Workers' Compensation News
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Doctor Accused of Distributing Oxycodone Indicted on 29 Felony Charges | 11/20/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Hillsboro, Ohio, physician was hit with 29 felony charges this month connected to the illegal sale of oxycodone, according to an indictment against him released Nov. 7. ...Read More | |||
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Deckhand on Riverboat Casino Didn't Qualify as Seaman Under Jones Act | 11/20/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that a deckhand injured while working aboard a riverboat casino was not a seaman covered by the Jones Act because the boat was not a vessel covered by the maritime law. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Launches Training Online Training for QMEs | 11/16/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Wednesday launched its second free online course covering the qualified medical evaluator process. ...Read More | |||
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DA Dismisses Charges Against Collections Manager in Landmark Case | 11/16/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Orange County District Attorney’s Office dismissed charges against a collections manager for Landmark Medical Management who had immunity after being compelled to testify in front of a grand jury. ...Read More | |||
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DWC to Use IAIABC Claims Release 3.1 Instead of 3.0 | 11/16/2017 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Division of Workers’ Compensation has changed course and scrapped plans to adopt the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions’ Claims Release 3.0 and instead will implement Claims Release 3.1. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Suspends 12 Providers and Practitioners | 11/15/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 5 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation suspended 12 more medical providers and practitioners, bringing to 85 the total number of people suspended since Assembly Bill 1244 took effect at the start of the year. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Volunteers Provided Hurricane Relief | 11/15/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance and its Division of Workers’ Compensation coordinated 63 volunteers from both agencies after Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area in late August. ...Read More | |||
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Disagreement Prompts Judge to Pen Injunction Order That Won't Require Bond | 11/14/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal judge presiding over a legal challenge to California's lien-stay law has decided he's not going to wait for the plaintiffs and the Division of Workers' Compensation to come to an agreement. ...Read More | |||
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Don't Base Diagnosis on Results of One Test, IME Warns | 11/14/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A growing trend in the diagnosis of injured workers is to order tests — but tests have their drawbacks and shouldn’t be the sole basis of a diagnosis, a Pennsylvania physician said on Monday. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Disciplines Compound Prescribers; Rules in the Pipeline | 11/10/2017 | |
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| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| AUSTIN, Texas — Seven out of 10 physicians who were audited as part of a Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation review of high-volume compound drug prescribers have signed consent orders agreeing to pay fines ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Ry...Read More | |||
