Workers' Compensation News
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Electronic-Prescribing Mandates Rapidly Multiplying | 06/12/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By 2020, at least 10 states will require electronic prescribing of opioids, and in some cases other drugs, in a strategy aimed at curbing opioid misuse that could also have benefits for workers’ comp. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Recover Benefits Paid to Worker Through Indemnity Agreement | 06/12/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court last week unanimously ruled that an employer cannot recover workers' compensation payments under a contractual indemnification provision with a third-party tortfeasor that causes injury to its own employee. ...Read More | |||
| Erica Bro Appointed Program Manager for StateFund First | 06/08/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| StateFund First announced Thursday the promotion of Erica Bro to program manager. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Can't Be Held Liable for Drunken Paralegal's Fatal Accident With Train | 06/08/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court on Wednesday ruled that a worker’s family could not stake a viable claim against her dual employers for allegedly plying her with alcohol and then leaving her out on the street. ...Read More | |||
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Energy Co. Fined $125K After Deadly Conveyor Incident | 06/05/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A renewable energy company in Mount Laurel is facing $125,460 in proposed federal penalties after a worker was pulled into a conveyor and suffered fatal injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Authorize Doctor in 'Similar' Specialty in Response to Worker's Request for Change | 06/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a doctor’s specialty is determinative of whether he can be appointed as a worker’s treating physician when the worker makes a request for a one-time change. ...Read More | |||
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Emily Fisher Named Acting President at MedData | 06/05/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| MedData Inc., a provider of financial services for health systems and a part of Mednax, has named Emily Fisher as acting president. ...Read More | |||
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Epic Hires Work Comp VP for Los Angeles Office | 06/04/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants has hired four professionals for its downtown Los Angeles office, including Jeff Breskin as vice president of workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Forfeited Challenge to Medical Treatment but Can't Be Compelled to Pay Fees | 06/04/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that an employer’s payment for disputed treatment forfeited its ability to challenge its reasonableness and necessity, but it could not be held liable for an award of fees and costs. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Assessment Rates to Drop July 1 | 06/04/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has given final approval to new assessment rates for self-insured employers and to employer contributions to the marine industry fund. ...Read More | |||
