Workers' Compensation News
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Factory Worker Fails to Prove Repetitive Motions Caused Shoulder Condition | 11/12/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a factory worker did not have an occupational disease in her shoulder attributable to repeated work motions at or above shoulder level. ...Read More | |||
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Former Air Marshal Pleads Guilty to Double-Dipping Charges | 11/11/2020 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former federal air marshal admitted in court that he failed to report his outside employment to collect nearly a quarter of a million dollars in disability benefits from the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Rhode Island announced. ...Read More | |||
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Fee Review Hearing Office Errs in Dismissing Pharmacy's Claim for Payment | 11/06/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office erred in dismissing a pharmacy’s claim for payment for a compound cream because an insurance carrier disputed whether it was reasonable and necessary treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Forklift Driver Partially Blinded in Accident Gets Penalty, but Not SEBS | 11/06/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a forklift driver was entitled to an award of penalties for his employer’s underpayment of compensation for an eye injury that left him partially blind, but that he was not entitled to supplemental earning benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Former Doctor Pleads Guilty in UR Fraud Case | 11/02/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former orthopedic surgeon pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with a scheme in which he stole the identity of a licensed physician and received more than $876,000 in payments for utilization reviews, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced. ...Read More | |||
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FELA Does Not Allow Worker to Release Unrelated Future Claims in Settlement | 10/28/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a case of first impression, a California appellate court ruled that a railroad employee’s release of unrelated future claims in settling a claim is invalid under the Federal Employers Liability Act. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Say PT, OT and Other Telemedicine Do Not Need Pre-Authorization | 10/28/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Most telemedicine services for injured federal workers, including physical therapy and occupational therapy, do not need to be pre-authorized, the federal Office of Workers' Compensation Programs announced. ...Read More | |||
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Further Proceedings Needed to Determine Timeliness of Inmate's Appeal of Comp Decision | 10/21/2020 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that further proceedings were necessary to determine whether an inmate filed a timely appeal to a ruling on his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Can Get PPD for Post-Retirement Bout With Cancer | 10/12/2020 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that a cancer-stricken ex-firefighter was entitled to receive permanent partial disability benefits even though he had retired and was earning no wages by the time he became disabled. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Charge Doctor, Office Manager, Pharmacy Owner in Alleged $1.1M Kickback Scheme | 10/05/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern Pennsylvania charged a doctor, office manager and pharmacy owner with conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks in connection with what is described as the largest health care fraud case in the history of the Department of Justice. ...Read More | |||
