Workers' Compensation News
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PDMP Data Used to Assess Workers' Pre-Injury Opioid Use
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09/12/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: WA | Segment: Top | 341 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 64 min read
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A newly published study from Washington state may be among the first to use data from a state prescription drug monitoring program, or PDMP, to look at injured workers’ use of opioids before they are hurt on the job.
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Protz Fix May Be in Jeopardy in Final Days of Session
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09/10/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 178 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read
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With two weeks to go before the Pennsylvania legislative session cranks up again, no fewer than nine workers’ compensation bills are now on the table, including a much-debated adjustment to impairment ratings prompted by a landmark court ruling.
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Physician-Dispensing Reform Is Topic of WCRI Webinar
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09/07/2018
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 97 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read
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The impact of Pennsylvania's physician-dispensing reform will be the focus of a one-hour webinar hosted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute on Sept. 27.
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Providers Dive Right Into Telemedicine Expansion
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09/05/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 375 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 49 min read
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Just days after a new rule to potentially expand the use of telemedicine in workers’ comp took effect in Texas, occupational medicine provider Concentra announced Tuesday that it had launched telemedicine services in the state.
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Postdoctoral Fellow Disputes Comp as Remedy for Lab Explosion
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09/05/2018
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State: HI | Segment: WEST | 196 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read
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A University of Hawaii researcher who was told workers’ compensation is her only remedy for injuries sustained in a lab explosion is asking the state’s high court to find that she wasn’t an employee, according to a report by ...Read More
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Panel Tosses Mechanic's PPD Award as Unsupported by Evidence
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09/05/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 110 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 61 min read
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The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel overturned an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a mechanic, finding that the evidence did not support a conclusion that he had suffered a compensable injury.
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Preauthorization Credited for Reducing Compound Costs
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09/04/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 232 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 46 min read
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Regulatory changes, improved claims management and increased awareness of potential problems have all contributed to dramatic decreases in prescribing of compounded medications to injured workers, according to one pharmacy benefit manager.
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Public Actuary Martin Simons Dead at 76
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08/30/2018
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State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 166 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 60 min read
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Martin Simons, a public consulting actuary who frequently testified as a consumer advocate during workers’ compensation rate hearings, died on Aug. 23 in Columbia, South Carolina. He was 76.
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