Category: Florida Workers’ Compensation

  The recently amended Rule 69L-7.020, F.A.C. adopting the 2015 Edition of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual (“Manual”) will not be effective until ratified by the Florida Legislature–presumably in 2016.  In Informational Bulletin DFS-03-2015 issued today, …

  Revised regulations relating to business record maintenance and conditional release of stop work orders become effective September 6, 2015, the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation (“DWC”) advised today, August 18, 2015. Changes to Rule 69L-6.015, F.A.C. reduce the business …

  The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation (“DWC”) will meet at the upcoming 70th Workers’ Compensation Education Conference to hear from stakeholders on the recent recommendations by the Three-Member Panel relating to Florida Workers’ Compensation Law.  Areas to be explored …

  In an alert issued today, August 3, 2015, the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation advised self-insurers, insurers, claim administrators, injured workers and attorneys that the following Rules have been deemed as no longer necessary and are proposed for repeal: …

  The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Workers’ Compensation (“DWC”) advised today, July 24, 2015, that it has adopted the Florida Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual (“Manual”), 2015 Edition (Rule 69L-7.020, F.A.C.). However, the DWC cautioned …

  Above:  Colodny Fass Lawyers Maria Elena Abate and Donovan Brown note today’s development in the Florida workers’ compensation constitutionality case   The Florida Supreme Court could ultimately rule in Florida Workers’ Advocates et al. v. Florida, a case that …

  With a finding today, June 24, 2015, that the plaintiffs in Florida Workers’ Advocates et al. v. Florida have no legal standing and thus, the case is moot, South Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal essentially overturned a 2014 ruling questioning …

  Florida’s workers’ compensation market is competitive, well-capitalized and robust, with lower amounts of loss, according to the 2014 Workers’ Compensation Annual Report (“Report”) released by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) to the Florida Legislature today, December 23, 2014. …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) has approved an overall decrease of 5.2 percent in Florida workers’ compensation insurance rates.  The OIR noted that this is the first decrease in four years. At the OIR’s direction, the National …

  In an Order issued today, November 5, 2014, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty notified the National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) that its proposed 3.3 percent overall decrease in Florida workers’ compensation rates has been disapproved.    To view …