Workers' Compensation News
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Public Hearing to Be Held on Changes to Medical Fee Schedules | 03/23/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Proposed decreases in the Medicare-based fees for hospital outpatient services would cost providers $7.5 million next year, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation says. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Issues $50M in Policyholder Dividends | 03/22/2017 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pinnacol Assurance is distributing $50 million in workers’ compensation dividend checks to policyholders this month. More than 53,000 employer...Read More | |||
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Proposal Would Rescind Advisory Council on Rehabilitation Services | 03/22/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing April 25 on the elimination of Rule 4123-18-18, labor-management government advisory council. ...Read More | |||
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Pew: Proposed Formulary Distinctly California | 03/21/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California is going its own way in implementing a workers' compensation drug formulary, a review of draft rules released by the Division of Workers' Compensation on Friday shows. ...Read More | |||
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Public Service Insurance Co. Placed Into Rehabilitation | 03/21/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Public Service Insurance Co. has been placed into rehabilitation by the Illinois Department of Insurance, the department announced on Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors Refile Charges in Frontline Medical Fraud Case | 03/20/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has refiled charges against 12 defendants accused of participating in a $150 million workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme allegedly masterminded by Dr. Munir Uwaydah. ...Read More | |||
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Patriot National Faces Class Action Complaint Over Scrapped Ebix Deal | 03/20/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A class action complaint has been filed against Patriot National Inc., alleging that a committee that rejected a possible sale of the company to Ebix Inc. was “beholden” to Patriot National Chief Executive Officer Steven Mariano. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Legislation Would Deny Benefits to Drug-Using Employees | 03/20/2017 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill that would deny compensation for workers who test positive for alcohol or nonprescribed controlled drugs has been placed on the Senate calendar for Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Physical Therapists Accuse One Call, Align Networks of Unfair, Fraudulent Business Acts | 03/17/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A lawsuit filed with a California state court accuses One Call Medical Inc. of running an illegal patient referral scheme driven by improper financial inducements, interfering with the right of injured workers to choose a treating physician within an employer’s medical provider network and ...Read More | |||
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Punitive Damages Available for Claims of Unseaworthiness | 03/10/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Supreme Court ruled that an injured maritime worker can seek an award of punitive damages on an unseaworthiness claim. ...Read More | |||
