Workers' Compensation News
ADA Doesn't Preempt Comp Act Payment Provisions, but Air Ambulance Billing Dispute Continues | 02/04/2022 | ||
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A Texas appellate court on Thursday ruled that federal aviation law does not preempt state law regulating the payment for medical services and sent a long-running fee dispute between air ambulance providers and workers’ compensation insurance carriers back to a trial court. ...Read More | |||
Appeals Court Publishes Decision on Missed Hearing Fees, Jurisdiction After Lien Withdrawal | 01/31/2022 | ||
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California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal on Friday granted a motion to publish its decision holding that neither the Department of Industrial Relations nor the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board was required to notify an individual hearing representative that a proceeding would be h...Read More | |||
Assembly Passes Network ID Bill | 01/31/2022 | ||
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The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would require employers to provide their medical provider network name and identification number to injured workers, in certain circumstances. ...Read More | |||
Advisory Committee's Agreed-Upon Bill Introduced | 01/28/2022 | ||
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A bill was introduced in the Wisconsin House of Representatives that seeks to make a number of changes to the state workers' compensation law, including granting rule-making authority. ...Read More | |||
Analysis Projects 'Significant' Costs for Extending PTSD Claim Deadline | 01/26/2022 | ||
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Giving Florida’s first responders up to a year from the date of diagnosis to file claims for post-traumatic stress disorder could have a “significant” but unquantified impact on costs, according to a legislative analysis released Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
Appropriations Committee Passes MPN ID Bill | 01/24/2022 | ||
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The California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a bill that would require employers to provide information about their medical network to injured workers in certain circumstances, which is projected to have “negligible” costs for the Division of Workers&rsqu...Read More | |||
Ametros: Medicare Regularly Denying Treatment for Workers With Set-Aside | 01/24/2022 | ||
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Medicare is systematically denying payment for treatments and prescription drugs when injured workers have not reported proper exhaustion of set-aside funds, according to an Ametros analysis. ...Read More | |||
Assembly Insurance Committee Hearing Comp Bills Tuesday | 01/07/2022 | ||
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The California Assembly Insurance Committee will hear testimony on bills addressing medical provider networks and presumptions on Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
Appeals Court Affirms Fee Award After Rep Missed Hearings | 01/06/2022 | ||
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
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A California appellate court, in affirming an attorney fee award, said neither the Department of Industrial Relations nor the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board was required to notify a hearing representative or his client that a hearing would be held telephonically during the pandemic and...Read More | |||
Amended Bills Address First Responder Presumption Expansion, MPNs | 01/05/2022 | ||
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Bills amended on the first day of California's 2022 legislative session address presumptive coverage for some first responders, and requirements to provide injured workers with information about medical provider networks. ...Read More | |||