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Long Beach Dockworkers Charged in Conspiracy to Fraudulently Bill Union's Health Plan for Sexual Services
Long Beach Dockworkers Charged in Conspiracy to Fraudulently Bill Union's Health Plan for Sexual Services

 Los Angeles, CA (WorkersCompensation.com)  – Federal prosecutors today filed criminal charges against nine defendants – seven of them dockworkers at the Port of Long Beach – who allowed more than $2.1 million in fraudulent claims […]
US Department of Labor Urges Greater Focus On Safety By Employers, Workers, As Deaths, Injuries In Agricultural Transportation Incidents Rises Sharply
US Department of Labor Urges Greater Focus On Safety By Employers, Workers, As Deaths, Injuries In Agricultural Transportation Incidents Rises Sharply

San Francisco,CA.( WorkersCompensation.com) - As the nation marks National Farm Safety and Health Week, Sept. 19-23, the U.S. Department of Labor is urging agricultural industry employers and workers to act immediately to reverse an alarming […]
Engage, Learn And Connect With MYMATRIXX At NWCDC 2022
Engage, Learn And Connect With MYMATRIXX At NWCDC 2022

Tampa,FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - We're heading to this year's National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference (NWCDC) which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas from October 19-21, 2022. NWCDC is the industry’s largest national […]
L&I Proposes 4.8 Percent Increase in Workers’ Comp Rates for 2023
L&I Proposes 4.8 Percent Increase in Workers’ Comp Rates for 2023

Tumwater,WA( WorkersCompensation.com) − The state Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is proposing a 4.8 percent increase in the average price employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance next year. If adopted, the increase would mean […]
Worker With Three Jobs While Also Collecting BWC Disability Benefits Pleads Guilty To Workers’ Comp Fraud And Ordered To Return $12k
Worker With Three Jobs While Also Collecting BWC Disability Benefits Pleads Guilty To Workers’ Comp Fraud And Ordered To Return $12k

Roy Love pleaded guilty to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fourth-degree felony. Love was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $12,128 to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) and sentenced to […]
5 Tips for Choosing a Workers' Comp PPO
5 Tips for Choosing a Workers' Comp PPO

With medical costs continuing to trend upward, identifying and maintaining best-in-class preferred provider organizations (PPOs) continues to be of paramount importance.  By: Horizon Casualty Services, Inc.    Medical cost control continues to be the most challenging […]
Newsome Signs Law Extending Time to Study UR
Newsome Signs Law Extending Time to Study UR

Sacremento,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Gavin Newsom signed AB 2848, which amended Labor Code Section 4610 to require a study of possible changes to the workers' compensation utilization review process. SB 1160 (Mendoza, Chapter 868, Statutes of 2016) created the existing […]
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Announces Multiple Felony Charges in Insurance and Tax Fraud Scheme
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Announces Multiple Felony Charges in Insurance and Tax Fraud Scheme

San Francisco, CA (WorkersCompensation.com)  –Today, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced multiple felony charges against Gemma Maher, office administrator of Cullinane Plastering, for insurance and tax fraud. Her employers, Denis Cullinane, owner of Cullinane […]

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