APPLIED UNDERWRITERS’ / CIC KICKED OUT
The California Department of Insurance filed a plan for taking out Applied Underwriters’ California Insurance Company. It is devastating to management and may have implications for affiliates. Get the first of many of the details by clicking here. Workers’ Comp Executive
California: Sacramento trucking business owners charged in insurance fraud scheme
Two trucking company owners are accused of not reporting over $1.4 million in payroll by misidentifying employees as independent contractors. ABC 10 (Sacramento)
Kansas justices to address workers’ compensation changes
The Kansas Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality a state law requiring use of the Sixth Edition of American Medical Association Guides, rather than the previous Fourth Edition, in determining workers’ compensation awards. The disparity is so great that the low rewards under the Sixth Edition make its use unconstitutional, according to the claimant’s attorney. Wichita Eagle
Why re-evaluate your workers’ compensation physician panel?
Sandeep Singh, MD, is senior vice president, medical affairs, and chief medical officer at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania, discusses whether your workers comp physician panel is balanced. Central Penn Business Journal
Ohio: Workers’ comp rebates totaling $1.3 billion begin
Following a $1.6 billion dividend refund in April, a second round of rebates totaling around $1.3 billion from the state’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation started being distributed to Ohio businesses on October 23, according to the governor. Gov. Crain’s Cleveland Business
Workers’ comp PFAS claims: Will subrogation apply?
A number of states have adopted statutory presumptions that the cause of firefighters’ cancers is from exposure to a host of different carcinogens encountered during the course of their employment. Attorney Alexandra Fraher of CMBG3 Law discusses whether workers’ compensation carriers can bring subrogation actions for payments made to firefighters allegedly made sick from exposure to polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. National Law Review
Massachusetts businessman charged with fraud
A 71-year-old Massachusetts business owner faces federal fraud charges in connection with an alleged scheme to pay employees “under the table” and underreporting the number of employees to insurance companies that provided his workers’ compensation coverage, from 2007 to 2016. Salem News
New York: Sing Sing officer arrested for falsifying workers’ comp documents
A 39-year-old Sing Sing Correctional Facility corrections officer has been arrested for submitting fake medical documentation over a 16-month period, allegedly in order to obtain more than 100 days in workers’ compensation leave and at least $16,000 in wages. Authorities say he submitted documentation falsely stating, based on medical examinations allegedly performed by physicians, that Wright was unable to work. Mid Hudson News