Workers' Compensation News
| Per-Diem and Stop-Loss to Rise Under New Hospital Fee Schedules | 12/05/2018 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hospitals in Tennessee could see a slight bump in reimbursements if new workers’ compensation fee schedules are approved early next year. The proposed schedules and ...Read More | |||
| Paradigm Outcomes Rebrands, Establishes Three Divisions | 12/04/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Paradigm Outcomes, a provider of medical management for catastrophic workers’ comp injuries, is now known simply as Paradigm. The rebranding encompasses Paradigm’s wholly owned subsidiaries, The Alaris Group, Encore Unlimited, ForeSight Medical and Adva-Net. Paradigm will offe...Read More | |||
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ProPublica: Nuclear Workers Waiting Years for Decision on Benefits | 12/03/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Benefits petitions for ill nuclear workers are languishing for years, ProPublica reported on Friday, including a petition from Los Alamos National Laboratory workers th...Read More | |||
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Pending Appeal Didn't Deprive Judge of Jurisdiction Over Claim for Additional Benefits | 12/03/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a worker’s challenge to a judge’s determination of maximum medical improvement did not deprive the judge of jurisdiction to consider the man's claim for additional benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Pfizer Receives 6-Month Patent Extension for Lyrica | 11/28/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Drug company Pfizer has received a six-month patent extension for Lyrica, a non-opioid medication used to treat pain and a top drug in workers’ comp. ...Read More | |||
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Providers Take Issue With 'Unlawful' Wording in Reimbursement Manuals | 11/28/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| TALLAHASSEE, Florida — What happens when regulations require that surgical implant charges be based on a manufacturer’s invoice, but there is no manufacturer’s invoice? Or when rules ask that a supplier’s rebate be reflected in the bill, but the amount of the rebate won&rs...Read More | |||
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Pain Clinic Owner Admits Receiving Kickbacks for Drug Tests | 11/26/2018 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The co-owner of a Baton Rouge pain clinic has pleaded guilty to conspiring to receive $336,000 in kickbacks from a drug testing laboratory in exchange f...Read More | |||
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Potent New Opioid Dsuvia an 'N' Drug in ODG | 11/20/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A potent new opioid called Dsuvia that has not yet hit the market has already received a thumbs-down from the Official Disability Guidelines. OD...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors Say Telemed Companies Paid Doctor to Write Compound Rx | 11/20/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Burlington, New Jersey, doctor has been charged in a scheme that utilized telemedicine to prescribe medically unnecessary compounded drugs, federal prosecutors announced. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Vocational Rehab Rule Withdrawn | 11/14/2018 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Vermont Department of Labor has withdrawn a proposed vocational rehabilitation rule, and it has been taken off the agenda for Thursday's meeting of the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules. ...Read More | |||
