Workers' Compensation News
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Firefighter Cancer Bill Passes House Committee
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02/18/2016
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A committee in the Georgia House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a bill that would make firefighters stricken by cancer and other diseases eligible for workers' compensation benefits if they demonstrate exposure to a known risk factor while on the job, according to a ...Read More
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Feds Seek 94K Restitution From Softball-Playing Claimant
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02/17/2016
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former employee of the U.S. Postal Service played in an hours-long competitive softball game after claiming that her work injuries prevented her from grasping objects or reaching above her shoulder, federal prosecutors say.
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Fee Schedule Bills Moving Through Legislature Without Opposition
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02/16/2016
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two identical bills that would direct the state Workers' Compensation Commission to establish a medical fee schedule are moving toward adoption without a single vote in opposition.
All seven members of the House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee on Compensation and R...Read More
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Former Work Comp Judge Frank Kleeman Dies at 82
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02/12/2016
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Former California workers' compensation judge Frank Kleeman died at the age of 82, according to media reports.
Kleeman died Feb. 5 of congestive heart failure at the University of California, Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan Medical Center.
Kleeman was admitted to the State Bar of C...Read More
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Former DOT Employee to Pay Restitution for Double Dipping
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02/12/2016
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former New York state worker must pay $9,940.49 in restitution and serve three years of probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of workers' compensation fraud, the state attorney general's office said.
Corey Cragnolin of Rochester resigned from his position with ...Read More
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Florida DWC Issues Correction to ASC Reimbursement Manual
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02/11/2016
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation has corrected a mistake in its Workers’ Compensation Reimbursement Manual for Ambulatory Surgical Centers, 2015 Edition.
The maximum reimbursement allowance, or MRA, for Current Procedural Terminology code 64492 was incorrectly liste...Read More
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FDA Unveils Opioid Action Plan
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02/10/2016
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced an action plan to combat the opioid-abuse crisis that includes expanding the use of abuse-deterrent drug formulations and requiring more post-market research on the effects of long-acting opioids.
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