Blog - Lastest News from Work Comp Staffing Solutions
Court Upholds PPD Award for Worker’s Back Injuries
The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a worker for his back injuries. Case: Quad/Graphics Inc. v. Bartolomeo, No. 2021-CA-1033-WC, 01/21/2022, published. Facts: Robert Bartolomeo…
Sedgwick to Get One-Third of Restitution in MRI Fraud Case
Sedgwick will receive one-third of the nearly $30 million restitution order in what federal prosecutors have called the largest workers’ compensation fraud scheme in the history of Southern California. Sam S.
Cal/OSHA to Convene Advisory Committee for Domestic Workers
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health announced that it will accept applications through Feb. 18 to serve on an advisory committee tasked with developing safety and health guidelines…
WCB to Stop Accepting Questions for IMEs
The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board will no longer accept parties’ questions for second independent medical evaluators. The board in May 2019 repealed the right of parties to submit questions to the…
Lawmakers Aim to Create COVID Presumption Fund
Lawmakers in Minnesota want to create a workers’ compensation COVID-19 presumption reimbursement fund in the state treasury to reimburse employees in job classifications not entitled to the state’s presumption for…
Bill Would Extend Exclusion of COVID-19 Claims From X-Mods
Wyoming lawmakers will consider legislation to extend the exclusion of COVID-19 claims from employers’ experience rating modification factors when the Legislature convenes the 2022 session Monday. The Legislature in 2020 passed a…
WCS Posts 2022 Fee Schedule
The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section posted a copy of its 2022 Medical Fee Schedule. Billing and payment rules were adjusted based on changes to the medical care component of the Consumer…
Board Errs in Rejecting Bus Driver’s Viral Infection Claim
The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a denial of a bus driver’s claim based on her contraction of the flu virus. Case: In the Matter of Rogers, Nos. 1901029 and A174837,…
Lineman Can Get PTD Award While Request for Additional Allowances Remains Pending
An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits issued to an injured lineman while his request for the allowance of additional conditions was still pending. Case: State ex…
Governor Extends COVID Presumption
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed into law a bill extending for another year the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for frontline workers. Walz on Friday enacted HF 1203, by Rep. Dan…
State Lawmakers Reconsider Vaccine Injury Bill
Following a failed measure introduced in the last legislative season, Idaho lawmakers are again considering a bill that would make vaccine injuries compensable in workers’ compensation. HB 464 would state that…
WCB Posts Schedule for Rollout of OnBoard System
The New York Workers’ Compensation Board will begin the rollout of its new business information system in March and complete the launch in May. The first phase of the OnBoard launch…