Workers' Compensation News
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MedRisk Expands Telerehab Services Amid Pandemic | 03/19/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Anticipating that some injured workers may postpone the start of physical rehabilitation to avoid interpersonal contact by practicing the “social distancing” measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MedRisk has expanded the scope of its telerehab se...Read More | |||
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Medical Evidence Doesn't Establish Occupational Disease for Worker Exposed to Asbestos | 03/18/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied occupational disease benefits to a worker who was undisputedly exposed to asbestos because the medical evidence did not establish that she had asbestos-related pleural thickening. ...Read More | |||
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Marketers Convicted of Fraud for $30M Compound Cream and Drug Scheme | 03/12/2020 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal jury in Tennessee convicted five people of defrauding private and government insurance programs of more than $30 million with a compound drug scheme. ...Read More | |||
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MyMatrixx Holding Drug Trend Report Webinar in April | 03/12/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pharmacy benefit firm myMatrixx is holding a webinar April 23 to discuss its latest workers’ compensation drug trend report. The ...Read More | |||
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Mitch Steiger Elected 2020 Chair of CHSWC | 03/11/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation announced Mitch Steiger was unanimously elected chairman and will succeed Sean McNally. ...Read More | |||
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MSF Opens Registration for Medical Conference | 03/09/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Montana State Fund opened registration for its annual medical conference that will be held May 7-8 in Helena. This year’s confere...Read More | |||
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Measure Would Allow PTSD Claims by First Responders | 03/05/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Ohio lawmakers are debating whether to make it easier for peace officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers to receive workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Mitchell/Genex to Acquire Coventry Workers' Comp Services | 03/03/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Mitchell/Genex on Monday announced an agreement to acquire Coventry Workers’ Comp Services from CVS Health. ...Read More | |||
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MITF Held Liable for Payment of Additional PTD Award | 03/02/2020 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to receive permanent total disability benefits from the Multiple Injury Trust Fund when she had already received benefits for the full time statutorily allowed on a claim involving other injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Mulch Manufacturer Faces $148,867 Fine for Amputation and Struck-By Hazards | 02/24/2020 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Georgia mulch manufacturer $148,867 for allegedly exposing its workers to amputations and other safety hazard...Read More | |||
