Workers' Compensation News
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Fraud Unit Wants to Be in The Loop for Employer Workers' Comp Violations
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02/05/2016
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By: Risk Media Solutions
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
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The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice has recommended that the legislature amend state law to require that it be informed of penalties meted out for workers’ comp violations by employers.
Under current law, the state Workers’ Compensation Commission is required to notif...Read More
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Former Comp Judge Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More than $250,000
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02/04/2016
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State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former workers' compensation administrative law judge in New Mexico faced more than three years in federal prison after admitting to embezzling more than $250,000 from a client and defrauding the Social Security Administration out of $40,000 by not disclosing she was working.
Juanit...Read More
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Five Arrested in Alleged Scheme to Lower Comp Premiums
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02/03/2016
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A New Jersey electronic recycling company, an insurance agency and five of their employees are accused of conspiring to provide false and misleading information to obtain lower workers' compensation premiums, the state Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced Tuesday.
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Few ICD-10 Headaches Reported 4 Months After Implementation
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02/02/2016
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
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Before the switch to a new, more complex medical coding system took place on Oct. 1, many were facing the change with dread. But now, four months after the switch, some are saying the transition to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, or ICD-10, has gone smoothly so ...Read More
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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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