Workers' Compensation News


	Employer's Failure to Offer Position to Injured Worker Didn't Entitle Her to Additional Benefits		04/12/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AR \| Segment: SOUTH \| 127 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 3 min read
	The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a former employee of the state Department of Correction was not entitled to additional benefits based on her employer’s failure to offer a position after she was cleared to return to work. ...Read More


	Employers Group Spreading Word That Burgess Puts Medical Costs in Crosshairs		04/11/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: LA \| Segment: Top \| 457 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 9 min read
	There's a new sheriff in town who won't allow price gouging on medications, or loopholes for exorbitantly priced, repackaged drugs. And soon, he'll be coming after high prices charged by outpatient clinics. ...Read More


	EK Health Teams Up With MLB on Managed Care Program		04/11/2018

	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 226 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	EK Health has announced a partnership with Major League Baseball for a national managed care program. EK Health will provide case management, utilization review, medical bill review and provider network management to MLB. The partnership also includes Fairly Group, an insurance br...Read More


	Employers Oppose Bill to Cover Police Officers Injured Out of State		04/10/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 895 \| 1 \| Popular with Legal \| 52 min read
	Employers say a bill that would allow California peace officers to seek workers’ compensation benefits for injuries that occur outside of the state would unnecessarily create a gray area in the state’s workers’ compensation law. ...Read More


	Employer Wasn't Entitled to Presumption That Worker's Drug Use Caused Accident		04/10/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AR \| Segment: SOUTH \| 143 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 295 min read
	A divided Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a truck driver for an injury to his hand, finding that his employer was not entitled to a statutory presumption that his accident had been occasioned by the use of methamphetamine. ...Read More


	Estate Has to Pay $650,000 for Deceased Doctor's Overbillings		04/09/2018

	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 1035 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 12 min read
	A Pennsylvania physician fraudulently upcoded medical treatments on injured postal workers for more than 10 years, and now his estate has agreed to pay $625,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations, the U.S. Attorney ...Read More


	Express Scripts Names Mike Cirillo President of myMatrixx		04/04/2018

	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 216 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 27 min read
	Express Scripts Holding Co. has named Mike Cirillo president of myMatrixx, a workers’ comp pharmacy benefit manager that Express Scripts acquired in May 2017. ...Read More


	End of an Era as DIR Director Christine Baker Abruptly Retires		04/03/2018
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 3877 \| 6 \| Popular with Legal \| 33 min read
	Christine Baker, director of the California Department of Industrial Relations since 2011, has retired. ...Read More


	Eight Providers Suspended for Fraud or Loss of License		04/03/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 1257 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 20 min read
	Eight medical providers were suspended from the California workers’ comp system — five for fraud and three because they lost their medical licenses, the Division of Workers’ Compensation announced Monday. The new suspension orders, signed by Administrative Director ...Read More


	EK Health Hires Eastern, Western Sales Executives		04/03/2018

	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 139 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 5 min read
	EK Health has hired Stephanie Reynolds and Dieter Pinner as sales executives for the Western and Eastern regions, respectively. ...Read More

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WA - L&I Plans Meetings to Discuss Premium Rates

06/25/2018 | 49 | 0

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries announced that two advisory committees will discuss possible changes to premium rates later this year, and the department will hold formal rule-making hearings in October and November to discuss 2019 rate proposals. The department said in a Tuesday statement of inquiry that it is required by law to establish and maintain a workers’ compensation classification plan and to set premiums at the lowest amount needed to maintain actuarial solvency, and limit year-to-year fluctuations in rates. Premium rates for each ... Read More

NV - Sweep Finds 18% of Employers Without Coverage

06/25/2018 | 52 | 0

The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section said a recent “educational outreach sweep” found 18% of employers were operating without coverage. WCS said in the summer edition of the Nevada Workers’ Compensation Chronicle that investigators visited more than 179 employers over a three-hour period, asking for proof of work comp coverage. Those who did not have coverage received “a courtesy warning” and were subjected to a follow-up investigation three weeks later. WCS said 14% of employers complied with the requirement to carry workers’ compensation ... Read More

NY - Schumer Wants Benefits for Widow of 9/11 Worker

06/25/2018 | 62 | 0

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has called on the New York Workers’ Compensation Board to grant death benefits to the widow of a state trooper who developed pancreatic cancer after working at the site of the September 2001 terrorist attack. In a statement on Friday, Schumer asked WCB to quickly review and approve benefits for Audra Lakeman of Lockport, New York. Lakeman’s husband, New York State Trooper Lawrence Lakeman, was among as many as 4,000 members of the state police who were sent to Manhattan in the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center. Lawrence Lakeman worked at Groun... Read More

WA - L&I Offering Grants for Safety, Return-to-Work Projects

06/25/2018 | 90 | 0

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries is accepting applications for annual grants that can be used to develop training courses, purchase equipment or implement strategies to protect workers and make workplaces safer. L&I said it will accept applications for the Safety and Health Investment Projects grant program through Sept. 21. Employers who qualify for grants can receive up to $175,000 to develop workplace safety programs. Employers who receive grant money are expected to complete projects within 18 months. “Grants are also available for projects that develop new way... Read More

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