by Kelia Scott | Oct 29, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed House Bill 1840, the “Protz Fix” which was a bill presented to try and fix consequences that resulted from a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision. In 1996 workers’ comp reforms allowed employers to request an Impairment Rating...
by Kelia Scott | Oct 29, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the term “physician” does not include physician assistants, and so the state’s Workers’ Compensation Court did not err in disregarding a medical report regarding impairment rating that was signed by an orthopedic surgeon’s...
by Kelia Scott | Oct 24, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released their list of the top 10 safety violations of 2018, and though the list remains largely unchanged from previous years there is a newcomer to the list. The data covers violations taking place between...
by Kelia Scott | Oct 23, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) reported that California accounts for almost one-fifth of medical benefits paid for workers’ comp across the whole country, or 11.9 percent of all jobs covered. NASI’s report on state and federal workers’ comp programs...
by Kelia Scott | Oct 22, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
An administrative law judge ruled in favor of a worker in Alaska who claims he got fired after acting as a whistleblower and reporting safety issues to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He worked for Bald Mountain Air Service based in Homer, AK. Judge Scott...
