Workers' Compensation News
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Emergency Bill Would Give $600 Million to Drug-Abuse Programs
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11/30/2015
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen last week announced the introduction of a bill that would make an emergency $600 million appropriation to federal programs that combat opioid abuse.
The bill would provide supplemental funding to programs at the Department of Justice and the Department of Hea...Read More
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Employers Planning Another Run at Amending Intoxication Law
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11/20/2015
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State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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New Mexico employers are considering a fifth try at changing state law to limit benefits available to workers who were intoxicated at the time of their injury, according to a report by the Albuquerque Journal.
Jason Espinoza, president of the New Mexico Association of Commerce and I...Read More
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Expert Report Was Adequate to Support Worker's TMLA Claim
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11/20/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A Texas appellate court is allowing a health care worker's negligence suit against her nonsubscribing employer over an assault by a patient to proceed.
Case: Texas San Marcos Treatment Center v. Payton, No. 03-14-00726-CV, 11/18/2015, published.
Facts: Veronica Payton worked a...Read More
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Electrical Therapy 'Reasonable to Try' for Chronic Pain
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11/17/2015
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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 therapy that uses electrical stimulation to try to relieve chronic pain could be an effective adjunct treatment to help reduce the use of opioid drugs by injured workers.
That’s the conclusion of an a...Read More
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Employer Can't Transfer Liability for Worker's 1997 Injury to Special Fund
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11/17/2015
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A New York appellate court ruled that liability for a worker's 1997 injury could not yet be transferred to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases because the claim had not yet been truly closed.
Case: Matter of Strujan v. New York Hospital, No. 518465, 11/5/2015, published.
Facts...Read More
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Eight Indicted in $25 Million DME Kickback Scheme
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11/11/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday charges eight people with defrauding California workers' compensation carriers out of $25 million by paying kickbacks to providers who referred patients for hot/cold and shockwave therapies could be just the tip of the iceberg.
U.S. Att...Read More
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Employer Didn't Lose Subrogation Right by Failing to Appear at Trial
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11/09/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a municipal employer's failure to appear in the proceedings for an injured worker's claim against a third-party tortfeasor did not warrant dismissal of the employer's claim for reimbursement of the benefits it had paid to the worker, with prejudice....Read More
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Employers Have Mixed Feelings on 2016 Rate Increase
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11/04/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Washington state employers aren't exactly up in arms over a proposed 2% rate increase for 2016, but they're not happy about some of the reasons the rate increase is necessary or the prospect of additional increases in each of the next seven years.
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