Workers' Compensation News
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Postdoctoral Fellow Disputes Comp as Remedy for Lab Explosion | 09/05/2018 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| 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 | 09/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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Preauthorization Credited for Reducing Compound Costs | 09/04/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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Pacific Hospital Defendants Say QME Process Won't Resolve Restitution Dispute | 08/30/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Defendants convicted of various roles in the Pacific Hospital of Long Beach scheme said a suggestion to use independent doctors to review medical necessity for kickback-induced surgeries is unworkable. ...Read More | |||
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Public Actuary Martin Simons Dead at 76 | 08/30/2018 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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Pam Victor to Lead AP Intego's New Bay Area Office | 08/29/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| AP Intego Insurance Group, a national small-business insurance agency, has hired Pamela "Pam" Victor as director of West Coast operations. ...Read More | |||
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Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty in Compounded Capsule Conspiracy | 08/24/2018 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A pharmacy owner in Ashland, Kentucky, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to misbrand oxycodone and hydrocodone, which were compounded into capsules for purposes that were not medically legitimate. ...Read More | |||
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Physicians: Spine Surgery Doesn't Work; Workers Need Mindfulness | 08/21/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ORLANDO, Florida — Instead of a paying for a $100,000 spinal fusion operation that has little chance of succeeding, insurers should instead send an injured worker to a course in mindfulness or offer cognitive behavior therapy, two panels of nationally and regionally known doctors ...Read More | |||
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Pew, IAIABC Release Opioid Inventory of Efforts in 33 States | 08/21/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| States that limit initial opioid prescriptions to three days, and those that offer opioid-weaning programs, are more likely to see success in battling the addiction crisis, according to an Opioid Policy Inventory that aims to track initiatives across the country. ...Read More | |||
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Public Employer Had Just Cause to Terminate Injured Employee | 08/15/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that a public employer had just cause to terminate an injured worker who could not return to his job. ...Read More | |||
