Workers' Compensation News
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Anti-Fraud Workshop Scheduled for Medical Providers
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05/01/2017
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal
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The Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Employers’ Fraud Task Force and the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery are teaming up to present a workshop intended to help medical providers comply with fraud-fighting provisions in legislation passed last year.
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ARAWC Hires Firm to Lobby Congress, DOL
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04/26/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Since it was founded in 2014, the Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation has worked at the state level trying to increase the number of jurisdictions in which employers can opt out of workers’ compensation coverage.
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Attorney Complicit in Comp Fraud Can't Represent Client's Estate
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04/26/2017
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Ohio appellate court last week disqualified an attorney from representing the estate of a 37-year old worker in a wrongful death action because the attorney had helped the same worker defraud the state in a workers' comp claim.
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Advisory Committee to Discuss Rules for Medical Fees, EDI Implementation
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04/26/2017
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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
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Appropriations Committee Passes Anti-Fraud Measures
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04/26/2017
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation to require insurers to create anti-fraud units and to keep fraud-fighting efforts confidential.
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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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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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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