Workers' Compensation News


	Employer Can't Approve Treatment by Provider Other Than Worker's Authorized Doctor		02/21/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 227 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 28 min read
	Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that an employer cannot authorize treatment for a worker but insist that a doctor other than the worker’s authorized physician perform the treatment. ...Read More


	Employer May Present Evidence That Worker Blamed Injury on Dog		02/15/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MT \| Segment: WEST \| 234 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a store clerk could not bar her employer from introducing reports that she indicated she had injured her shoulder by falling over a dog. ...Read More


	Ex-Doctor to Spend 8 Years in Prison for Overbilling, Writing Unlawful Opioid Scripts		02/13/2018

	State: KY \| Segment: SOUTH \| 213 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 14 min read
	A former Kentucky doctor will spend eight years in prison after admitting to prescribing opioids to more than a dozen people who didn’t need them, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. ...Read More


	Ex-Janitor To Spend 30 Days In Jail, Pay $40K Restitution Over Comp Fraud		02/12/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 668 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 175 min read
	A former janitor at the Sacramento City Unified School District will spend 30 days in county jail and five years on probation after pleading no contest to felony insurance fraud, the Sacramento County District Attorney ...Read More


	Employers Can Get Credit for Social Security Benefits		02/12/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: ME \| Segment: NORTH \| 208 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 20 min read
	In a case of first impression, Maine's high court ruled that an employer paying workers' comp benefits is entitled to a credit against its liability to account for overpayments previously made while the employee was receiving Social Security retirement benefits. Case: Urrutia...Read More


	EK Health Names Kerri Wilson President, COO		02/07/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 516 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 39 min read
	EK Health Services Inc., a provider of workers' compensation managed care services, has named Kerri Wilson as its president and chief operating officer. ...Read More


	Employer Waited Too Long to Challenge Ruling on Doctor Panel		02/07/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 187 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals declined to consider the merits of a dispute over whether an employer had to provide an injured worker with a panel of physicians from which she could select a new authorized treatment provider. ...Read More


	Electronic Records System Launch Set for October		02/06/2018

	State: KS \| Segment: SOUTH \| 187 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 75 min read
	The Kansas Division of Workers Compensation is inching ever closer to the October launch of its electronic records system. Contractor CapTec...Read More


	Ex-NFL Player's $1.6M Comp Scam Nets Him 2 Years in Prison		01/29/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 1349 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 18 min read
	A former New York Giants football player was sentenced to two years in federal prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to money laundering associated with his California-based workers' compensation claim. ...Read More


	ExposÃ© on Criminal Mental-Health Facility Reveals Grisly Work Injuries		01/26/2018

	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 281 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 10 min read
	An investigative story on the state of Treasure Coast Forensic Treatment Center spotlights two grisly work injuries sustained by staffers of the Florida criminal mental-health facility. ...Read More

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OH - Eight Plead Guilty to WC Fraud

06/19/2018 | 60 | 0 | 1 min read

Eight Ohio residents, including a bus driver who was working two jobs while collecting benefits, pleaded guilty or no contest in recent weeks to defrauding the state-run workers' compensation system, authorities announced. Bryan Gentry (Ohio DRC photo) Samantha Coleman, of Cincinnati, was injured while working as a bus driver in 2015. While collecting disability benefits, she worked as tax preparer and a security guard, according to a statement from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Coleman pleaded guilty May 30 and was placed in a diversion program because she has no... Read More

TX - Division Should Rethink Limits on Designated Doctor Testing, Chiropractor Says

06/19/2018 | 43 | 0 | 6 min read

The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation should reconsider proposed rules that would limit the number of times an applicant can take the designated doctor test, a chiropractor said Monday. At a public hearing on the proposed rules, Jeff Cunningham, representing the Texas Chiropractic Association, said the changes would not prevent someone from memorizing the test and selling the answers inappropriately, which the bureau aims to address. If an applicant fails the test, the new rules would not allow it to be retaken more than three times in a six-month period. After the third attempt, t... Read More

CA - Epic Appoints Brian Chu VP in Los Angeles

06/19/2018 | 42 | 0

Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants announced Monday the appointment of Brian Chu to vice president of its Southern California operations. Brian Chu Chu will be based at the Epic practice group led by Principal Rose Nordbrock in downtown Los Angeles. He will report to Jim Gillette, president of Epic’s Pacific South Region. Chu will be responsible for new business development, placement and management of property and casualty lines, and workers’ compensation, the brokerage said. Chu previously worked for Crystal & Co., which was purchased by Alliant Insurance Services. ... Read More

KY - Sullivan Not Guilty of Bribing Government Official

06/19/2018 | 48 | 0

A Kentucky lobbyist on Monday was cleared of charges that he bribed a state official to win a contract for a workers' compensation claims management firm, but was convicted of offering bribes on behalf of law firms. Tim Longmeyer After two days of deliberations, a federal jury found lobbyist James Sullivan not guilty of three counts of bribing the Personnel Cabinet secretary to keep a lucrative contract with Sullivan's client, Cannon Cochran Management Services, the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper reported Monday evening. CCMSI had handled claims management for the Kentucky stat... Read More

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