Workers' Compensation News
| Pilot Project Limits Chiropractic Care to First Visit Unless Preauthorized | 06/28/2016 | ||
| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Starting July 1, a pilot project in North Dakota will limit chiropractic treatment for injured workers to initial office visits unless chiropractors obtain prior authorization. North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance says the pilot program discontinues the previously allowed window ...Read More | |||
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Parties Can't Settle Claim for 'Partial' Payment of SIBs | 06/27/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Texas Supreme Court on Friday threw out a worker's settlement of her comp claim because it provided supplemental income benefits when she had not established that she met the statutory criteria for eligibility. ...Read More | |||
| PEO Owner Charged With $6 Million in Tax Evasion | 06/27/2016 | ||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a professional employer organization in Oklahoma City was charged with $6 million in tax evasion, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Wes...Read More | |||
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Pharmacists Headed to Prison After Adulterated Drugs Cause Patient Infections | 06/23/2016 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two Alabama pharmacists have been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to dispensing tainted drugs that caused severe infections in several patients, and possibly deaths, the U.S. Department of Justice said. ...Read More | |||
| Pipe Fabricator Failed to Provide, Enforce Procedures to Prevent Machine Startups | 06/22/2016 | ||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Georgia pipe fabricator faces seven OSHA citations and, fines of $75,960, after inspectors found poor oversight and inadequate safety procedures plagued the Gainesville facility, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Atlanta-East office found. OSHA ...Read More | |||
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Pain Management Practice May Close Without Doctor Indicted for Narcotics Distribution | 06/17/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The only way for a Williamsville pain management practice to stay open is if Eugene Gosy, a doctor indicted in April on 114 counts of illegally distributing drugs, returns, his defense attorney and a doctor currently overseeing his practice said. ...Read More | |||
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Paralyzed Ex-Bus Driver Living in Hotel Settles for Enough Money to Buy Home | 06/15/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An ex-bus driver left paralyzed after a work injury has settled with her employer's insurance company for hundreds of thousands of dollars, giving her the funds to buy an accessible home and move out of the hotel she and her four children have lived in on insurance's dime for the pas...Read More | |||
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Pilot Project to Better Resolve Medical Disputes Shows Positive Results | 06/15/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A year-old pilot project aimed at improving the dispute-resolution process for workers’ compensation claims in Texas is showing positive preliminary results, an official says. ...Read More | |||
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Personalized Medicine Sparking Interest in Workers' Comp | 06/14/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A blood test developed by researchers in London appears to be able to predict whether a patient who is suffering from depression will respond to commonly prescribed antidepressants, according to research published this month. ...Read More | |||
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Paraplegic Wins $26.55M Settlement After Rollover Crash | 06/14/2016 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Pennsylvania man who was left a paraplegic after bald tires caused his corporate pickup to roll over in November 2011 has settled his case for $26.55 million. ...Read More | |||
