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Monday, December 23, 2024
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The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division published temporary rules, effective Jan. 1, that it says will allow providers and carriers to use 2025 medical billing codes immediately.
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Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson announced that he is reappointing Joel Sacks as director of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.
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The amount California employers will have to reimburse injured workers for travel to medical appointments will increase to 70 cents per mile in 2025 from
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Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday reappointed Richard de la Mora, Jennifer Schnittjer and Deepika Srivastava to the board of governors for the California Insurance Guarantee Association.
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined an animal shelter in San Pedro $563,250 after a worker was mauled in May.
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The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that the claims processing administrative cost factor for 2025 is 18.66%, up from the 18.61% factor used in 2024.
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The California Supreme Court granted the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's request to review the appellate court decision prohibiting the WCAB from acting on petitions for
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Lawmakers in Washington state introduced identical companion bills that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable occupational disease for correctional facility
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The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it levied nearly a half-million dollars in fines against two asbestos removal contractors for exposing
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued a citation of $276,425 for what it called the first serious willful heat violation.
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