Workers' Compensation News
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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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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
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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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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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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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