Bill Would Add Solid Waste Workers to Cancer Presumption
Hawaii lawmakers have introduced bills to expand the types of workers covered by presumptions of compensability and to expand the list of conditions that are presumed to have arisen out…
Measure Would Allow Coverage of Mental Injury Claims for First Responders, National Guard
Police, firefighters, emergency medical service personnel and members of the Kentucky National Guard would not be required to show a physical injury to have a compensable claim for a mental injury,…
Double Amputation Leads to $156,259 Penalty
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that a Vancouver construction company was fined $156,259 after a teenager lost his legs in a trenching accident.
The department said a…
Bill Would Raise Pay for Doctors Treating Cops, Firefighters
Florida lawmakers are deliberating a proposal to allow police and firefighters with presumptive injuries to select a medical specialist for treatment and to pay the selected doctor up to twice…
Fee Award Too Small for Catastrophically Injured Worker’s Attorney
A Florida appellate court overturned a fee award to a catastrophically injured worker’s attorney, finding counsel had been substantially short-changed by the reduction below the amount requested and the guideline…
DWC Updates Physician Fee Schedule
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation updated the physician and non-physician practitioner services section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to adopt relevant 2024 changes in the Medicare payment system.
The…