Workers' Compensation News
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Second Large Consolidation Voids $2M in Liens
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11/16/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1019 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read
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Steven Howser was convicted of conspiring to pay $8,000 in kickbacks to a Southern California doctor who ordered durable medical equipment from his company. As a result, the Division of Workers’ Compensation is wiping out about 1,000 liens with a claimed value of at least $1....Read More
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Court Grants Pacific Hospital CFO Reprieve From Prison Sentence
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11/16/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 656 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 54 min read
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The chief financial officer who tracked kickback payments to facilitate the spinal kickback scheme at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach will not serve time in prison, a reward for the substantial assistance he has provided prosecutors since sentencing.
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DWC Moves Satellite Office in Eureka
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11/16/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 284 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 63 min read
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has moved its office in Eureka.
The office is now located in the state office building at 409 K St., Room 201.
The division said the office phone...Read More
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FDA: Unapproved Drugs Add to Intrathecal Pump Risk
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11/16/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 165 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read
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Intrathecal pumps, drug-delivery systems that have been controversial in workers’ compensation, are the subject of a warning issued Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Veto Override Required Compromises and Fancy Legislating
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11/16/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 188 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 64 min read
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Backroom negotiations and lobbyist involvement are rarely associated with changes that benefit the many over the few. But talks this week between business groups and physicians led to the Illinois state Senate’s approval of a bill that could mean more doctors will sign up to treat injured w...Read More
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AmTrust Posts Another Third-Quarter Loss
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11/16/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 204 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 64 min read
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AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has reported a third quarter net loss of $84.5 million, compared to a net loss of $175 million in the third quarter of 2017.
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Ambulatory Center Surgeries Not Always Cheaper, WCRI Finds
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11/16/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 114 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 182 min read
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Knee and shoulder surgeries usually cost less at ambulatory surgery centers compared to hospital outpatient departments, but there are exceptions in some states, according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
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State Auditor Adopts Proposed Revisions to Classification Manual
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11/16/2018
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 95 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 19 min read
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The Montana State Auditor announced that it has adopted revisions to classification codes for retirement living centers, limousine and taxi companies, digital photography, manufacturing and repairing drones, and auto body shops.
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