Workers' Compensation News
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Attorney Convicted of Paying for Referrals Sentenced to House Arrest
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11/29/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Northern California applicants’ attorney facing up to two years in federal prison for crimes that included paying $400,000 in client referral fees to a union boss will be confined to his home for the next three months.
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Additional Conference Called to Discuss Lien Stay Injunction
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11/29/2017
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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U.S. District Court Judge George H. Wu scheduled another conference to discuss language for the preliminary injunction that he said in October he would issue to prohibit the Division of Workers’ Compensation from staying liens before notifying claimants of the freeze through its website....Read More
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Advisory Council Won't Intervene on Bad-Faith Dealings
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11/27/2017
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State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The South Dakota Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council has decided it does not have the authority to address bad-faith negotiations between claimants’ attorneys and defense lawyers, and will allow carrier attorneys to take the issue directly to the Legislature.
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Arbitration Over EquityComp Disputes Not Always Going Carrier's Way
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11/22/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Employers who signed up for the EquityComp program and ended up litigating a dispute are in some cases benefitting more from mandatory arbitration clauses than Applied Underwriters, the program’s administrator.
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Audit to Target Heavy Ordering of Lumbar Spine MRIs
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11/22/2017
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Division of Workers’ Compensation wants stakeholder input in developing an audit plan to evaluate the appropriateness of a doctor’s decision and record-keeping that supports the ordering of lumbar spine MRIs before one month of conservative therapy.
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Almond Sorter Accused of Exaggerating Symptoms of Injury
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11/15/2017
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An almond sorter was charged with making false statements about the extent of her injuries after her doctors said she lied about not being able to use her right arm, Intercare Holdings Insurance Services Inc. announced.
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Attorney Fee Cap Passes First House Hurdle
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11/15/2017
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida House Commerce Committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would cap claimants’ attorney fees at $150 an hour.
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Ann Arbor Risk Management Firm: Opioid Investigations on the Rise
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11/14/2017
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State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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After painkiller costs rose several hundred thousand dollars on his company's prescription health plan, the human resources director of a Michigan auto parts factory discovered his company was "a prime target for people to deal" after hiring a risk management firm, ...Read More
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Attorney Says OCDA Violated Immunity Deal to File Charges in Fraud Case
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11/13/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
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A collections manager accused concealing kickbacks that Landmark Medical Management allegedly paid to providers who prescribed compound creams to injured workers in California should not have been charged because she was granted immunity before testifying in front of a grand jury, according ...Read More
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