Workers' Compensation News
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Presentation: Audit Of WC Agency Focuses on Claim Management Issues
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06/28/2016
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Washington state Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee's June meeting covered the audits of two agencies affiliated with the state's workers' compensation system: the Department of Labor & Industries and the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals.
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Pilot Project Limits Chiropractic Care to First Visit Unless Preauthorized
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06/28/2016
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State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
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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
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06/27/2016
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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.
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Paralyzed Ex-Bus Driver Living in Hotel Settles for Enough Money to Buy Home
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06/15/2016
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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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Personalized Medicine Sparking Interest in Workers' Comp
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06/14/2016
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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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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.
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