Workers' Compensation News
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Fraud Update On Tap for Next CHSWC Meeting | 11/29/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1068 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Commissioners of California’s labor-management advisory panel will hear a brief on fraud-fighting efforts during their next meeting Dec. 15 in Oakland. ...Read More | |||
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Former Commissioner Narrows Discrimination Lawsuit | 11/28/2017 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 405 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The attorney for a former Iowa workers’ compensation commissioner who alleges then-Gov. Terry Branstad discriminated against him because he is gay has narrowed the scope of his lawsuit and plans to take it to trial next year. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Had Been Denied Fair Hearing on Disability Retirement | 11/27/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 296 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a firefighter was entitled to a new hearing on her entitlement to disability retirement benefits because she had been denied a fair hearing the first time around. ...Read More | |||
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Farm Labor Contractors Sentenced to 250 Days in Jail for Premium Fraud | 11/21/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 776 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The father-and-son owners of a Monterey County farm labor contracting business were sentenced to 250 days in jail and ordered to pay $382,951.59 in restitution after pleading guilty to four felony counts of insurance fraud. ...Read More | |||
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FDA: Nerve-Stimulation Device Relieves Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms | 11/20/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 362 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted marketing authorization of the first device used to reduce the symptoms of opioid withdrawal. ...Read More | |||
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Formulary Committee Meeting Dec. 7 | 11/20/2017 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 544 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An ad hoc committee of the Montana Employment Relations Division will continue discussion plans for implementing a prescription drug formulary for injured workers during a meeting in December. ...Read More | |||
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Fire Chief: Denial of 9/11 Benefits Is Political Move | 11/17/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 643 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Utica's fire chief says that the city's refusal to pay him benefits for an illness he developed after responding to the 9/11 attacks is "strictly political," ...Read More | |||
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Fee Schedule, Guideline and Classification Rule Updates on Tap for 2018 | 11/17/2017 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 630 | 0 | Popular with Medical | 42 min read | |||
| Colorado regulators anticipate updating the workers’ compensation medical fee schedule and medical treatment guidelines next year, as well as revising penalties assessed to employers for improperly misclassifying workers, according to the 2018 regulatory agenda that the Department of Labor ...Read More | |||
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FDA Approves Drug With Sensor That Detects When Pill's Been Taken | 11/15/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 391 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug in the U.S. that includes a sensor inside pills that can detect whether a patient has taken them. The drug, Abilify MyCit...Read More | |||
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Feds to Review Occupational Illness Coverage During Meeting | 11/15/2017 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 368 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Representatives from the Department of Labor, Department of Energy and Department of Health and Human Services will explain benefits available to former energy workers, as well as free medical screening services, during a meeting tonight in Santa Fe, New Mexico. ...Read More | |||
