Workers' Compensation News
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Medical Committee to Consider Spinal Cord Stimulator Compensability | 01/19/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Whether spinal cord stimulators should be a compensable treatment for injured workers is a topic that the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division’s Medical Advisory Committee will consider when it meets on Feb. 16. ...Read More | |||
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Meeting on Neck, Back Treatment Guidelines Set for Jan. 27 | 01/18/2018 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Massachusetts group that develops the medical treatment guidelines used in the state’s workers’ compensation system will hold a meeting on a new draft of the Neck and Back Treatment Guidelines on Jan. 27. ...Read More | |||
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Mastermind of Pacific Hospital Scheme to Serve More Than Five Years | 01/16/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michael D. Drobot will serve more than five years in federal prison and pay $500,000 in criminal fines for devising a scheme to pay at least $40 million in kickbacks to dozens of providers as part of a plot that federal prosecutors say generated $500 million in fraudulent bills. ...Read More | |||
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Manslaughter Charges Filed Over Occupational Fatality | 01/10/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a Seattle construction company fined $51,500 for safety violations that led to the death of a worker was charged with manslaughter in the first felony case over a workplace fatality in Washington state, according to the Department of Labor and Industries. ...Read More | |||
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Mine Owner Owed No Duty of Care to Independent Contractor's Employee | 01/10/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that a mine owner did not owe a duty of care to the employee of an independent contractor who was hired to refurbish the mine facilities. ...Read More | |||
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Mileage Reimbursement Rate Upped for Claimants | 01/10/2018 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The state mileage reimbursement rate for claimants has increased one penny to 54.5 cents per mile, Insurance Commissioner Allan L. McVey has announced. ...Read More | |||
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MEMIC Promotes Ian Torrey to Production Underwriter | 01/09/2018 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The MEMIC Group has promoted Ian Torrey to the position of production underwriter. ...Read More | |||
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MyMatrixx CEO Artemis Emslie Stepping Down in May | 01/08/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Artemis Emslie, chief executive officer of workers’ comp pharmacy benefit manager myMatrixx, is leaving the company in May. ...Read More | |||
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Maintenance Worker Charged With Workers' Comp Fraud | 01/08/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Sanborn maintenance worker has been charged with workers' compensation fraud after he was allegedly observed installing and servicing swimming pools while collecting temporary total disability benefits, ...Read More | |||
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Medical Quality Review Audit Plan Released | 01/04/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation has published its 2018 Medical Quality Review Annual Audit Plan. Health care providers will be reviewed at ...Read More | |||
