI Explains 1.4% Decrease in Loss Cost/Rate Filing Change.
CA: WCIRB Actuarial and Governing Committee to Meet June 11.
CA: Federal Court Rules Exclusivity Barred Chemical Exposure Claims Against Mobil, Exxon.
CA: Kern County High Meth Rate, 50% of Comp Claims Involve Substance Abuse.
CO: GOP Lawmaker Wants to Know Why Pinnacol Seeks to Raise Premium Rates.
CT: WCC Welcomes New Commissioner Thomas J. Mullins.
CT: General Assembly Reappoints Commissioners Salerno, Walker for Another Five Years.
DE: Task Force Member Urges Legislative Action on HB 373 Reforms.
FL: DWC Proposes Substantial Rewrite Rule re Billing, Physician Dispensing.
FL: Supreme Court Posts Video of Oral Argument in Westphal TD Cap Case.
FL: Justices in Westphal Case Question Whether Inadequacy of Statute Makes It Unconstitutional.
FL: Governor Appoints Forte, Dietz as Judges of Compensation Claims.
HI: DLIR Announces Improvements to Automated System for Workers Comp Compliance.
IA: Workers’ Comp Commissioner’s Defamation Suit Against Governor Advances.
IA: Maximum Weekly Benefits Increase Effective 7-6-2014.
KY: DWC Updates Workers’ Comp Physician Fee Schedule.
LA: Court Rules Brain Aneurysm Five Months Post Injury Covered by Comp.
MN: Workers Comp Advisory Council to Reexamine North Dakota Temp Employee Exclusion.
MT: New Supreme Court Justice Jim Shea, a Former Workers Comp Judge, Sworn In.
MT: NCCI Explains 3.6% Decrease in Loss Cost/Rate Filing Change.
NH: LGC Subsidiary Trust Members Question $17.1M Repayments Not Paid in Cash.
NY: Court Rules More 9/11 Volunteers Eligible for Compensation Fund Benefits.
NY: WCB Proposes to Add Non-Acute Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines.
NY: Injured Worker Advocates Lists Support, Opposition to Legislative Bills.
NC: SB 101 Comp Rates for Severely Injured Workers Undergoes Revisions.
OK: WCC Posts New Employee, Employer Responsibilities Notice Form.
OR: WCD Posts New Base Rates for Self-Insured Premium Assessment.
PA: NFL Free Agent Injured in Minicamp Tryout Has No Comp Claim.
PA: BWC Posts Updated Range of Fees Charged by UROs, PROs.
PA: HB 2081 Elimination of Redundant WC Coverage for Maritime Companies Sent to Governor.
SC: NCCI Explains 7.4% Decrease in Loss Cost/Rate Filing Change.
TN: As New Reforms Kick In, Parties Will No Longer Race to the Courthouse.
TN: Dept. of Labor Issues Notice to Crack Down on Worker Misclassification.
WV: Maximum Weekly Compensation Rate Increases 7-1-2014.
WY: Court Finds Division’s Rule Setting Arbitrary Limitation on TTD Benefits Invalid.
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