Workers' Compensation News
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Federal Judge Gives Surgeon 15 Months for Role in Pacific Hospital Kickback Scheme
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05/26/2021
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By: Mark Powell (Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal judge last week sentenced an orthopedic surgeon to more than a year in prison for accepting more than $600,000 in bribes and kickbacks while referring patients for expensive spinal surgeries at a Southern California hospital sullied by fraud for more than a decade, the ...Read More
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Flooring Business Owners Charged in Alleged $3.84 Million Fraud Scheme
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05/17/2021
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Department of Insurance announced the owners of a Sacramento flooring company were charged with felony workers’ compensation fraud for allegedly underreporting payroll and employees by more than $30 million to reduce premiums paid to three carriers by a combined $3.84 million...Read More
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Feds Want Another Crack at Phone They Say Contains Evidence of Kickback Scheme
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05/11/2021
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By: Mark Powell (Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Federal investigators have asked a U.S. district judge in Southern California for another chance to unlock a defendant’s smartphone they say contains evidence of his role in an alleged kickback scheme that defrauded workers' comp carriers out of more than $284 million.
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Federal Health Care Changes Could Trickle Down to Comp Systems, Expert Says
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05/06/2021
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By: Mark Powell (Reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Workers’ compensation systems could see impacts from recently enacted federal health care changes, including a new rule that will remove more than 1,700 procedures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ inpatient-only list by 2023, a comp and legislative expert said...Read More
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Former Judge Buchholz Dies at 92
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04/27/2021
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court announced that former judge Mark A. Buchholz died at the age of 92.
Buchholz died April 17 in Lincoln....Read More
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Farm Labor Contractors Arraigned in Alleged $1.4M Payroll Fraud Scheme
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04/19/2021
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Department of Insurance announced that the owners of several farm labor contracting companies were arraigned on more than 20 felony fraud charges for allegedly underreporting their payroll by $17 million to reduce their workers’ compensation premiums by about $1.4 millio...Read More
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