Workers' Compensation News
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Ohio AG Files Suit Against OptumRX Over BWC Drug Prices
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03/19/2019
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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One month after he demanded that OptumRx, one of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers, refund more than $15 million to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, the state attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company.
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Off-Duty Firefighter Coverage, Insurance Industry Bills Scheduled for Hearing
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03/12/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Assembly Insurance Committee will hear testimony on bills that would allow workers’ compensation coverage for firefighters injured in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, and exempt carriers and their agents from provisions of a new consumer privacy law that takes effect next year....Read More
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One Call Cuts About 2% of Staff
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03/05/2019
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Workers’ compensation medical care management firm One Call laid off about 2% of its workforce, the company confirmed on Monday.
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Orthopedic Surgeon Paying $85K to Resolve Kickback Allegations
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02/22/2019
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Tulsa orthopedic surgeon has agreed to pay $84,666.42 to resolve allegations that he accepted illegal kickbacks from a compounding pharmacy, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma announced.
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Ohio AG Asks OptumRx for $16 Million for WC Drug Overcharges
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02/20/2019
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Pharmacy benefit managers, part of a multibillion-dollar niche industry that evolved to hold down medication costs in America's complex health care landscape, are now facing increasing criticism from state and federal regulators that they're not providing the cost savings they promis...Read More
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