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California employers would be allowed to continue using prepaid debit cards for indemnity benefits through the end of 2024, under recently introduced legislation. Assemblywoman Lisa Calderon, D-Whittier, on Tuesday introduced AB…

ATF Medical, a national provider of complex rehab technology and accessibility solutions in workers’ compensation, announced that Brendan Swift will join the company as vice president of payer partnerships and marketing,…

An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s deliberate intention claim against his employer for his injuries from falling out of a broken chair. Case: Haddox v. Central Ohio…

Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. would transition from an independent public company to a private mutual corporation at the start of 2025 under recently introduced legislation the carrier’s chief executive said…

In a case of first impression, an Ohio appellate court clarified the phrase "producing at the time objective symptoms of an injury” and upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to…

Oklahoma lawmakers are poised to debate a bill that would create criteria and a deadline for eliminating the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims. The court was created as part of…

A divided Pennsylvania Superior Court, sitting en banc, ruled that an insurance carrier could not take an immediate appeal of a trial judge’s denial of its petition to intervene in a…

The Delaware Superior Court upheld the termination of a worker’s total disability benefits after he recovered from his work injury enough to become employable and then was involved in a…

The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section posted a copy of its 2023 Medical Fee Schedule, which includes a 4.256% increase in conversion factors. Conversion factors for the fee schedule that applies to…

Virginia lawmakers passed bills that provide emergency dispatchers with coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder and allow two or more group self-insurance associations to merge. The state House of Representatives on Monday…

Maryland lawmakers on Monday presented carryover legislation that would allow licensed certified social workers to diagnose injured workers with mental impairments. HB 694, which was scheduled for a hearing March 1,…

A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer was not liable for death benefits for the fatal shooting of an employee by her boyfriend at her workplace. Case: Hayes v. Church’s…