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New Form Makes it Easier to Add Non-Employer Info on Hearing Requests | 06/28/2018 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 163 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 56 min read | |||
| Michigan has revised its application form for mediation and hearing requests to make it easier to list additional parties involved in the case. ...Read More | |||
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New Data on Health Insurance Coverage May Fan Fears of Cost-Shifting | 06/27/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 367 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 55 min read | |||
| A growing number of workers are enrolled in high-deductible health insurance policies, even though many may not be able to afford the deductible payment, according to a news report that could add to nervousness about cost-shifting to workers’ comp. ...Read More | |||
| NCCI Circular Addresses New Reporting Requirements for Large-Deductible Policies | 06/27/2018 | ||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 337 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance has issued a circular explaining new reporting requirements for large-deductible policies in Nevada that go into effect Sunday. The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations is requiring carriers to report large-deductible policies in which the...Read More | |||
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Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty in $1.4 Million Compounding Scheme | 06/20/2018 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 396 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read | |||
| A nurse practitioner in Mississippi has pleaded guilty to prescribing unnecessary compounded drugs and defrauding insurance programs of almost $1.4 million, authorities announced. ...Read More | |||
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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 | 392 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 31 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 | 223 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 35 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 | 370 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 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 | 434 | 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 | 256 | 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 | 174 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 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 | |||
