New Fines Top $442,000 for Serial Safety Violator
A Snohomish roofing company with an extensive history of worker safety violations faces $442,654 in new fines for disregarding the same rules it has been caught violating repeatedly over the last…
TDI Adopts Changes to Licensing Rules
The Texas Department of Insurance has adopted changes to its Licensing and Regulation of Insurance Professionals chapter, repealing and amending several rules.
Commissioner of Insurance Cassie Brown signed an order adopting the…
DWC Proposes Rule Amendment to Define Teledentistry Dental Service
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has proposed an amendment to Rule 133.30 to define the term “teledentistry dental service and to require dentists to bill for teledentistry services according to applicable…
ICA: Providers Should Not Coerce Carriers for Surgery Payment
The Industrial Commission of Arizona said medical providers should not coerce carriers, self-insured employers and claims representatives into agreeing to pay a certain percentage of billed charges for surgery.
“The reports we…
Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Additional PPD for Slight Change in Condition
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured custodian was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award based on a minor change in his…
Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction Over Public Employee’s Asbestos Injury Claim
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Workers’ Claims had jurisdiction to hear a retired teacher’s claim for benefits for a work-related asbestos injury.
Case: Letcher County Board of Education…