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Rising Medical Publishes 2022 Benchmarking Report
National cost-containment and case-management firm Rising Medical Solutions on Monday released its 2022 Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study summarizing survey responses from more than 3,600 claims professionals about their top priorities,…
WCD Opens Registration for 2024 Educational Conference
The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that registration is now open for its 2024 educational conference. The 2024 Oregon Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference is being held in-person May 9-10 in Portland. An…
ATA Launches Tools Promoting Telemedicine to Address Health Disparities
The American Telemedicine Association on Monday announced that one of its advisory groups is releasing three tools to disseminate ways that telehealth can address disparities and inequities in health care. The “Digital…
Tower Webinar to Cover Amended MSA Reviews
Tower MSA Partners is hosting a webinar Oct. 4 to discuss the amended review process for Medicare set-asides. Dan Anders The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services now allows previously approved…
Comp Coverage Costs Must Be Included in Damage Calculation
A California appellate court ruled that the operating expenses for five tour buses, including the costs of workers’ compensation coverage for employees, should have been included in the calculation of…
High Court Upholds Unapportioned Award to Mine Worker; Denies Referral, Expansion
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an unapportioned award of benefits to an injured mine worker but ruled that he was not entitled to expand the scope of his…
CAAA Seminar to Cover PDRS Rebuttal
The California Applicants' Attorneys Association is hosting a webinar Oct. 20 covering the legal history of efforts to rebut the permanent disability rating schedule with the use of vocational experts. The…
WC Nominating Committee Holding Special Meeting Tuesday
The Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Nominating Committee is holding a special meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday to consider applications for the nomination of two administrative law judges. Committee members will meet in…
NARS Promotes Michelle Greene to Head of Workers’ Compensation
North American Risk Services Inc. promoted Michelle Greene to head of workers’ compensation claims. Michelle Greene Greene joined NARS two years ago to rebuild and grow the workers’ compensation department that she…
Court Upholds Calculation of AWW for Worker With Sporadic Employment
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s award of benefits was based on a proper calculation of his average weekly wage and that they were properly reduced…
State Lacks Jurisdiction Over Carrier in Coverage Dispute
The Appeals Court of Massachusetts overturned a trial court’s assertion of personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state insurance carrier for a coverage dispute. Case: D.F. Pray Inc. v. Wesco Insurance Co., 22-P-734,…
Claimant Fails to Tie Knee Condition to Traumatic Work Injury
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker failed to prove her knee condition was caused by a traumatic injury at work. Case: Brewer v. Davis-Stuart Inc., No.