The California Assembly unanimously passed bills that would allow carriers to continue using debit cards to deliver indemnity benefits and give San Diego fire and rescue workers access to the…
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s invasion-of-privacy claim against the nurse case management organization that accessed his medical records related to his workers’ compensation claim.
Case:…
The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that an insurance carrier should not have been subject to penalties for failing to pay a worker’s benefits as a lump sum before his…
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that two state troopers were not entitled to damages for their alleged post-traumatic stress disorder and that their awards were properly offset to account for…
The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Division announced that an advisory committee will meet over four months starting in May to discuss payments for medical services provided to injured workers.
The Medical Services…