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	Parties in Anguizola SB 1160 Lawsuit Respond to Judge's Due Process Concerns		08/16/2017
	By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
	State: CA | Segment: Top | 703 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	When U.S. District Court Judge George H. Wu said last month that he was "inclined" to block enforcement of a law freezing liens of providers charged with fraud, he asked...Read More

	DWC Suspends Five More Providers		08/16/2017
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 760 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Division of Workers’ Compensation suspended another five providers from participating in California’s comp system, including a physical therapist who pleaded guilty in a $15 million scheme to defraud Medicare, and a durable medical equipment provider who pleaded guilty to a kickba...Read More

	WCIRB to Host Webinar on State of the System		08/16/2017
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 200 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will conduct a webinar on Thursday to discuss its report, “2017 State of the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance System.” ...Read More

	Marijuana Moves Forward in Comp Despite Shortage of Evidence		08/16/2017
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 229 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Evidence is lacking on the effectiveness of marijuana for treating chronic pain, according to a new report that reviews 27 previous research studies, but some say the findings shouldn’t stop the use of marijuana for treating injured workers. ...Read More

	Protz Ruling Triggers Interim Filing of 6.06% Hike in Loss Costs		08/16/2017
	By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
	State: PA | Segment: Top | 206 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau late Tuesday filed an emergency 6.06% loss cost increase in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision that blocks impairment rating evaluations. ...Read More

	WCB Adopts IME Rule Revisions		08/16/2017
	State: AK | Segment: WEST | 104 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board adopted changes it proposed in April to clarify the time frame in which a doctor must agree to perform an independent medical evaluation. New rules that have an effective date of July 27 require doctors selected to perform independent evaluatio...Read More

	Court Rejects Worker's Claim of Bias by Judge in Critique of Medical Experts' Opinions		08/16/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 110 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	The Commonwealth Court ruled that a judge’s repeated references to the fact that a worker’s medical experts were physicians from whom she sought treatment following the retention of an attorney did not evince a bias giving rise to an unreasoned denial of her claim. ...Read More

	No Disability Retirement Benefits for 911 Operator With Host of Health Problems		08/16/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 87 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a 911 operator was not entitled to disability retirement benefits because she was not disabled by the effects of her multiple medical conditions, separately or cumulatively. ...Read More

	Behavioral Health Center Fined $207K for Failing to Address Workplace Violence		08/16/2017
	State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 72 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	The federal workplace safety agency has proposed $207,690 in penalties against a Massachusetts behavioral health facility after inspectors found it still has not implemented an adequate workplace violence prevention program.  ...Read More

	Court Upholds 20% Increase in Worker's PPD Rating		08/16/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 103 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld an award increasing a worker’s disability rating by 20% over the level he had agreed to when he settled his claim. ...Read More