Workers' Compensation News
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MWCC to Install New Technology at 4 Locations This Month
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03/05/2018
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
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The Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission plans to have flat-screen televisions and other new equipment installed in its Frederick, Beltsville, Cambridge and LaPlata locations by the end of the month.
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Med-Legal Payments Set for First Drop in a Decade, CWCI Reports
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03/02/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 3 | Popular with Legal
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The average cost of medical-legal services may be declining for the first time in a decade, according to a California Workers’ Compensation Institute analysis of payments made through the first six months of 2017.
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Mystery Surrounds Senate Subcommittee Meeting With Arbitrators
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02/26/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Five attorneys named to serve as workers’ compensation arbitrators in Illinois went through an unusual step on Friday: an appearance before the state Senate Judiciary subcommittee on tort reform.
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Man Pleads Guilty in Compounding Scheme
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02/22/2018
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Linwood, New Jersey, man has admitted to defrauding state health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $2 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions for compounded medications.
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Musculoskeletal Model May Help Predict Compensatory Injuries
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02/09/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a model that could improve insight into how injury in one part of the body can lead to increased strain on another.
The research is the first to convert the body’s entire network of bones and muscles into a comprehensive m...Read More
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More Agreement on Drug Costs in Medicare Set-Asides, NCCI Finds
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02/06/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The gap between workers’ comp Medicare set-aside amounts submitted to the federal government and the amount that’s approved has narrowed in recent years, due to greater agreement on future drug costs, according to a ...Read More
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