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Workers' Compensation News

 
Florida DWC Issues Correction to ASC Reimbursement Manual 02/11/2016
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 

FDA Unveils Opioid Action Plan 02/10/2016
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
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. ...Read More
 
 

Fired Cop Pleads Guilty to Workers' Comp Fraud 02/08/2016
State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A former police officer in Clinton, Maine has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud, according to the television station WABI TV 5. ...Read More
 
 
Fraud Unit Wants to Be in The Loop for Employer Workers' Comp Violations 02/05/2016
By: Risk Media Solutions
State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
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
 
 
Former Comp Judge Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More than $250,000 02/04/2016
State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 
Five Arrested in Alleged Scheme to Lower Comp Premiums 02/03/2016
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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. ...Read More
 
 

Few ICD-10 Headaches Reported 4 Months After Implementation 02/02/2016
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
Before the switch to a new, more complex medical coding system took place on Oct. 1, many were facing the change with dread. But now, four months after the switch, some are saying the transition to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, or ICD-10, has gone smoothly so ...Read More
 
 

Formulary, Treatment Guidelines Clear Final Hurdle in Tennessee 01/29/2016
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s new medical treatment guidelines, including a closed drug formulary, will take effect on Feb. 28, implementing a key requirement of a reform measure passed by state lawmakers in 2013. ...Read More
 
 

Formulary, Other Comp Bills on Committee Agenda 01/28/2016
State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Nebraska Legislature's Business and Labor Committee is scheduled to hear three workers' compensation bills during its first meeting on Feb. 8, including a measure that would require adoption of an evidence-based drug formulary for controlled substances. ...Read More
 
 

Feds Seek to Limit Discovery in SCIF Kickback Case 01/27/2016
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The U.S. Attorney's Office is asking a federal court for permission to intervene in California State Compensation Insurance Fund's ongoing civil case against Michael D. Drobot, his son and about two dozen providers who the carrier alleges defrauded it through a widespread kickback scheme....Read More
 
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