Workers' Compensation News
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Medical Board Adds Exception for Buprenorphine Mono-Product | 09/19/2017 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Virginia Board of Medicine emergency regulation regarding opioid prescribing has been modified to address sensitivity to naloxone when buprenorphine-naloxone products are prescribed. ...Read More | |||
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MSHA Proposes Changes to Final Rule on Mine Examinations | 09/14/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has published two proposed rules in the Federal Register that would change the agency’s final rule on examinations of workplaces in metal and nonmetal mines. ...Read More | |||
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MedRisk President Mike Ryan Named CEO | 09/13/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| MedRisk President Mike Ryan has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of the workers’ comp managed physical medicine company. ...Read More | |||
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Mullen & Filippi's San Diego, Redding Offices Gain New Managers | 09/12/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The managing associate partner of Mullen & Filippi's Redding office is moving to its San Diego office, the workers' compensation defense firm announced. ...Read More | |||
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Mediation Director Honored With IAIABC's NextGen Award | 09/12/2017 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Brian Holmes, director of mediation and ombudsman services for the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, has received a NextGen award from the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. ...Read More | |||
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Marijuana Case Watched Closely as Oral Arguments Near | 09/11/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A case before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court that will decide whether workers’ comp payers can be ordered to reimburse claimants for medical marijuana is scheduled for oral arguments on Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Medical Office Staff Can Learn Comp Basics | 09/11/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation and the University of Texas San Antonio Small Business Development Center will offer training for medical office staff on Oct. 5. ...Read More | |||
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MLAC to Review Premium Assessment at Sept. 18 Meeting | 09/06/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee will review proposed premium assessment rates for 2018 as well as possible rule-making related to worker-requested medical examinations, during a Sept. 18 meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Mandatory Entertainment Industry Safety Training Starts in January | 09/05/2017 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations announced that mandatory training for workers in the entertainment industry will begin in January. In t...Read More | |||
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Mike Reeves Joins Sedgwick's International Team | 09/05/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Sedgwick has hired Mike Reeves as part of the company’s international development team. ...Read More | |||
