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Goldberg Segalla Adds Joseph A. Acosta to Princeton Group
Goldberg Segalla announced that Joseph A. Acosta will join the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Princeton, New Jersey. Joseph A. Acosta Acosta was previously with Capehart Scatchard in Mount Laurel. Acosta concentrates…
BWC Hires Investment Director
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that Walt Stubbings joined the agency as director of investments. Walt Stubbings Stubbings assumed many of the duties and responsibilities of BWC co-chief investment officer…
Commission Applies Wrong Legal Standard to Deny Claim for Traumatic Brain Injury
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission applied the wrong legal standard in denying a worker’s traumatic brain injury claim, but it upheld the commission’s imposition of discovery…
Worker Struck by Falling Brick Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling brick was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case: Mayorquin v. Carriage House Owner’s Corp.,…
Governor Nominates Commissioner for Reappointment
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper nominated Myra L. Griffin for reappointment as a member of the North Carolina Industrial Commission for a second six-year term starting July 1. Myra L. Griffin …
DWC: App-Based Interventions Now Covered by Fee Schedule
The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that app-based interventions are now covered by its medical fee schedule. An app-based intervention is a web or mobile program that can be used…
WCS Increases Medical Fee Schedule Reimbursement Rate
The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section announced that it revised its medical fee schedule to increase reimbursement rates that were inadvertently too low. “There was an error in the calculation of the…
Worker Subjected to Retaliation Gets Recalculation of Benefits
The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was entitled to a recalculation of her benefit rate based on her average earnings for more than four weeks immediately preceding…
ICA Medical Resource Office Sets Training Webinars
The Industrial Commission of Arizona’s Medical Resource Office announced that it will host training webinars on treatment guidelines and fee schedules in March and April. One program, “Treatment Guidelines and Preauthorization,”…
Legislature Passes Inmate Wage Bill
Washington lawmakers on Tuesday voted to send Gov. Jay Inslee a bill that would require wages for former inmates to be calculated based on what is paid to other employees…
IWCC Announces New Urbana, Champaign Hearing Site
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Committee announced that all arbitration cases, including trials and in-person special settings scheduled for Urbana, will be held at a new hearing site in Champaign beginning…
Officials at Medical Supply and Billing Company Charged With Fraud
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas announced that a federal grand jury indicted the former owner of a medical supply and billing company and the firm’s…