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Ohio BWC Investigations Result In 7 Workers' Comp Fraud Convictions In April

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) - Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer today announced seven individuals were convicted of or pleaded guilty to charges ...

Mississippi Gov. Signs Workers’ Comp Legislation

Jackson, MS (WorkersCompensation.com) - Governor Phil Bryant recently signed into law four components of his Mississippi Works agenda, including Senate Bill 2576, a measure that ...

Eye Impairment Rule Approved By Oklahoma Supreme Court

Oklahoma City, OK (WorkersCompensation.com) - An amendment to Court Rule 23 (eye impairment), as adopted by the Workers' Compensation Court on April 27, 2012, was ...

Ohio Car Salesman Sentenced For Workers' Comp Fraud

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) - A Cambridge (Guernsey County) man has been sentenced for working as an automobile salesman while receiving benefits from a workplace injury. ...

California Commissioner Announces Arrest Of Employee For Workers’ Comp Fraud

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones recently announced the arrests of Sied “Mike Zarrin” Zarrinsaray, 52, his wife Ronak Barazandeh, 43, the owners ...

Michigan Gov Appoints Two To Pain and Symptom Management Advisory Committee

Lansing, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) - Gov. Rick Snyder recently announced the appointments of Dr. Marie Atkinson, of Royal Oak, and Dr. Robert Noiva, of Rochester, to ...

MedRisk's Expert Clinical Benchmarks Hosts International Scientific Advisory Board Meeting

King of Prussia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Top clinicians from around the world recently gathered at Amelia Island, Fla., as Expert Clinical Benchmarks (ECB), MedRisk’s research ...

New York Posts New Maximum Weekly Benefit Rate Effective July 1, 2012

New York City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - Since July 1, 2010, the maximum weekly benefit rate for workers' compensation has been two-thirds of the New York ...

California DWC Admin. Director Announces Enforcement Change Of 2012 Profile Audit Review

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Labor Code §4658.5(c), which required employers/claims administrators to provide a notice of potential eligibility for the supplemental job displacement benefit (SJDB), ...

California DWC Posts WCIS Administrative Penalty Regs For Comment

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) has drafted regulations providing for the assessment of administrative penalties for Workers’ Compensation Information System ...

California DWC Appoints Dr. Rupali Das As Executive Medical Director

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) today announced the appointment of Dr. Rupali Das ...

NCCI Names Two To 2012 Board Of Directors

Boca Raton, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - The membership of NCCI has elected Laurence Hubbard and C. Allen Bradley, Jr., to the 2012 Board of Directors. Laurence Hubbard ...

WCRI Study Finds That When Surgeons Become Owners Of Surgery Centers, They Do More

Cambridge, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Orthopedic surgeons who owned ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) did between 52% and 111% more surgery than orthopedic surgeons who were not ...

New NCCI Report Portrays "Conflicted" Workers Compensation Industry

Boca Raton, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - NCCI recently released its annual State of the Line workers compensation market analysis, describing the current state of the market ...