Workers' Compensation News
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Med-Legal Providers Say Fee Schedule Raise Too Small; Employers Seek More Moderate Hike | 08/30/2019 | |
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| By: Dara Barney (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a sense, employers and providers agree that the California Division of Workers' Compensation missed the mark with revisions proposed to the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule earlier in August. ...Read More | |||
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Managing General Agency Paragon Launches Work Comp Program | 08/28/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Paragon Insurance Holdings, a managing general agency based in Avon, Connecticut, has launched a nationwide workers' compensation insurance program. ...Read More | |||
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Maximus Says Scrap UR, Go Straight to IMR for Disputed Drug Denials | 08/27/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The development of a model law for states seeking to adopt a workers’ comp drug formulary has sparked a debate over the role of utilization review in disputed drug requests. ...Read More | |||
| MLAC Cancels Sept. 19 Meeting | 08/22/2019 | ||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee canceled a meeting scheduled for Sept. 19 to discuss pending rulemaking activities and review the state’s nearly 30-year-old work comp reforms. The advisory committee rescheduled the meeting for 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 11. Agenda t...Read More | |||
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Marijuana Testing of Employees Expected to Face Further Restrictions | 08/21/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New laws in Nevada and New York City that limit pre-employment drug testing for marijuana have caused some to speculate that further restrictions may follow. ...Read More | |||
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Medical-Only Claim Reimbursement Cap Climbs to $2,200 | 08/21/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon employers will be able to pay up to $2,200 for medical costs next year to avoid losses that could negatively affect their experience modifications. ...Read More | |||
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More Guidelines Emerge on Opioid Prescribing After Surgery | 08/20/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| While some believe the overprescribing of opioids after surgery is widespread, a lack of evidence-based guidelines may be hampering efforts to reduce post-surgery opioid use, according to researchers from the University of Michigan. ...Read More | |||
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Miraglia to Retire From WC Commission After 20 Years | 08/20/2019 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland Workers' Compensation Commissioner Cynthia Miraglia, a longtime workers' compensation attorney and commission member, will retire next month, the commission announce...Read More | |||
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Movie Production Company Fined for Worker Injuries | 08/19/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a California production company working on a sequel to “Bad Boys” for exposing workers to injuries while filming in Georgia. ...Read More | |||
| Medical Advisory Committee Meeting Aug. 16 | 08/08/2019 | ||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The committee that advises Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division about which medical procedures should be compensable will discuss low dose irradiation and cervical disc replacements during an Aug. 16 meeting. Cervical artificial disc replacement is not compensable unless it...Read More | |||
