Workers' Compensation News
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PTs Now Considered Providers in N.D. as State Becomes Test Case for Direct Access | 08/19/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| North Dakota earlier this month became the first state to define physical therapists as health care providers within its workers’ compensation system, a development that will allow therapists to serve as primary treating providers for injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Paradigm Appoints Elizabeth Bierbower to Board of Directors | 08/09/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Specialty care management firm Paradigm announced the appointment of Elizabeth Bierbower to its board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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Presumption of Occupational Causation Doesn't Apply to Firefighter Who Had Stroke | 08/09/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a firefighter was not entitled to a presumption that his work caused him to suffer a stroke because he could not establish that it was a "cardiovascular-renal disease." ...Read More | |||
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PEO Owes Benefits to Construction Worker Injured Moving House | 08/05/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a professional employer organization was liable for benefits to a construction worker who had suffered injuries while moving a house off its foundation. ...Read More | |||
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Purdue Developing Opioid Antagonist of Potential Interest to Comp | 07/30/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Purdue Pharma is developing a long-acting opioid antagonist for treating overdoses that will likely be of interest to the workers’ compensation community, pharmacy benefit manager myMatrixx reports. ...Read More | |||
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Prime Healthcare Services, Doctors to Pay $37.5M to Settle False Claims Allegations | 07/21/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal prosecutors and California’s attorney general announced that one of the largest hospital systems in the country and two of its doctors agreed to pay $37.5 million to resolve civil allegations of kickbacks, billing for a suspended doctor and inflating invoices for medical hardware....Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Hires Timothy Johnson as Chief Human Resources Officer, VP of Employee Services | 07/15/2021 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado workers’ compensation carrier Pinnacol Assurance hired Timothy A. Johnson as chief human resources officer and vice president of employee services to succeed Barbara Brannen, retiring vice president of human resources. ...Read More | |||
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PTD Workers Collecting Social Security Benefits Don't Get Triennial Redetermination of Earnings | 07/08/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that workers with a permanent total disability who are collecting Social Security disability compensation are not entitled to a triennial redetermination of their average current monthly earnings. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol: Slips Account for Majority of Claims | 06/29/2021 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado’s Pinnacol Assurance said a recent analysis of claims data from January 2017 through March 2021 found the majority of workers’ compensation claims were the result of slips. ...Read More | |||
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Presumption Cases Aren't Always Guaranteed Wins for Applicants' Attorneys, Experts Say | 06/25/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California laws creating presumptions that injuries arose out of and in the course of employment may provide an advantage for applicants’ attorneys, but injured-worker reps still must do their due diligence to prevent employers from rebutting claims that their clients were injured while at ...Read More | |||
