Workers' Compensation News
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Formulary, Treatment Guidelines Clear Final Hurdle in Tennessee
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01/29/2016
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s new medical treatment guidelines, including a closed drug formulary, will take effect on Feb. 28, implementing a key requirement of a reform measure passed by state lawmakers in 2013.
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Formulary, Other Comp Bills on Committee Agenda
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01/28/2016
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Nebraska Legislature's Business and Labor Committee is scheduled to hear three workers' compensation bills during its first meeting on Feb. 8, including a measure that would require adoption of an evidence-based drug formulary for controlled substances.
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Feds Seek to Limit Discovery in SCIF Kickback Case
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01/27/2016
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Attorney's Office is asking a federal court for permission to intervene in California State Compensation Insurance Fund's ongoing civil case against Michael D. Drobot, his son and about two dozen providers who the carrier alleges defrauded it through a widespread kickback scheme....Read More
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Feds Arrest 7 in Alleged Dallas Pill Mill Scheme
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01/25/2016
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A doctor, a pharmacist and five other people were charged last week with conspiracy to illegally distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone through a Dallas pill mill, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas said.
Special agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency on Wednesday arreste...Read More
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Former SWCB Commissioner Michael Berns Dead at 72
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01/22/2016
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Former New York State Workers' Compensation Board Commissioner Michael Berns, who wrote a blog about the state workers' comp system, died at his home in New York City on Jan. 14. He was 72.
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Food Manufacturer Pays $100,000 in OSHA Settlement
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01/21/2016
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A major food manufacturer has accepted $100,000 in fines and agreed to a safety improvement plan after federal inspectors found repeated safety violations at its Atlanta facility.
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Fee Schedule Legislation Introduced in Virginia
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01/20/2016
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Republican lawmakers have introduced bills that would take Virginia off the short list of states that don't have workers' compensation medical provider fee schedules.
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FDA Committee Recommends Approval of Opioid Implant
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01/20/2016
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee has voted to recommend approval of Probuphine, described as the first long-acting, subdermal buprenorphine implant for the maintenance treatment of opioid addiction.
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Finger Amputation Leads to $51,000 Fine for Manufacturer
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01/12/2016
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State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A Wisconsin manufacturer of commercial laundry equipment is facing federal fines of $51,000 after a worker’s hand was crushed in a folding machine, resulting in amputation of a finger.
Alliance Laundry Systems LLC of Ripon has been cited for one serious, one repeated and one other-t...Read More
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False Claim Leads to 12 Days in Jail for Claimant
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01/11/2016
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Columbus, Ohio woman served 12 days in jail and was ordered to pay a $250 fine after state Bureau of Workers' Compensation investigators determined she had submitted a false workplace injury claim.
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