Workers' Compensation News
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Questions About Retroactivity Preclude Summary Judgment
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03/05/2019
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
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A New York appellate court ruled that an indemnification dispute between a general contractor and subcontractor was not amenable to resolution by summary judgment, since there was a triable issue about whether the agreement was intended to apply retroactively to encompass the date of a worker&rsq...Read More
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Questions Growing on Knee-Replacement Surgery Outcomes
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01/08/2019
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Knee replacement is an increasingly common surgery for treatment of osteoarthritis, but recent research is raising questions about the procedure’s effectiveness in relieving pain and improving function.
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Queens Restaurant Owner Accused of Double-Dipping
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08/24/2018
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The owner of a Long Island restaurant is accused of hiding her ownership and lying about her injuries so she could wrongfully receive $65,692 in workers’ compensation benefits, the state Inspector General’s Office said.
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Questionable Compound Billing Detailed in OIG Report
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08/14/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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While the workers’ comp industry has been successfully reducing the use of costly compounded medications, a new government report indicates that pharmacies and clinicians providing questionable prescriptions for compounds have not gone away.
In fact, 547 pharmacies were found to hav...Read More
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QME Pleads Guilty in Compound Kickback Scheme
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07/26/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Southern California physician who worked as a qualified medical evaluator agreed to forfeit nearly $1 million he received in kickbacks for prescribing compound drugs as part of what a federal grand jury alleges to be a $175 million fraud scheme.
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Questions Raised About PBM's Role in $8 Million Compounding Drug Scheme
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07/02/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal grand jury last week indicted four people in Florida and Georgia in connection with an extensive compound medication scheme, part of a nationwide crackdown that has been called the largest health care fraud investigation in U.S. history.
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Quiet Session on Comp Expected to Continue
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06/04/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Halftime is over for California's legislative session, and it looks like the rest of the year will close as quietly as it started as far as workers' comp is concerned.
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