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Workers' Compensation News

 
Advisory Committee to Discuss Rules for Medical Fees, EDI Implementation 04/26/2017
State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Idaho’s Advisory Committee on Workers’ Compensation will discuss rule-making related to medical fees and electronic reporting when it meets May 10 in Boise. Members of the committee will hear updates on the Industrial Commission’s ongoing efforts to implement Electr...Read More
 
 

Appropriations Committee Passes Anti-Fraud Measures 04/26/2017
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation to require insurers to create anti-fraud units and to keep fraud-fighting efforts confidential. ...Read More
 
 

Allowing Worker to Ride in Bed of Truck Didn't Violate Labor Law 04/25/2017
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that an employer and landowner were not liable for a worker’s Labor Law claim based on alleged injuries from a fall while riding in the bed of a pickup. ...Read More
 
 

Apps Unveiled to Improve Health Care Worker Safety 04/21/2017
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
About 1 in 8 U.S. workers are employed in the health care sector, so it’s perhaps not surprising that a growing amount of attention is being paid to keeping health care workers safe. ...Read More
 
 

Adjuster's Misrepresentations Forfeited Carrier's Statute of Limitations Defense 04/19/2017
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Nurse Aleshia Dietz says that after she was injured in an auto accident while running an errand for her employer, a claims adjuster told her not to worry about filing a claim because the employer's carrier would "take care of everything." ...Read More
 
 

Administrator Pleads Guilty in Referral Scheme 04/18/2017
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A man accused of working as an administrator for Southern California companies that were referring patients to providers in exchange for kickbacks agreed to plead guilty to a single conspiracy charge. ...Read More
 
 

Attorney Matthew Smith Joins Coalition Against Insurance Fraud 04/18/2017
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud has named attorney Matthew Smith associate director of government affairs. Smith will serve as general c...Read More
 
 

Appeals Court Reverses Benefits for Prison Guard's Heart Attack 04/17/2017
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other
A Florida appellate court reversed an award of benefits under the heart-lung statute linked to a corrections officer's four-year-old heart attack after the employer presented evidence that the heart attack was not linked to work. ...Read More
 
 

Anti-Fraud Bill Headed to Subcommittee Hearing 04/17/2017
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Senate bill that would target workers’ compensation fraud goes before the Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government at 4 p.m. Tuesday, in the 110 Senate Office Building in Tallahassee. ...Read More
 
 
Administrative Bulletins Update Procedure Codes 04/13/2017
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services has issued updates to some of the procedure codes it adopted Jan. 1. The agency issued two administrative bulletins outlining the changes.  Bulletin 17-07 outlines changes made to codes for prostheses, prosthetic...Read More
 
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