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Thursday, October 15, 2020

Worker Gets Compensation for Full Measure of Impairment From Combined Condition

  • State: Oregon
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The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker is entitled to compensation for the full measure of her disability from a combined condition.

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

WCIRB Clarifies Application of Payroll Exclusion Rule

  • State: California
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau said a rule excluding from reportable payroll wages paid to people who aren’t working because of the pandemic applies

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Law Firm Offers Flowchart for COVID Claims

  • State: California
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Workers’ compensation defense firm Gilson Daub has released a flowchart intended to help people navigate California laws creating presumptions that COVID-19 is a compensable occupational

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

DWC Extends Emergency QME Regs Through March 12

  • State: California
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday announced that it extended through March 12 temporary rules allowing remote medical-legal evaluations.

The division in May

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Court Expands Rule From Decision to Claims Without Combined Conditions

  • State: Oregon
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The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that when a worker’s impairment is caused entirely by a pre-existing condition that has not been claimed or has

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

CWCI Assesses Effects of Geographic Adjustment Factors

  • State: California
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The California Workers’ Compensation Institute said its review of new geographic adjustment factors that were added to the Official Medical Fee Schedule in 2019 found

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

MLAC's COVID Subcommittee Meets Oct. 23

  • State: Oregon
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A subcommittee of Oregon’s labor-management advisory panel will continue deliberations during an Oct. 23 virtual meeting about a proposed presumption that COVID-19 is compensable.

Oregon’s

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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

DWC Updates Pathology, Lab Sections of Fee Schedule

  • State: California
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the pathology and clinical laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to

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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Worker Can Compel Production of Articles, Data, Advertising by Doctor's Employers

  • State: Montana
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to compel the production of the articles and data a doctor used to

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Monday, October 12, 2020

Firefighter Can Get PPD for Post-Retirement Bout With Cancer

  • State: Nevada
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The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that a cancer-stricken ex-firefighter was entitled to receive permanent partial disability benefits even though he had retired and was earning

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