Workers' Compensation News
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Health Care Providers Seek Tweaks, Not Fee Overhaul
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10/28/2013
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State: WI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Wisconsin Medical Society is adding "final data touches" to its alternate proposal to a pending plan before the Wisconsin Worker's Compensation Advisory Council to adopt a fee schedule that pays 175% of the Medicare reimbursement rate.The group will present its proposal on behalf...Read More
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House Passes New Version of Prescription Drug-Monitoring Bill
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10/25/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a measure that would set the stage for revamping the state's prescription drug-monitoring program.The House voted 191-7 on Monday to send House Bill 1694 to the state Senate for further deliberations. The measure, introduced by Mat...Read More
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High Court Splits 5-4 on Carrier's Ability to Subrogate Death Benefits
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10/24/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A narrowly divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the Ace American Insurance Co. could not seek subrogation for workers' compensation death benefits it paid to the widow of an Oklahoma worker killed at a job site in Texas. Ace had paid death benefits to R...Read More
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High Court to Weigh In on Medical Treatment Guideline Dispute
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10/24/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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New York's highest court has agreed to weigh in on the proper application of the medical treatment guidelines adopted by the State Workers' Compensation Board to disapprove of treatments that are not recommended. The Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted l...Read More
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High Court Grants Petition, Will Revisit 'Specific Orders Doctrine'
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10/22/2013
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could provide more clarification on the applicability of a doctrine that allows injured maritime workers to avoid having their Jones Act awards reduced by their own negligence.The high court granted review to the case of King Fisher ...Read More
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Homeowner Not Liable for Injury from Worker's Use of his Tractor
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10/22/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A property owner who lent his tractor to the construction crew that was building him a new home could not be held liable in tort to a member of the crew who was injured when the crew attempted to use the tractor and a ladder as a makeshift scaffold, as a matter of law, a Louisiana appellate cou...Read More
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High Court Says State Not Estopped from Claiming Overpayment
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10/18/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the state was not estopped from asserting that it had overpaid an employee who collected disability retirement benefits and workers' compensation benefits for three years. Case: Louisiana Office of Risk Management v. Ri...Read More
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Hearing Officers Meet Most Performance Goals 99% of the Time
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10/18/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Nevada hearing officers meet performance goals for scheduling hearings, giving notice to parties and rendering decisions more than 99% of the time, according to an annual report by the Department of Administration's Hearings Division.In workers' compensation cases, hearing office...Read More
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HomeCare Connect Appoints Medical Director
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10/17/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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HomeCare Connect, a national cost-containment provider for home health and durable medical equipment for workers' compensation claimants, has appointed Dr. Ivan D. Castro as medical director.Board-certified in internal medicine, Castro brings more than 20 years of clinical and admini...Read More
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