Workers' Compensation News
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Number of Opioid Task Forces Keeps Growing With Addition of N.C. Comp Panel | 03/31/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The national opioid crisis has sparked a proliferation of opioid task forces, some specific to workers’ comp and others with a broader focus, raising questions about whether all the panels are needed. ...Read More | |||
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Nuances for Proposed Formulary Prompt Call for DWC to Delay Implementation | 03/29/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation’s formulary should fast track approval of nearly one-third of the drugs currently dispensed to injured workers when it goes into effect. ...Read More | |||
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Newspaper Opposes Changes to MSF | 03/28/2017 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The editorial board for the Missoulian urged state lawmakers not to move forward with bills that would eliminate the Montana State Fund or create a study group to investigate options for converting the state-chartered carrier into a private, mutual company. ...Read More | |||
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New England Compounding Center Executive Convicted of Fraud, Racketeering | 03/24/2017 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The former co-owner and head pharmacist of New England Compounding Center, the Massachusetts pharmacy whose tainted drug shipments caused a deadly meningitis outbreak, was convicted of fraud and racketeering charges on Wednesday but cleared of murder charges, ...Read More | |||
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No Penalty for Employer When Late Payment of Bills Was Caused by Worker's Delay | 03/21/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an employer shouldn't have been subjected to a penalty for its failure to timely pay a worker's medical bills when the worker had delayed in providing copies of the bills to her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Nurse Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Pill Mill That Brought Down Two Doctors | 03/21/2017 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A nurse practitioner has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for her role in the operation of a massive pill mill, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama. ...Read More | |||
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NCOIL Forms Air Ambulance Task Force | 03/20/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Conference of Insurance Legislators has announced the formation of an Air Ambulance Task Force to examine ways to protect patients from excessive and often out-of-network billing for air ambulance service. ...Read More | |||
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NAIC Releases Study on Large-Deductible Comp Policies | 03/17/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A group of insurance commissioners teamed up with a group of guaranty fund representatives to complete a study on large-deductible workers' compensation policies that was released earlier this month. ...Read More | |||
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No Functional Loss-of-Use Award for Worker With Nearly Full Range of Motion in Arm | 03/15/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an injured worker who retained a nearly full range of motion in his left arm was not entitled to an award for functional loss of use. ...Read More | |||
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New Strategies Needed in Post-Castellanos Era, Defense Attorney Says | 03/07/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Challenging petitions for small amounts of benefits may no longer make sense for Florida employers in the aftermath of the Castellanos case, which lifted a cap on attorney fees, a workers’ comp defense lawyer said last week. ...Read More | |||
