Workers' Compensation News
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Apps Unveiled to Improve Health Care Worker Safety
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04/21/2017
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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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.
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Administrator Pleads Guilty in Referral Scheme
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04/18/2017
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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.
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Appeals Court Reverses Benefits for Prison Guard's Heart Attack
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04/17/2017
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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.
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Anti-Fraud Bill Headed to Subcommittee Hearing
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04/17/2017
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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.
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Administrative Bulletins Update Procedure Codes
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04/13/2017
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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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Assessments Lowered to Aid Coal Companies
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04/13/2017
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State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission has set new assessment rates for calendar year 2017, retroactive to Jan. 1, following the legislature’s last-minute passage of a bill to sharply reduce workers’ compensation assessments on coal companies.
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Attorneys Oppose Directed Care Proposal as Session Winds Down
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04/12/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A handful of bills heading toward the governor’s desk in the closing days of the 2017 legislative session offer something for most of the major players in Arizona’s workers’ compensation system, including travel reimbursement for injured workers and directed care for self-insure...Read More
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