Workers' Compensation News
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OSIP Chief: New Rules, Processes Make it Easier to Self-Insure
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11/08/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The head of the California agency that regulates self-insured employers said new deposit requirements in Senate Bill 863, as well as internal technological changes, will make it easier for employers to self-insure or form self-insured groups.Making an alternati...Read More
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OSHA Issues Pipe Manufacturer $75,000 in Fines for Alleged Hazards
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11/08/2012
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued 14 citations, with fines totaling $75,000, to Prinsco, Inc., for alleged serious safety violations, including an alleged lack of machine guarding, at its Chatsworth, Ill., pipe manufacturing facility.OSHA began an inspec...Read More
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OSHA Cites Concrete Firm for Safety Violations at Apartment Project
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11/08/2012
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a New York-based concrete firm for safety violations at an apartment project in Jacksonville, Fla., and proposed fines totaling $47,000.OSHA said in a news release that RCP Services, of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., was ci...Read More
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One Call Medical Now Called One Call Care Management
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11/08/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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One Call Medical Inc. announced on Wednesday that it is changing its name to “One Call Care Management” (OCCM)."The new name, logo and branding of our services communicate the enhanced value we bring to our customers and unite all of our business units under a single brand id...Read More
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One Call Medical Buys Harbor Health Systems
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11/07/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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One Call Medical said Tuesday that it has acquired Harbor Health Systems, which provides medical provider network management tools.One Call Medical Chief Executive Officer Don Duford said in a press release that the acquisition will make the company's networks stronger and integrate ...Read More
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OJCC Adopts New 'E-Service' Rules as Final Step in E-Filing
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11/06/2012
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims (OJCC) has adopted a final version of rules for its seven-year-old e-filing system that require attorneys to make simultaneous filing...Read More
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OSHA Cites Window Manufacturer for Exposing Workers to Lead
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11/05/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited History Construction Management LLC in Odell, Ill., after responding to a complaint and finding workers exposed to airborne lead at more than 40 times the permissible limit, the agency said in a press release.OSHA inspectors sa...Read More
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Orchid Medical Forms Partnership with Walgreens for DME
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11/01/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Orchid Medical announced on Wednesday that it has formed a relationship with Walgreens to provide injured workers a convenient, nationwide source for medical supplies while offering savings to workers’ compensation payers.With access to over 7,900 Walgreens locations in 50 states t...Read More
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Officials Calling to Make Coverage Data Public
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10/30/2012
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State: NC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Officials are discussing a change to 2012 reform legislation passed by the North Carolina General Assembly that blocked public access to an employer-coverage database maintained by the state Industrial Commission, the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., reported Saturday.House Bill 237...Read More
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Oxycodone Deaths Fall by nearly 18% in 2011
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10/29/2012
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Florida's top law enforcement officials said last week that deaths from oxycodone dropped by 17.7% during 2011, and overall prescription drug deaths dropped by 6.37% across the state.Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Commissioner Gerald Bailey and state Attorney General Pa...Read More
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