Workers' Compensation News
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Drug Convenience Kits Come at a High Cost, PBM Warns | 10/15/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A “convenience pack” of a topical cream plus a silicone patch priced at $5,170 is an example of a product with a potentially high impact on workers’ comp drug spend, a pharmacy benefit manager said. ...Read More | |||
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Department Significantly Increases Attorneys' Fees in Contested Claims | 10/15/2019 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents has posted updates to maximum weekly benefits, cost-of-living adjustments and other payments, including a significant increase in attorneys' fees. ...Read More | |||
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Dollar Tree Faces More Fines for Blocked Exit Routes | 10/14/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Dollar Tree Stores Inc. was cited again for obstructed exit routes, this time at a store in Elmira, New York. The Occupational Safety and Health Adminis...Read More | |||
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DOT Employee Double Dipped While Checking State Info on Competitors | 10/11/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Not only was he working while collecting benefits, but a New York transportation worker used his position with state government to obtain privileged information on his competitors. ...Read More | |||
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Department Proposes Rules on New Treatment Guidelines | 10/10/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims will hold a public hearing Nov. 21 and will accept written comments until Nov. 30 on proposed new regulations that would implement medical treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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DCBS Lowers Benefit Fund Assessment | 10/09/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced that the Workers’ Benefit Fund assessment will drop to 2.2 cents per hour worked in 2020. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Posts Update to Pathology Fee Schedule | 10/08/2019 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted an order adjusting the pathology and clinical laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule, or OMFS. The update is in response to changes in the Medicare payment system for the fourth quarter of this year. ...Read More | |||
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DOI Approves 6.2% Rate Decrease for 2020 | 10/08/2019 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Department of Insurance has approved a 6.2% decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates, effective Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Posts Updates to Physician, Outpatient Fee Schedules | 10/07/2019 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted adjustments to its Official Medical Fee Schedule for physician and non-physician practitioner services. DWC on Friday also posted adjustments to the OMFS for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers.&...Read More | |||
| DWC Proposes Changes to Diagnostic Lab Payments | 09/27/2019 | ||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation is proposing to update codes and reimbursement rates for diagnostic laboratories. The division on Thursday announced its plans to strike the regulatory language in Rule 18, Exhibit 8 and replace it with new wording to update codes ...Read More | |||
