Workers' Compensation News
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New Reimbursement Manuals Not Available Because Fee Schedules Weren't Approved | 06/15/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 138 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read | |||
| If you're looking for new reimbursement manuals that detail changes in Florida's medical fee schedules, don't bother, the Florida Division of Workers' Compensation said this week. ...Read More | |||
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No Intoxication Defense for Employer | 06/14/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 108 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not avail itself of the statutory presumption that a gin worker’s accident was caused by intoxication from marijuana use, since it could not prove how a urine sample was obtained for drug testing. ...Read More | |||
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New Opioid Drug Designed to Treat Back Pain Without Producing High | 06/13/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 237 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| A San Francisco-based drug company has applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval of a new opioid that it says treats back pain without causing euphoria, thereby decreasing the chance of abuse. ...Read More | |||
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New Bill Seen as Compromise; Would Set Up Opioid-Only Formulary | 06/12/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MA | Segment: Top | 294 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read | |||
| A bill promoted by the Massachusetts governor earlier this year that would have created an extensive workers' compensation formulary has morphed into a measure that would restrict only opioid-based medications. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Train Conductor Assaulted by Passenger | 06/12/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 93 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a train conductor was not entitled to benefits for her injuries from an assault by a passenger looking for a free ride. ...Read More | |||
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New Forms for Updated Claimants' Rates Now Available | 06/12/2018 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 64 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| New forms that reflect updated claimants' rates are now available at the Vermont Department of Labor's website, the department announced this week. ...Read More | |||
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New Fee Schedule Raises Reimbursement 5%, but Details Aren't Released | 06/07/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 263 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read | |||
| After 20 years without a significant increase in medical fees, the New York Workers' Compensation Board wants to raise reimbursement "by at least 5% overall," according to proposed rules published Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Worker's Fall Down Elevator Shaft | 06/04/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 74 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s Labor Law claims for a fall down an elevator shaft could not be resolved on summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits to Truck Driver for Alleged Knee Injury From Fall | 06/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 83 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a truck driver for an alleged knee injury where a surveillance video contradicted his account of a fall and his claim about the conditions of his work area. ...Read More | |||
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No Disability Retirement Benefits for Correctional Officer With Degenerative Osteoarthritis | 05/31/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 182 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of disability retirement benefits to a correctional officer for his degenerative osteoarthritis. ...Read More | |||
