Workers' Compensation News
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Feds Ask to Merge Restitution Hearings in Pacific Hospital Cases | 01/26/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to schedule concurrent restitution hearings for Michael D. Drobot, his son and a former chief financial officer who oversaw the spinal surgery kickback scheme at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach alleged to have bilked California workers’ compensatio...Read More | |||
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Former Health Official: Non-Narcotic Pain Treatment Is the Way to Go | 01/26/2018 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former director of the Rhode Island Department of Health spoke to the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council this week about the role non-narcotic pain treatment centers play in the fight to quash the opioid epidemic, the news site Uprise RI ...Read More | |||
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Furniture Assembler Charged With Workers' Comp Fraud After Making Facebook Posts | 01/25/2018 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Connecticut furniture assembler has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation by the chief state attorney’s workers’ compensation fraud unit, Connecticut’s Division of Criminal Justice announced this week. ...Read More | |||
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Formulary Launches Quietly; Focus Shifts to Transition Deadline | 01/23/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s new prescription drug formulary, which launched Jan. 1, appears to have caused no more disruption than the related update to the state’s evidence-based treatment guidelines that took effect one month earlier. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Trial Judge Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Exclusive Remedy | 01/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal trial judge in Oklahoma rejected an injured worker’s constitutional challenge to the exclusive remedy provision of the Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Four Named to KEMI Board of Directors | 01/18/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin on Wednesday announced four appointments to the Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance Authority board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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Filing Deadline Didn't Bar Suit by Worker Compensated for Injuries Out-of-State | 01/18/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that the state's time limit for a worker to file a third-party claim did not apply to a truck driver in-training who had received benefits under the laws of another state. ...Read More | |||
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Former JCC Wins 1st Round in Legal Battle Challenging Nominating Commission | 01/17/2018 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Former Florida Judge of Compensation Claims Gerardo Castiello has prevailed in his first of three challenges to the process used to nominate workers’ compensation judges. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Net 3 Convictions for Pain Cream Kickback Scheme | 01/17/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Orlando, Florida-area pharmacy owner, doctor and patient recruiter have been convicted of roles in a pain-cream kickback scheme that defrauded the military’s health care program of about $4.3 million, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced. ...Read More | |||
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Former Temp Agency Head to Report for 2-Year Federal Sentence March 1 | 01/17/2018 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A woman in charge of several Massachusetts temporary employment agencies will report to federal prison on March 1 to serve a two-year sentence on tax evasion charges. ...Read More | |||
