Workers' Compensation News
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Doctor Reinstated After Correcting Double Reimbursement
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10/16/2019
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The New York State Workers' Compensation Board has reinstated a Middletown physician after he reimbursed a group health insurance carrier for payments that had already been covered by workers' compensation insurance.
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Drug Convenience Kits Come at a High Cost, PBM Warns
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10/15/2019
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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.
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Department Proposes Rules on New Treatment Guidelines
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10/10/2019
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State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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.
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DCBS Lowers Benefit Fund Assessment
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10/09/2019
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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.
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DWC Posts Update to Pathology Fee Schedule
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10/08/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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.
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DWC Posts Updates to Physician, Outpatient Fee Schedules
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10/07/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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
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