Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
2005, a Year to Remember: Busiest Hurricane Season of the Century for United States
Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...
Missouri Insurance Dept. Releases Review of Workers’ Comp Study
Dec 29 2005 // The Missouri Department of Insurance recently released its review of the annual loss cost filing submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Insurers and self-insurers use loss costs to establish final...
13.5 Percent Workers’ Comp Rollback Concerns Insurance Council in Florida
Dec 29 2005 // Concerns about the 13.5 percent workers’ compensation insurance rollback ordered recently by Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation have been voiced by Sam Miller, executive vice president of the Florida...
Mass. Bus Driver Pulled Over for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 28 2005 // An public transit MBTA bus driver has been indicted on charges that he fraudulently collected workers’ compensation benefits and submitted falsified documents to support his claims, Attorney General Tom Reilly...
N.Y. Trial Court Dismisses Claim Under Labor Law by Injured Employee
Dec 27 2005 // In a recent case involving millions in potential damages, the Supreme Court of the State of New York (County of Nassau) ruled that an employee who was involved in routine maintenance was not entitled to certain protections...
MedAlert Healthcare Systems Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 27 2005 // A Travis County, Texas, grand jury has indicted MedAlert Healthcare Systems Inc. and its president, Joseph Osei, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. MedAlert...
Texas DWC Sets Workers’ Comp Discount and Interest Rates
Dec 27 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that effective Jan. 1, 2006, any interest or discount provided for in the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act will be at the rate...
Devlin to Chair Texas Insurance Fraud Committee
Dec 22 2005 // Dennis J. Devlin, regional vice president of the Travelers Property and Casualty Insurance Company, has assumed the chairmanship of the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud. Devlin replaces Craig Sparks, CEO of Union...
W.Va. Bus Driver Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 22 2005 // Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has been sentenced to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Villers was sentenced Dec. 16 in the Circuit Court of...
PT and OT Preauthorization Mandatory Under Texas Workers’ Comp System Effective Dec. 1
Dec 22 2005 // House Bill 7 amended Texas Labor Code §413.014 by adding physical therapy and occupational therapy to the list of services requiring preauthorization. The Texas Department of Insurance, with bulletin B-0039-05, notified...
Calif. Court Decision Expected to Lower Workers’ Comp Rates
Dec 22 2005 // Los Angeles based law firm Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye LLP recently won a ruling that the firm said will affect the way workers’ compensation premiums are calculated for California employers covered by a carrier...
Auto Dealers Compensation of Calif. Returns $9.6 Million in Equity
Dec 21 2005 // The Trustee Board of the Auto Dealers Compensation of California Inc. (AD-COMP(R)), has announced an equity distribution of approximately $9.6 million to its auto dealership members. AD-COMP(R), formed in 2002, is a...
Fla. Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit Commander Describes Four Common Violations
Dec 19 2005 // Premium fraud, working without workers’ compensation coverage, fraudulent certification and claimant fraud are common types of workers’ compensation fraud encountered by the Bureau of Workers’...
Health Care Networks: A New Approach for Workers’ Compensation in Texas
Dec 19 2005 // House Bill 7 enacted sweeping workers’ compensation reforms. One of those reforms was the establishment of health care provider networks. After receiving much thoughtful input from system participants, I am proud to...
Costs Lower When Employers Choose, Says Study that Included Mass., Pa. Systems
Dec 19 2005 // Costs Lower When Employers Choose, Says Study that Included Mass., Pa. Systems The choice of medical care providers to treat injured workers by either workers or their employer not only impacts medical costs but also a...
States Urged to Prepare for Catastrophes by Enforcing Smarter Land Use
Dec 19 2005 // The country needs to consider where and how it builds if it is to avoid the worst effects of another Hurricane Katrina or Sept. 11 attack, according to experts at the recent National Conference of Insurance Legislators...
CUT IN PAYMENTS:
Dec 19 2005 // In a decision that could cost the state millions of dollars, a judge said the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation did not follow state procedures when it cut payments to hospitals for treating injured workers. The...
Marin County Contractor Pleads Guilty
Dec 18 2005 // A licensed general contractor and owner of a Marin County, Calif., roofing company has pled guilty to workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud, unemployment insurance fraud and filing false income tax...
States Urged to Prepare for Catastrophes by Enforcing Smarter Land Use
Dec 18 2005 // The country needs to consider where and how it builds if it is to avoid the worst effects of another Hurricane Katrina or Sept. 11 attack, according to experts at the recent National Conference of Insurance Legislators...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // MISSOURI Insurer to Pay $8 Million: State Farm Insurance has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to a tow truck driver and his sister-in-law who were acquitted of insurance fraud after being accused of faking the...
