Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Asks for Help on Balance Billing by Military Hospital | 12/13/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio is known for its acclaimed trauma and burn-care units. It is the military’s only Level I trauma center, and one of only a few trauma centers in southwest Texas. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Posts Adjustments to OMFS | 12/12/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order to its website that incorporates into the state’s Official Medical Fee Schedule changes Medicare made to its billing rules. Among other changes, the order adopts new conversion factors for services provided in 20...Read More | |||
| DWC Increases 2019 Premium Surcharge | 12/11/2018 | ||
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| The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation increased the Workers’ Compensation Cash Fund premium surcharge, to 1.35% for 2019, from 1%. At the same time, the division imposed a 0.1% premium surcharge for the Subsequent Injury Fund and Major Medical Fund. There was no asses...Read More | |||
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Doctor and Patient Charged With Insurance Fraud | 12/10/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Southern California prosecutors charged a doctor and a patient with insurance fraud for generating more than $850,000 in bills for medically unnecessary prescriptions for compound creams. ...Read More | |||
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Dennis Duchene Named EVP for Managed Care at York | 12/07/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| York has named Dennis Duchene as its executive vice president for managed care. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Withdraws Last Year's Reimbursement Manual Proposal | 12/07/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation on Thursday formally withdrew its 2017 proposal to amend its reimbursement manuals for health care services, which were not ratified by the state Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Detention Center Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries From Horseplay | 12/06/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that a detention center employee was entitled to benefits for her injuries that happened while engaged in horseplay with a colleague. ...Read More | |||
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Department Approves 5.6% Rate Decrease | 12/06/2018 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Louisiana employers should see another drop in their workers' compensation insurance costs, beginning May 1, 2019. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Had Immunity From Civil Suit as Statutory Employer | 12/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a corporate affiliate was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a tort claim by a contractor’s injured employee because the company qualified as his statutory employer. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant in Wrongful Death Action Can Mount 'Empty-Chair' Defense | 12/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a defendant in a tort action should not have been prevented from asserting that a worker’s employer bore some liability for a fatal accident. ...Read More | |||
