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Workers' Compensation News
| DWC Updates Pathology, Clinical Lab Section of Fee Schedule | 05/01/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 403 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read | |||
| California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has revised the pathology and clinical laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to adopt changes made by Medicare. The order incorporates Medicare’s updated second-quarter pathology and clinical lab file, &ldq...Read More | |||
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Despite Court Rulings, State Moves Ahead With Air Ambulance Fee Schedule | 05/01/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: GA | Segment: Top | 312 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 35 min read | |||
| Georgia’s new workers’ compensation fee schedule released this month gives air ambulance services a slight pay raise. That may sound generous, but regulators may be asking for a legal challenge by setting rates for interstate transportation companies. ...Read More | |||
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Double-Dipping Plumber Sentenced to 45 Days' Home Detention | 04/30/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 242 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| A plumber who ran a private business while claiming he was unable to work because of an occupational injury was ordered to serve 45 days of house arrest, the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries announced. ...Read More | |||
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Division Extending Comment Period on Worker Leasing Rules | 04/27/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 213 | 0 | Popular with Other | 9 min read | |||
| Oregon regulators are giving the public an extra three weeks to comment on a proposed rewrite of its worker leasing rules. The division...Read More | |||
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DIR Posts Documents Used to Stay Liens by Accused Fraudsters | 04/25/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 937 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 110 min read | |||
| The Department of Industrial Relations on Tuesday posted a list of public documents that it relies on when flagging lien claimants under the anti-fraud statutes passed last year. ...Read More | |||
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Doctor Gets Benefits for Injuries From Fall in Hospital Parking Lot | 04/23/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 179 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 34 min read | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a doctor for his injuries in a fall as he was reporting to work a hospital shift. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Agrees to Enforce QME Rules 'As Written' to Settle Lawsuits | 04/20/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2859 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 46 min read | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation agreed to enforce medical-legal billing rules as they are written as part of a settlement with eight doctors who accused the agen...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts Updates to Formulary Drug List | 04/18/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 696 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted changes to the formulary drugs that can be used for treating eye disorders. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes Rule Change to Ease Penalty Provisions | 04/18/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 296 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 997 min read | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation is proposing a rule amendment that will allow contractors that are issued a stop-work order for failure to provide coverage to make three, instea...Read More | |||
| Division Accepts Public Comment on Letting Physician Assistants Sign Work Status Reports | 04/17/2018 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 215 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 60 min read | |||
| The Division of Workers' Compensation is accepting public comment on a rule that would allow physicians' assistants to sign and file work status reports, and send copies to injured workers by email. The rule is in keeping with legislation passed last year that auth...Read More | |||
