Workers' Compensation News
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DCBS Proposes Changes to Test Audit Rules
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03/01/2019
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services is proposing revising its test audit program rules in a move it says will better meet the needs of the state’s workers’ compensation insurance market.
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DWC Suspends Five Providers
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02/28/2019
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The Division of Workers’ Compensation suspended five more providers from being paid for treating injured workers in California, including a chiropractor who said in a plea deal that unnecessary surgeries and falsified medical records were part of the $150 million kickback scheme at Frontlin...Read More
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Dan Anders Elected Treasurer of NAMSAP
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02/28/2019
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Daniel M. Anders, the chief compliance officer for Tower MSA Partners, was elected to the board of directors of the National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals and will serve on its executive committee as treasurer for 2019.
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Defendants Sentenced in Referral Scheme
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02/26/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An administrator for Southern California companies that accepted kickbacks from providers for patient referrals was sentenced to just over a year in federal prison, while one of his bosses was sentenced to five years.
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Democrats Hope to Repeal Duration Limits on PPD, TPD Benefits
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02/25/2019
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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
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02/22/2019
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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
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02/22/2019
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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.
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