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Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Hold on Taxes for Doctor Exams
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is delaying a recent decision by the state comptroller to make charges for designated doctor exams subject to sales and use taxes. Last month, the…
Joint Powers Insurance Authority Contracts With Athens Administrators
The California Joint Powers Insurance Authority announced that Athens Administrators will provide claims administration services for its workers’ compensation programs in 2023. “The (JPIA) will transition all claims from Sedgwick to…
Houston Business Convicted of WC Fraud
A Houston-area business will pay $300,000 for workers’ compensation fraud after trying to conceal its payroll from 2011 to 2014. On Thursday, Sehgal & Sons Enterprises (Ultra Business Services Inc.) was…
Survey: Workplace Injuries and Illness Slowed in 2021
Minnesota workers were a little safer on the job last year, as the rate of injured or sick employees ticked lower from 2020. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Survey of…
Owner of Construction Firm Sentenced to Two Years for Fraud
Federal prosecutors announced that the owner of a company providing construction services and labor who “used a shell of lies” to evade tax obligations and workers’ compensation expenses was sentenced…
Paradigm Announces Clinical Solutions Leadership Promotions
California-based specialty care management firm Paradigm announced the promotions of Elizabeth Ulloa Lowry and Shannon Ford in the company’s Clinical Solutions group. Shannon Ford, left, and Elizabeth Ulloa Lowry. Lowry will now…
OSHA Seeks to Protect Food Processing Workers in High-Injury States
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Wednesday that it has launched a local emphasis program aiming to reduce the higher rates of injuries among the more than 90,000 food…
Webinar to Explore Administration of Set-Asides
Tower MSA Partners is presenting a webinar Wednesday exploring care, cost and compliance issues of professionally administered Medicare set-asides. Nicole Chappelle (Ametros photo) A lot of effort is dedicated to drafting set-aside agreements…
Employer Can’t Terminate TTD to Driver Who Received 500 Weeks of Benefits
The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to terminate payment of temporary total disability benefits to an injured truck driver, even though he had…
Worker Gets Wage-Loss Benefits Despite Failure to Participate in Voc-Rehab
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of wage-loss disability to a worker who declined participation in an employer-offered vocational-rehabilitation program. Case: Tillery v. Alma School District, No. CV-22-6, 10/26/2022,…
WCS Posts Fillable Occupational Disease Claim Forms
The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section of the Division of Industrial Relations updated its occupational disease claim forms as part of its ongoing effort to modernize claims processes. The eight “OD Series”…
MSF Announces Date for 2023 Medical Conference
The Montana State Fund announced that it will hold its 2023 annual medical conference April 26-28. The theme of the conferences will be managing recovery and return to work. MSF said the…