Workers' Compensation News
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Democrats Hope to Repeal Duration Limits on PPD, TPD Benefits | 02/25/2019 | |
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| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: NH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Hampshire Democrats, having wrested majority control away from Republicans in both houses of the state legislature in the November election, are moving forward with a pair of bills that would increase benefits for workers and make life a little tougher for employers that fail to provide cover...Read More | |||
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Democrats Propose Major Changes to Workers' Comp Law | 02/22/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A group of 18 Democratic state lawmakers in Oregon introduced a bill that would rewrite substantial sections of the state’s workers’ compensation law to require employers to quickly approve or deny care, improve notices to injured workers and bar reductions in permanent disability awa...Read More | |||
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Drug Test Results Add to Gabapentin Concerns | 02/22/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Drug tests of injured workers taking gabapentin showed alarming results in almost 70% of cases last year, according to drug testing company Cordant Health Solutions. ...Read More | |||
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Doctors: Limited Drug Testing Could Hinder Opioid Monitoring | 02/22/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Some New York physicians are continuing to speak out about the state's workers' compensation fee schedules and treatment guidelines, which they say limit urine testing that could help monitor opioid abuse. ...Read More | |||
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Double-Dipping Receptionist Sentenced to Five Years' Probation | 02/19/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Bellefontaine woman who worked as a receptionist while claiming to be disabled owes the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation nearly $19,000 following her conviction last month on a felony workers’ compensation fraud charge. ...Read More | |||
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Democrat Hopes to Repeal Parts of Last Year's Reform Bill | 02/19/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Democratic lawmaker is hoping to roll back some of the changes made by a Republican-sponsored overhaul of the workers’ comp system last year. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Revises Designated Doctor Performance Review Rules | 02/14/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation wants to change the way designated doctors are reviewed before they can be certified or recertified. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Gives Up on New Reimbursement Manuals Until Next Year | 02/13/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| With disagreements over medical fees on all fronts and time running out, the Florida Division of Workers' Compensation has decided to wait until next year to finalize reimbursement manuals for hospitals, doctors and ambulatory surgery centers. ...Read More | |||
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Doctor to Stop Seeing WC Patients After Fight With Insurer | 02/12/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida psychologist in the middle of well-publicized workers' compensation case says he's had enough of insurers dictating medical treatment and is calling it quits. ...Read More | |||
| Double Dipper Ordered to Pay Restitution | 02/12/2019 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas man was ordered to pay $9,828 restitution to Texas Mutual Insurance Co. after investigators discovered he worked while receiving income benefits. The Travis County District Court ordered Thomas Bradley, of Santa Fe, to pay the restitution as part of his sentence for a misdemeanor ...Read More | |||
