Workers' Compensation News
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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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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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