Workers' Compensation News
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Eight Indicted for $158M in Alleged Fraudulent Billing for Compound Drugs | 03/28/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted eight people for allegedly defrauding the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs out of $158 million by bribing doctors to prescribe compound medications that cost up to $28,000 per container. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Guilty of Misclassification Must Pay Restitution | 03/27/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A California appellate court upheld a restitution order against an employer who admittedly underreported his company's payroll in order to secure a lower comp premium. ...Read More | |||
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Effort to End Compensation for Fired Workers Falls One Vote Short | 03/21/2017 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The House on Monday failed by one vote to pass a bill that would reverse case law and prohibit compensation for injured workers fired for misconduct after being reassigned to light duty. ...Read More | |||
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Evidence of Skull Fractures Doesn't Prove Existence of Brain Injury | 03/16/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals reversed an award of permanent disability benefits to a worker for a brain injury after he suffered an impact to his face, causing multiple skull fractures. ...Read More | |||
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Editorial: White House Statement Falsely Implies ACA Upped Comp Premiums | 03/16/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A White House press release erroneously implied that the Affordable Care Act caused a Colorado business' workers' compensation premiums to skyrocket, editorial writer Jon Healey of the Los Angeles Times wrote Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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ER Visits May Create Multiple Concerns in Comp | 03/13/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| More than one-third of reports from consulting physicians for orthopedic injuries in emergency rooms were inaccurate in a recent study, including 30% of open fractures that were described as closed, according to findings detailed this month in AAOS Now, a publication of the American Academy of Or...Read More | |||
| EDI Update Delayed Until November | 03/10/2017 | ||
| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Industrial Commission announced that it is postponing until November its Electronic Data Interchange update. The commission initially planned on requiring carriers, third-party claims administrators and self-insured employers to start submitting claims data using EDI Claims Rele...Read More | |||
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Employers Win One, Lose One on Subrogation Claims | 03/09/2017 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Payers scored a win this week when a Washington court limited their obligation to pay for court costs in cases where a worker asserts a third-party liability claim, but took a hard loss in North Carolina as to their own ability to pursue such claims. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-SCIF Employee Had No Viable Claim Against Former Attorney, Labor Union | 03/08/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a veteran State Compensation Insurance Fund employee could not proceed with his suit against his former attorney or labor union related to the alleged mishandling of his claim against his former employer. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Holdings Boosts Profit After Shrinking Southland Business | 02/28/2017 | |
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| Source: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Reducing its concentration of business in Southern California has had a positive impact for Employers Holdings Inc., which saw its net income go up by 13% last year, to $106.7 million. ...Read More | |||
