The Workcomp Writer
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
He later died and his widow sought damages via a common law civil action rather than a claim filed within the workers’ compensation system. PA’s “Catch-22” for Latent Diseases Section 301(c)(2) of Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act creates a significant limitation for occupational disease claims.
Florida Workers' Comp
AUGUST 29, 2024
The question can be easily answered definitively, as above, with “it depends.” Across the country, there are dozens of definitions of "employee," and the specific state law must be analyzed and examined. First, there are at least 60 social safety net compensation programs in the United States. These can be absolute or flexible.
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HR Bartender
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Under this definition, Covered Entities are health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers. The rule recognizes that employers, their workers’ compensation insurers and claims administrators have a legitimate need to access detailed medical records in order to efficiently administer the workers’ compensation system.
Florida Workers' Comp
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Mitchell's only recourse if any, should be through the New Mexico workers' compensation system. In the workers' compensation and litigation arena, this is referred to as "exclusive remedy," and it is one of the pillars of workers' comp. But, why California?
Workers' Compensation
JUNE 21, 2022
5, supra (noting 2018 change to CSA definition of marijuana), and continues to consider more expansive approaches; indeed, shortly after the Court issued its invitations in these cases, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would remove marijuana from the CSA’s list of controlled substances altogether.”
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MARCH 12, 2019
Regardless of the workers’ compensation insurance arrangement (private insurer, exclusive public state or provincial workers’ compensation board) the healthcare expenditures by workers’ compensation systems are relatively small compared to the total national spending on healthcare. In my view, this would be a mistake.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JUNE 2, 2024
The adjudicative framework will also impact both the acceptance rate and the willingness to file a workers' compensation claim for a mental injury. That framework often depends on external definitions as well as internal applications (policy, practice, administration). Definitions and criteria for PTSD have changed over time.
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