Workers' Compensation News
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Attorneys Owed Payment for Time Spent Litigating Fees
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06/20/2017
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State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Supreme Court of New Hampshire ruled that an attorney who is statutorily owed attorney's fees but has to spend time litigating in order to receive them is also owed payment for the additional litigation work.
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Agency Issues New Guidelines for Mediation Services
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06/20/2017
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Workers’ Compensation Commission has revised its guidelines for mediation services, including the prohibition that parties are not to contact commissioners directly to request mediation services.
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Attorney Presents Hypothetical CT Claim to Make Point About High Costs
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06/16/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Vendor
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SAN FRANCISCO — As the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau sought to explore the implications of emerging technologies on future medical care and labor relations during its annual conference on Thursday, a Southern California attorney identified two fixes to the more im...Read More
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Attorneys Say DWC Ratcheting Up Pressure on QMEs
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06/15/2017
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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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The Division of Workers’ Compensation changed the process for reviewing renewal applications from qualified medical evaluators, but advocates for providers say the division has gone to such lengths as digging up old complaints and reinterpreting billing rules to “put the fear of God i...Read More
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Administrative Denial of Compensability Had No Collateral Estoppel Effect
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06/15/2017
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker can challenge the denial of payment for a medical bill even though she failed to previously challenge an administrative finding of non-compensability for the injury being treated.
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ACOEM Discounts Formulary, Guidelines for Golden State Providers
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06/13/2017
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The publisher of the formulary that California regulators intend to launch at the start of 2018 will charge users $100 per year for its list of approved drugs as well as associated treatment guidelines, a discount from the usual cost.
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