Workers' Compensation News
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Medical Payments Higher and Rising Faster
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11/12/2015
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State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Medical payments per claim in Indiana were higher and rising faster than in most of the 17 states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The CompScore Medical Benchmarks study covers a five-year period to 2013, before a new hospital fee schedule went live on July 1 t...Read More
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Medical Fees to Stay Low Compared to Medicare after Increases
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11/10/2015
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By: John Breslin (Eastern Bureau Chief)
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Medical fees in Florida, stagnant for many years, will rise with the introduction of a new reimbursement schedule, but across the board they will remain close to the Medicare rate -- much more so than in the majority of states, ...Read More
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MDGuidelines Launches Online Tool
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11/10/2015
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Reed Group, publisher of MDGuidelines, announced the launch of a new web-based treatment recommendation tool called Diagnosis and Related Treatments, or DART.
DART is intended to be an easy way to find evidence-supported treatment recommendations for specific work-related illnesses and in...Read More
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McCarty Orders NCCI to File for 5.1% Rate Reduction
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11/05/2015
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has ordered a 5.1% reduction in workers' compensation rates, rejecting a 1.9% decrease proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
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MLAC to Start Discussion of 2016 Legislation at Nov. 30 Meeting
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10/29/2015
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Oregon's Management-Labor Advisory Committee will start discussing possible legislative concepts for the 2016 session when it meets Nov. 30 in Tigard.
The only legislative proposal identified in the meeting agenda will deal with term limits for MLAC members.
Existing law...Read More
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Maximum WC Benefit Increase Announced
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10/23/2015
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Nebraska has announced an increase in the maximum weekly benefit under its workers' compensation law.
Starting Jan. 1, 2016, the maximum benefit will increase to $785, 100% of the state's average weekly wage, as calculated by the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court.
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Millennium Settles Allegations of Unnecessary Drug Tests for $256M
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10/21/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
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As research organizations are sounding the alarm about the rising cost of urine drug testing in California's workers' compensation system, the U.S. Department of Justice announced one of the largest drug-testing labs in the country has agreed to pay a quarter of a billion dollars to settl...Read More
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