A Pennsylvania appellate court has reversed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board that had overturned a workers comp judge’s ruling disallowing a mental injury claim by an injured nurse to move forward. The Commonwealth Court on Monday found the board erred in reversing a comp judge’s decision denying the nurse’s claim …
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Efforts are underway in Florida to increase the maximum allowed for medical payments in workers compensation. H.B. 161, introduced Friday, would raise the maximum reimbursement for a treating physician to 200% of the reimbursement allowed by Medicare, up from 110% currently allowed. For surgeries, the bill also proposes to increase the state’s comp fees to …
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A former National Football League player who sought workers compensation benefits for cumulative trauma was properly denied benefits because his petition was untimely, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. Stuart Anderson, who in the mid-1980s played for the team formerly known as the Washington Redskins, filed comp claims against the team in …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday announced that it cited an Oklahoma metal fabrication manufacturer after a worker died in April during pressure testing of a heat exchanger. OSHA cited Tulsa-based Accurate Manufacturing Inc. following three separate workplace safety and health investigations after the fatality that identified 36 violations, including 25 serious …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday said it cited an Ohio electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant following a March explosion and fire. OSHA announced it cited Warren-based Ultium Cells LLC for 17 serious violations and two other-than-serious violations following the incident. The agency also proposed $270,091 in penalties and issued the company …
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed bills that will expand and extend an existing post-traumatic stress disorder presumption and vetoed other presumptions for nurses, state game wardens and park rangers, and boating safety officers. S.B. 623 postpones by four years the statutory sunsetting of the presumption that PTSD is an occupational condition for some …
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Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a private investment firm based in New York and London, Tuesday announced the formation of MDpanel, a platform dedicated to the delivery of medical opinions as part of the workers compensation insurance claims process. Appointed CEO is Jason Erdel, former CEO of Aspirion, another company providing medical review services, according to a statement. California …
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California employers are no longer allowed to inquire about a job applicant’s past marijuana use under a bill signed into law on Saturday. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 700, which protects workers by banning employers from conducting pre-employment drug screenings for cannabis. The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2024, also generally bars …
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