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	Employers Net Income Up 6% in 1st Quarter		04/28/2017
	State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 438 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Employers Holdings on Thursday reported net income of $23.2 million in the first quarter of 2017, 6% better than the $21.8 million in profits reported in the first quarter of last year.  ...Read More

	Employer Not Liable to 3rd-Party Tortfeasor Under Theory of Implied Indemnity		04/25/2017
	By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
	State: AR | Segment: Top | 314 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Arkansas Court of Appeals last week ruled that a telephone company had no obligation to provide indemnification to a third party who drove into a low-hanging wire and injured its employee. ...Read More

	Experts: To Save on Claims, Look for Fraud and Question Mechanism of Injury		04/21/2017
	By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
	State: TX | Segment: Top | 606 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	AUSTIN, Texas — Employers and carriers not only can hold down costs by referring suspected claimant fraud for investigation, but they need to use the “forgotten defense” of challenging the mechanism of the injury, a Houston defense attorney says. ...Read More

	EOHHS Seeks to Update Rules on Surgery, Radiology, Dentistry, Anesthesia		04/21/2017
	State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 523 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services will hold two public hearings on May 12 about replacing rules on surgery, anesthesia, chiropractic services, radiology and dental services, the agency announced. The first hearing, which begins at 10 a.m., will discuss the ad...Read More

	E-Cigarette Use May Have Multiple Implications for Comp		04/19/2017
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 517 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The U.S. Navy last week announced a ban on e-cigarettes aboard ships, after several sailors were injured due to explosions of the devices. Sailors hav...Read More

	Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Work Comp Refunds Intended for Employer		04/19/2017
	State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 203 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	An Ohio woman has pleaded guilty to diverting $328,000 in workers' compensation refunds intended for her employer to bank accounts she controlled, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio ...Read More

	Eight-Month Time Frame to Establish Formulary Will Be Tight, Experts Say		04/12/2017
	By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
	State: NY | Segment: Top | 588 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The governor and lawmakers directed the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board to establish a drug formulary by Jan. 1, but that will be extremely difficult to accomplish in eight months unless an existing model is used, some experts say. ...Read More

	Employer Lost Ability to Raise Defense That Wasn't Included in Pre-Trial Stipulation		04/12/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 260 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that an employer’s failure to identify its defense to a worker’s request for a change in authorized treating doctor as part of its pretrial stipulations resulted in forfeiture of the defense. ...Read More

	ERD Holding Presentation on Formulary		04/06/2017
	State: MT | Segment: WEST | 306 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Montana Employment Relations Division is hosting a two-hour online presentation about ACOEM’s prescription drug formulary today. ...Read More

	Express Scripts: Work Comp Drug Spend Down 7.6% in 2016		04/05/2017
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 1376 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Workers’ compensation drug spending fell 7.6% last year, driven in part by an 11% decrease in opioid prescriptions per patient, according to a report released Tuesday by pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. ...Read More