The MSP Network, a professional organization created by the Medicare Secondary Payer industry to monitor developments in policy and practice and provide continuing education to members, recently held its annual conference in Baltimore.
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In Edgar Lucero v. Focal Point LLC., (22 IWCC 0231) the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission affirmed and adopted the very first COVID-19 litigated case in Illinois, in favor of the Petitioner.
Chicago aspires to lead other cities in anti-sexual harassment measures, with new legal requirements that employers provide bystander intervention training along with increased notice and other training requirements for employees.
In Connely v. North American Lighting, Inc. 30 ILWCLB 48 (Ill. W.C. Comm. 2022), the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission discussed whether an employee’s termination for attendance violations could be construed as a “refusal to work” for purposes of cutting TTD.
On March 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) submitted a proposed rule on Medicare Secondary Payer and Future Medicals (CMS-6047) to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which if adopted could have a game-changing impact on liability, and perhaps other types of cases throughout the country.
Medical bills are often the ugliest part of a workers’ compensation settlement.
On January 21, 2022, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois issued a decision in the matter of Donovan Munoz v. Bulley & Andrews.
On February 3, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court held that claims under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act) are not barred by the Workers’ Compensation Act’s (Compensation Act’s) exclusive remedy provisions and therefore, claimants may seek redress in the Circuit Court and not at the Workers’ Compensation Commission.
Employers are sure to have questions regarding OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) addressing COVID-19 vaccines, testing and masking requirements that may apply to employers with over 100 employees.
The EEOC and OSHA recently issued supplemental guidance to help employers navigate reopening the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.