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DWC Requests Comments on Medical Quality Review Process Changes
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting public comments on proposed changes to the medical quality review process. MQR is a medical case review based on a written complaint, which may…
Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Constitutional Challenges to Workers’ Compensation Court
The Montana Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s constitutional challenges to the state Workers’ Compensation Act and Workers’ Compensation Court. Case: Allum v. Montana State Fund, No. DA…
CWCI Reviews Initial Data on Private Self-Insureds’ 2022 Claim Experience
California workers’ comp private self-insured claim frequency rose 6% last year, as both medical-only and indemnity claim volume increased. But a California Workers' Compensation Institute review of initial data from the state…
Federal Court Upholds Jury’s Bad Faith Verdict Against Carrier on Rehearing
A federal appellate court granted rehearing of a bad faith dispute between two insurance carriers and again upheld a jury’s award for the carrier that was an additional insured under the…
DOL Sets Outreach Events for Mines, Nukes Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor has scheduled concurrent outreach events in the Four Corners region of Arizona and New Mexico for current and former workers in the nuclear weapons and energy industry, as…
TDI Adopts Changes to Licensing Rules
The Texas Department of Insurance has adopted changes to its Licensing and Regulation of Insurance Professionals chapter, repealing and amending several rules. Commissioner of Insurance Cassie Brown signed an order adopting the…
DWC Proposes Rule Amendment to Define Teledentistry Dental Service
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has proposed an amendment to Rule 133.30 to define the term “teledentistry dental service and to require dentists to bill for teledentistry services according to applicable…
New Fines Top $442,000 for Serial Safety Violator
A Snohomish roofing company with an extensive history of worker safety violations faces $442,654 in new fines for disregarding the same rules it has been caught violating repeatedly over the last…
ICA: Providers Should Not Coerce Carriers for Surgery Payment
The Industrial Commission of Arizona said medical providers should not coerce carriers, self-insured employers and claims representatives into agreeing to pay a certain percentage of billed charges for surgery. “The reports we…
Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Additional PPD for Slight Change in Condition
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured custodian was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award based on a minor change in his…
Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction Over Public Employee’s Asbestos Injury Claim
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Workers' Claims had jurisdiction to hear a retired teacher’s claim for benefits for a work-related asbestos injury. Case: Letcher County Board of Education…
High Court Overturns Denial of Truck Driver’s Claim Based on Notice Issue
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned a finding that a truck driver was not entitled to benefits due to her failure to timely provide written notice of her injuries to…