Workers' Compensation News
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Drug Formulary Committee Meeting in Helena | 01/25/2018 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| An ad hoc committee of the Montana Employment Relations Division will review research on first fill policies, prior authorization requirements and dispute resolution procedures for a workers’ compensation prescription drug formulary during a meeting today in Helena. ...Read More | |||
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Doctor Suspended After Conviction for Filing False Tax Return | 01/23/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| East Northport plastic surgeon Dr. Augusto DaSilva has been temporarily suspended from treating injured workers as of Jan. 18 after his conviction in New Jersey for filing a false federal tax return. ...Read More | |||
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Dozen Bills Introduced, Including Five With Firefighter Cancer Presumptions | 01/22/2018 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri governor’s sex scandal could derail proposed legislation he endorsed to create a cancer presumption for firefighters, a claimants’ attorney said Friday. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposed Rule Would Slash Rehab Fees, Mandate Preauthorization | 01/22/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday released proposed rules that will strip accredited rehabilitation facilities from preauthorization by employers and insurers, and reduce fees for services. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Announces Feb. 9 Deadline for Formulary Committee Applications | 01/19/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Physicians and pharmacists interested in serving on the committee that will advise the Division of Workers’ Compensation on changes to the formulary that went into place at the start of the year should submit applications by Feb. 9. Assembly Bill 1124, requiring the DWC to implement...Read More | |||
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Doc Agrees to Stop Dispensing Compounds Until Kickback, Manslaughter Charges Resolved | 01/17/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California doctor agreed to stop prescribing or dispensing compound drugs until kickback and manslaughter charges are resolved in a case that defense lawyers say should be thrown out because the Orange County District Attorney’s Office reviewed documents protected by attorney-cli...Read More | |||
| Drobot To Start Serving 63-Month Prison Sentence in June | 01/15/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michael D. Drobot will serve five years, three months in prison for overseeing a $500 million workers’ compensation fraud scheme for 15 years, under a sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton on Friday. The judge said Drobot, 73, of Corona Del Mar, “intr...Read More | |||
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DWC Announces Seven More Suspensions | 01/12/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation suspended a businessman convicted of paying kickbacks in 2010, as well as a handful of convicted providers. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Accepting Applications for P&T Committee | 01/11/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting applications from providers and pharmacists interested in serving on the committee that will advise the administrative director on updates to the prescription drug formulary that went into effect at the start of the year. ...Read More | |||
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Death of Infant Didn't Create 'Abnormal Working Condition' for Social Worker | 01/10/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Commonwealth Court ruled that a social worker was not entitled to benefits for psychological distress after an infant under her supervision was killed on the night after she had paid a visit to check on the child’s well-being. ...Read More | |||
