http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2010-03-11T06:28:11-05:00 http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/ny_social_security_disability_lawyer.html 2010-03-10T20:22:23-05:00 2010-03-10T20:22:23-05:00 Republished with permission from New York Disability Law Blog Carrie Mason-Draffen is the excellent Workplace Columnist for Newsday and I have been glad to help her over the years with questions from her readers on Social http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/massachusetts_workers_compensation_rate_hike.html 2010-03-10T18:25:12-05:00 2010-03-10T18:25:12-05:00 Republished with permission from ReduceYourWorkersComp.com A 4% plus rate increase in workers’ compensation premiums requested by the insurance industry, faces opposition from Martha Coakley, Attorney General for Massachusetts. The rate http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/how_average_weekly_wages_and.html 2010-03-10T18:21:54-05:00 2010-03-10T18:21:54-05:00 Republished with permission from ReduceYourWorkersComp.com The term “average weekly wage” is often used in the discussion of workers' compensation claims. As it is the foundation on which almost all workers' http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/gardner_dol.html 2010-03-10T10:18:00-05:00 2010-03-10T10:18:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork New York, NY (CompNewsNetwork) - The State Senate confirmed Colleen C. Gardner as Commissioner of Labor this afternoon.  Gardner has been serving in an http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/wc_reform_ok_senate.html 2010-03-10T10:10:00-05:00 2010-03-10T10:10:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork Oklahoma City, OK (CompNewsNetwork) - Oklahoma’s worker’s compensation system took a http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/lisa_riddle.html 2010-03-10T10:04:00-05:00 2010-03-10T10:04:00-05:00 PRNewswire LANSING, Mich., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Accident Fund Insurance Company of America is proud to announce Lisa Riddle as the new vice president of Claims http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/online_payment_froi_ma.html 2010-03-10T10:02:00-05:00 2010-03-10T10:02:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork Boston, MA (CompNewsNetwork) - The Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) is pleased to announce that, effective today, fines for First Report of Injury http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/ca_ambulance_fee_schedule.html 2010-03-10T10:00:00-05:00 2010-03-10T10:00:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork Oakland, CA (CompNewsNetwork) - The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) has issued a notice of rulemaking to amend the ambulance fee schedule section of the http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/or_focus_spring.html 2010-03-10T09:55:00-05:00 2010-03-10T09:55:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork Portland, OR (CompNewsNetwork) - The Oregon Dept. of Consumer and Business Services, Workers' Compensation Division, has posted the Spring/Summer 2010 issue of its http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/ok_notice_medical_maintenance_guidelines.html 2010-03-10T09:49:00-05:00 2010-03-10T09:49:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork Oklahoma City, OK (CompNewsNetwork) - The Physician Advisory Committee will hold a public hearing on Friday, April 9, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. in