Workers' Compensation News
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Owner of Flooring Company Charged With Premium Fraud | 04/15/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced that the owner of a San Jose flooring company was charged with fraud after he was allegedly caught lying about having only a single full-time employee and failing to pay nearly $1 million in overtime to his staff. ...Read More | |||
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Optum: Changes to ODG Formulary Will Impact Muscle Relaxants | 04/01/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Changes to the status of several medications including skeletal muscle relaxants in the ODG prescription drug formulary will likely have an impact in states that include the formulary in their treatment guidelines, ...Read More | |||
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Oil Rig Worker Can't Get Benefits for Injuries From Car Accident | 03/31/2021 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a man was not entitled to benefits for his injuries from a motor vehicle accident that happened while he was traveling home from the oil rig where his employer had assigned him. ...Read More | |||
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Online Interpreter Schedule System Launches April 12 | 03/16/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that providers should request interpreters for scheduled in-person appointments using a new online system starting April 12. ...Read More | |||
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Origami Risk Appoints James Green Director of Risk Practices | 03/16/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Origami Risk on Monday announced the appointment of James Green as director of risk practices. ...Read More | |||
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Opioid Use Lingers, but Telehealth Options Improve During Pandemic, Panel Says | 03/03/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A lack of in-person contact during the COVID-19 crisis may have stagnated the fight against unnecessary opioid use, but the emergence of telehealth has given providers and claims managers new ways to treat injured workers that should outlast the pandemic, a panel of workers’ comp experts sa...Read More | |||
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OSHA: Restaurant Cited for Exposing Workers to COVID-19 After Inspectors Are Threatened | 02/26/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health has fined a Florence restaurant more than $17,000 after its owners ignored workplace safety rules and exposed workers to COVID-19, the agency said in a news...Read More | |||
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Officer's Family Can't Hold NYPD Civilly Liable for Suicide | 02/19/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the estate of a former police officer could not hold his department civilly liable for his suicide. Case:...Read More | |||
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Optum Wins $550 Million Federal Comp PBM Contract After Coventry Protest Denied | 02/18/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After almost three years of bids, a protest, new bids and a second protest, Optum has finally won a $550 million contract to provide pharmacy benefits management services to the federal workers' compensation program. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Fitness Center More Than $126,000 for COVID-19 Violations | 01/15/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced more than $126,000 in fines levied on a Salem fitness center for “willfully continuing to potentially expose employees” to COVID-19, the agency said in a ...Read More | |||
