Workers' Compensation News
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DHS Reports Low Use of Prescription Monitoring Program Despite Mandate
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05/14/2019
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Only about 38% of doctors who write prescriptions for controlled substances in Arizona had used the state’s Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program to look up a patient’s prescription history during December, according to the state Department of Health Services.
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DWC Rejects Argument That Suspension Should Align With Sentence
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05/03/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A provision in a plea agreement prohibiting a doctor from treating injured workers for three years has no bearing on whether the provider must be kicked out of California’s workers’ compensation system indefinitely, according to the latest decision posted to the Division of Workers&rs...Read More
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Democrats File 27 Bills to Revamp WC Laws; Biz Groups Fight Back
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05/03/2019
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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With Democrats in control of the Legislature and the governor's office for the first time in eight years, worker advocates have slated 27 bills that would rewrite much of the workers' compensation laws put in place in the state over the last three decades.
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Discrepancies Didn't Undermine Evidence on Causation
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05/03/2019
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A New York appellate court ruled that an employer failed to prove that a discrepancy in a worker’s description of his accident undermined his medical evidence on causation.
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Doctor Found Guilty of Illegal Opioid Distribution
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05/03/2019
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
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A six-day trial resulted in a guilty verdict for a West Virginia doctor accused of illegally distributing opioids to injured workers and other patients in the Appalachia region.
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DWC Schedules May 15 Hearing on Proposed Rules
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05/02/2019
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer
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The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation will hear testimony May 15 regarding proposed changes to experience rating rules, medical fees, independent medical exams and dispute resolution.
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DWC Moves to New Santa Ana Office
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05/01/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation district office moved to a new building in Santa Ana, but its phone number will remain the same.
The DWC moved to Suite 600 at 2 MacArthur Place in Santa Ana. The main phone number is 714-558-4141.
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