Workers' Compensation News
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OSHA Fines Co. $12K After Man Dies Of Heatstroke
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11/14/2016
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A Jefferson City roofing contractor was fined $12,471 after a 47-year-old man died of heatstroke on his third day on the job this summer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced last week.
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OSHA Says Bakery Continually Exposed Workers to Amputations
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11/14/2016
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Five weeks after a 28-year-old maintenance worker lost part of his right arm at Cincinnati-based Klosterman Baking Co., OSHA inspectors investigating the accident found another worker exposed to the same amputation hazard.
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Orthopedic Group Collecting Info on 'Good UR' and 'Bad UR'
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11/11/2016
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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As California regulators develop new utilization review reporting requirements mandated by Senate Bill 1160, one group has decided to start collecting its own information on UR decisions.
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Optum: Compound Use Has Fallen by Half This Year
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11/04/2016
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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In what may be the first report to look at workers’ comp drug spending in 2016, Optum found that the average prescription drug cost per claim fell 4.6% in the first seven months of the year compared to the same period last year.
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Occ Med Companies Moving Cautiously on Telemedicine
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11/03/2016
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two of the nation’s largest providers of occupational health services are cautiously evaluating telemedicine but aren’t yet charging ahead with treating injured workers remotely, company executives said during a panel discussion that was broadcast on the internet last week.
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OSHA Launches Amputation-Hazard Initiative in South
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11/03/2016
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer
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In an attempt to reduce amputations on the job, the federal work safety agency has launched a program targeting businesses in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
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OSHA Fines Roofer $143K for 8th Set of Safety Violations in 5 Years
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11/03/2016
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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While claiming in advertisements to care about worker safety, Collis Roofing Inc., of Longwood, Florida, received its eighth set of federal safety violations in five years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced this week.
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OWCA Grapples With Medical Treatment Guidelines, Opioid Abuse
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11/01/2016
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The head of Louisiana’s workers’ compensation agency said Monday that making the state’s five-year-old medical treatment guidelines more user friendly is her top immediate priority and that ultimately she wants to create an integrated e-filing system as well.
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