Florida Work Comp News

Published by Howdy Workers on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021

The latest news about workers compensation in Florida.

• Owner of Construction Co. Arrested in Payroll Fraud Scheme
  May 13, 2021
  The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that Julio Enrique Maldonado was arrested for allegedly concealing payroll information for his construction company to avoid paying more than $193,000 in workers’…
• Owner of Construction Company Accused of Payroll Fraud
  May 12, 2021
  The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that the owner of a construction company was arrested for an alleged payroll fraud scheme that avoided more than $88,000 in work comp…
• Man Gets 33 Months for Payroll Fraud Scheme
  May 11, 2021
  A federal judge in Florida on Monday sentenced Gregorio Jose Fuentes-Zelaya to 33 months in prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar workers’ compensation premium and tax-evasion scheme. Fuentes-Zelaya pleaded guilty…
• OSHA: Judge Finds Health Care Center Exposed Workers to Attacks, Destroyed Video Evidence
  May 6, 2021
  A federal administrative law judge determined that a behavioral health care center and its management company exposed workers to more than 50 attacks in a two-and-a-half-year period and deserve to…
• Court Says Provider Should Have Been Granted Relief From Default
  April 30, 2021
  A Florida appellate court ruled that a medical service provider should have been granted relief from its default to a proceeding initiated by a claimant from whom it had attempted to…
• WCRI Study: Sunshine State Claim Costs Accelerated in 2019 After Years of Moderate Growth
  April 26, 2021
  The rate of increase in the cost of Florida workers' compensation claims doubled in 2019 following years of relatively modest growth and after the state Supreme Court ruled that the…
• DWC Sets Meeting on Provider Reimbursement Manual
  April 21, 2021
  The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation is holding a hearing May 6 to receive public input and consider proposed changes to the Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual. The manual…
• Sheriff's Spokeswoman Charged With Comp Fraud
  April 16, 2021
  A spokeswoman for a South Florida sheriff’s department was arrested on charges of workers’ compensation fraud and official misconduct after allegedly lying about being injured during a fall at work,…
• Judge Errs in Rejecting Statute of Limitations Defense
  April 12, 2021
  A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge erred in rejecting an employer’s statute of limitations defense to a claim for additional benefits based on a finding that the worker had…
• Two Plead Guilty in Estimated $3.6M Payroll Fraud Scheme
  March 31, 2021
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that two men in Florida pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges relating to their use of a shell company to conceal employees in a scheme that…

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