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The board in May 2019 repealed the right of parties to submit questions to the…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,…