compensability

After the initial triage, Broadspire would then manage the claim: determining compensability, creating a Strategic Plan of Action, setting reserves and assigning further medical management resources.

RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

Analyze claims, set reserves, determine compensability, pay benefits and settle claims within established dollar authority.

chicagotribune.com - News 2010

Such questions may be beyond the technical issue of compensability, but surely they are the questions most in need of answers.

Workers Comp Insider Jon Coppelman 2010

From a workers comp point of view, the court had ample reason to conclude that Guz's situation did not rise to the level of compensability.

Workers Comp Insider Jon Coppelman 2010

In his dissent, Justice Reiber returns to the language of the statute that precludes compensability for any injury "caused by or during intoxication [emphasis added]" He believes that compromising this absolute language in the statute runs contrary to legislative intent.

Workers Comp Insider Jon Coppelman 2010

June 2008 posting, 40 states have created a presumption of compensability for heart disease and cancers occurring in firefighters.

Workers Comp Insider 2009

As we read in Felicity Barringer's excellent article in the New York Times, Abney's illness was probably caused by work, but in the world of workers comp, "probable" does not meet the standard for compensability.

Workers Comp Insider 2009

However, if there are no questions or concerns regarding the compensability, the insurer may want to issue the acceptance notice early.

Insurance Journal 2009

Reasonable foreseeability is therefore a threshold test for establishing compensability of damages at law.

Slaw 2009

Ultimately, compensability is a political issue: state legislatures have blown open the causality issue for firefighters.

Workers Comp Insider 2009