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Texas Court Stresses Comp Carrier is Entitled to Full “First Money” in Worker’s Third-Party Tort Settlement

The Workcomp Writer

Texas Mutual, the workers’ compensation carrier for Stevenson’s employer, paid workers’ compensation benefits to and on behalf of Stevenson for his injuries. In January 2015, Stevenson sued his health care providers for negligence. Insurance Co. Appellate Court’s Opinion. 3d 650, 651 (Tex. 2019) (citing Tex.

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NH Case Remanded: Was MRSA Infection “Direct and Natural Result” of Work-Related Injury?

The Workcomp Writer

Background The claimant, a long-time teacher at Proctor Academy, was a faculty supervisor for a multi-day school camping trip into the White Mountains in early September 2015. Workers’ Compensation Claim The Academy’s insurance carrier denied the claim. The claimant appealed.

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Taxation of Identity Protection Services

Fringe Benefit Analysts

Some insurance carriers are now also offering identity protection services to their customers at no additional cost. The taxation of this identity protection benefit/service was considered by the IRS in 2015 and again in early 2016. See IRS Announcement 2015-22.) Are Identity Theft Protection Services Tax Deductible?

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Health Care Reform Play or Pay Delay: Why You Shouldn’t Wait

Insperity

The two key points are as follows: Businesses with 50-99 full-time (including full time-equivalent) employees must begin offering full-time employees qualified health coverage starting in 2016 (instead of 2015). The closer it gets to 2015, the less time you’ll have to negotiate a good deal with a health insurance carrier.

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What’s Driving the Cost of Commercial Vehicle Insurance?

Corporate Synergies

When it comes to commercial vehicle insurance, it’s a rocky road. Many companies felt the shock of rising insurance rates in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Insurance carriers look at their profit margins each year and must maintain required ratios so that future claims can be paid and the company can remain profitable.

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Why you should offer Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts health care to your employees

Genesis HR Solutions

As a small business owner, you have to provide health insurance that is high-quality enough to attract and retain the very best employees, something you’re often fighting against the “big guys” to do. In 2015 we entered into a strategic partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Click To Tweet. That’s where we come in.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

3d 732, 2015-NMCA-049, in which the court held that an authorized treating health care provider’s “certification,” authorizing the use of medical marijuana under the state’s Compassionate Use Act, was the functional equivalent of a “prescription.” A hearing officer granted Bourgoin’s petition in 2015 and the Appellate Division affirmed.