Workers' Compensation News
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Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that summary judgment for either party could not be granted in a Labor Law case. Case: Mele...Read More | |||
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Q&A With Joe Paduda on OWCP Audit | 04/21/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The workers’ compensation program that covers federal workers and postal employees lacked a pharmacy benefit manager to help contain costs, resulting in more than $320 million in excess spending for prescription drugs over a five-year period, according to a ...Read More | |||
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QME Emergency Telehealth Regulations in Effect | 01/21/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that emergency regulations allowing telehealth for medical-legal evaluations went into effect earlier this week and will expire July 19. ...Read More | |||
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Q3 Trends 'More Normal,' but WCIRB May Toss 2020 Data Altogether Due to COVID-19 | 12/11/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California may continue to remove COVID-19 data from upcoming projections and rate filings after third-quarter 2020 experience data showed the system is likely to resemble somewhat-normal, pre-pandemic conditions when cases start to go do...Read More | |||
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Questions Arise: Will Excluding COVID From X-Mods Mean Lax Protection for Workers? | 07/15/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Recent state actions have provided employers a shield from the cost of virus-related comp claims and liability suits. But that has raised new questions about whether the protections could discourage companies from pursuing more robust worker safety measures. ...Read More | |||
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QME Reps Say DWC Ignored Agreements Between Payers, Providers​ for Med-Legal Fee Schedule | 07/06/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The president of the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery and dozens of qualified medical evaluators have accused the Division of Workers' Compensation of breaking multiple agreements struck during recent meetings between insurance payers and health care providers intended to...Read More | |||
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QMEs Want Remote Evaluations During Pandemic; DIR Won't Say Whether They Can | 03/19/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California law firm representing more than 100 qualified medical evaluators has asked the Department of Industrial Relations to adopt an emergency policy change that would allow remote evaluations in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. ...Read More | |||
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QME, State Claim Audits Slated for November Publication | 11/04/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California State Auditor will publish results of an audit of the qualified medical evaluator program, and a separate review of how state agencies handle workers’ compensation claims, later this month. ...Read More | |||
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Questions on Marijuana Grow as Use Spreads | 10/29/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A flurry of marijuana-related legislation introduced in various states as well as Congress this year is just one way that pot is keeping the workers’ comp industry on its toes. ...Read More | |||
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Questions Surface on Settlements, Cancers in Presumption Bill Hearing | 05/15/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A much-debated bill to expand cancer presumption for firefighters, approved by the Senate earlier this month, was back in a House committee hearing this week, where lawmakers raised new questions about some fundamental aspects. ...Read More | |||
