Workers' Compensation News
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Orthopedic Surgeon Gives Up Treating Privileges | 01/05/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Bronx orthopedic surgeon Albert Graziosa has voluntarily resigned his authorization to treat injured workers, effective Dec. 28, the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board says in Subject No. 046-1013...Read More | |||
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On-the-Job Overdose Deaths Surging, BLS Reports | 12/29/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workplace fatalities increased for the third year in a row in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and officials said the nation’s opioid crisis may have played a role in the trend. ...Read More | |||
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OWCP Reviews Info Collection for Black-Lung Claims | 12/29/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As part of a paperwork reduction effort, the federal Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs is inviting comment on the necessity of two forms used in coal miners’ claims for black lung benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Old Fund Nearly Debt-Free | 12/28/2017 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Old Fund, which had a debt of $3 billion in 2006, has reduced its debt to $29 million, Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy writes in the ...Read More | |||
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One Call to Change Referral Practices as Result of PT Settlement | 12/27/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One Call Care Management will make sweeping changes in how it runs its physical therapy business to settle a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Independent Physical Therapists of California. ...Read More | |||
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Opioid Guidelines Proposed Via Formal Rule-Making | 12/22/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission formally proposed opioid-prescribing guidelines incorporating few, if any, substantive changes over the draft proposal issued last month. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Announces $182,000 Settlement From 2011 Grain Elevator Explosion | 12/22/2017 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration entered into a $182,000 settlement with Bartlett Grain Co. LP over a 2011 grain elevator explosion that killed six workers and sent two to the hospital. ...Read More | |||
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Occupational Fatalities Drop 3% in 2016 | 12/21/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of fatal workplace injuries in California dropped 3% in 2016, the Department of Industrial Relations announced. ...Read More | |||
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On-the-Job Deaths Increased 3.4% Last Year | 12/21/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Occupational deaths in Texas increased 3.4% in 2016 over the prior year, with pedestrian vehicular fatalities increasing 50%, the Division of Worker’s Compensation says in a new report. ...Read More | |||
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OWCP Awards $166M Contract for Medical Bill Processing System | 12/07/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| CNSI, a health care management technology company based in Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded a $166 million contract by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. ...Read More | |||
