Workers' Compensation News
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As Compounds Are Reined In, Private Label Topicals Surge | 02/22/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Compounded medications accounted for just 2% of independent medical review cases involving drug requests during the first nine months of last year in the California workers’ comp system, a decrease from 4.3% in 2017, according to new data. ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys to Mediate to Get Opioid Alternatives Covered | 02/21/2019 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Hampshire's Department of Labor is launching a mediation program using volunteer attorneys to try to move injured workers off opioid pain medications. ...Read More | |||
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Arch Capital Appoints SVP/Chief Risk Officer | 02/21/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Arch Capital Group announced Wednesday the appointment of Janice Englesbe as senior vice president and chief risk officer, effective Monday. ...Read More | |||
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After Prison, Chiropractor Must Pay $10 Million in Civil Damages | 02/15/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two years into a 14-year prison sentence, the mastermind behind a far-flung scheme to defraud the federal workers' compensation program has had plenty of time to consider how he plans to pay $18 million in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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AIG Posts $622M Loss in Fourth Quarter | 02/15/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| American International Group Inc. has reported a net loss of $622 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to a $6.7 billion net ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Speaker Reappoints Kessler to CHSWC | 02/14/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon reappointed Shelley Kessler to represent labor on the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney's Misconduct Didn't Extend Time for Worker to Refile Claim | 02/12/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker waited too long to refile her claim for benefits after discovering her prior attorney's misconduct related to her original filing. ...Read More | |||
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Author of Worker Choice Bill Disputes Analysis | 02/11/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The author of a bill that would allow injured workers in Montana to choose a treating physician is disputing an analysis saying the measure would undo one of the provisions from a 2011 reform bill. ...Read More | |||
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Appalachian Underwriters Adds Four in St. Peters | 02/08/2019 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Appalachian Underwriters has hired four workers’ compensation underwriting professionals for its office in St. Peters, Missouri. Senior underwriter Tara Regan-Collins has been in the insurance industry for 20 years, previously working as a senior underwriter for Carrier &...Read More | |||
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Abbott Reappoints Brown to Head DWC | 02/08/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Cassie Brown, the first woman to head the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation, has been reappointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, the governor's office announced ...Read More | |||
