CMS is Hosting A Webinar on Insurance Plan Appeals

Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Applicable Plan Recovery Webinar: Appeals Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:00pm ET

NJ Labor Department Implements New Regulations to Protect the Rights of Tipped Workers

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has announced new regulations that will ensure protections and fair wages for tipped workers.

NJ Governor Pat Murphy Extends Emergency Order Extending Statutory Deadlines

NJ Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 178, which temporarily extends certain statutory deadlines across state government that require review and action by agencies before a specified deadline. The statutory deadlines, in addition to certain effective dates that are being delayed, are included in the accompanying Appendix to the Order. The Order will take effect immediately.

Hospital Workers Proven Exposed to Airborne COVID Virus

Proving causal relationship in a health worker COVID occupational disease claim has just been bolster by a recent report associating SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols in disease transmission. 

Virus Sequencing Useful to Establish Causal Relationship

A recently reported technique maybe prove extremely helpful to establish causal relationship in workers’ compensation cases. Whether a healthcare worker’s severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is community or hospital acquired affects establishment of compensability of a claim. 

Intentional Tort Claim Barred by the Exclusivity Rule

The New Jersey Workers Compensation Act (WCA), N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 to -146, generally prohibits employees from suing their employers for injuries sustained in workplace accidents. In a recent case the Court probed the boundaries of the "intentional wrong" exception to that general rule.

NJ COVID Presumption Bill Sent to Gov. Pat Murphy to Sign - Update 3

Legislation (A3999) that would make it easier for employees on the frontline of the coronavirus fight to get work-related benefits is now advancing to NJ Governor Pat Murphy for signature. NJ has been an epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis and suffered some of the highest incidents of COVID illness and death in the US. NJ was initially caught off guard as the COVID virus entered the state from Europe through the major NJ/NY Airports undetected.