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New Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide (Version 3.5) Takes aim at Non-submit and EBMSAs
New Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide (Version 3.5) Takes aim at Non-submit and EBMSAs

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide (Version 3.5, January 10, 2022). CMS describes its updates in Chapter 1.1 of the new WCMSA Reference […]
TX: Business Owner Facing Trial for $1.1 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme
TX: Business Owner Facing Trial for $1.1 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - A Houston area businessman faces multiple charges in connection with a long-running premium fraud scheme. Police in Stafford, Texas arrested Kunal “Sonny” Puri on January 11, 2022. Puri was transferred to […]
IOSH Report Looks at the ‘Positive and Negative’ of Pandemic-Prompted Remote Work
IOSH Report Looks at the ‘Positive and Negative’ of Pandemic-Prompted Remote Work

London — Although many employees “clearly benefited from the increased flexibility and other benefits” provided by remote work arrangements amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many others “found it to be challenging, with poor work-life balance and […]
WI: DWD, DOJ Announce $200,000 Agreement in Briggs & Stratton Bankruptcy Case
WI: DWD, DOJ Announce $200,000 Agreement in Briggs & Stratton Bankruptcy Case

Madison, WI (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and the state Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a $200,000 agreement in DWD's federal court claim filed in the Briggs & Stratton Corp. […]
CT Governor Announces Workers’ Comp Rates Decrease for Eighth Consecutive Year, Saving Millions for Connecticut Businesses
CT Governor Announces Workers’ Comp Rates Decrease for Eighth Consecutive Year, Saving Millions for Connecticut Businesses

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Connecticut businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2022. The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a filing with decreases of 14.1% […]
Governor Murphy Reinstates Public Health Emergency Triggering Presumptions of Compensability
Governor Murphy Reinstates Public Health Emergency Triggering Presumptions of Compensability

Governor Phil Murphy today reinstated a Public Health Emergency, effective immediately, in order to ensure that the State is able to respond to the continued threat of COVID-19 and the rapidly spreading Omicron variant. The […]
View 22: Sedgwick Highlights Industry Trends for Year Ahead
View 22: Sedgwick Highlights Industry Trends for Year Ahead

MEMPHIS, TN., January 11, 2022 — Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, today published “View 22” which highlights major industry trends and issues that employers, brokers, carriers, risk […]
Booker Introduces Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act
Booker Introduces Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act

Washington, DC — Legislation recently introduced in the House and Senate is aimed at improving working conditions and whistleblower protections in the meat and poultry processing industry. Under the Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act (S. […]