Workers' Compensation News
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Queens Grand Jury Indicts N.Y. Doc
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08/21/2008
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State: NY | Segment: Fraud | 0
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A grand jury in Queens, N.Y., has indicted a physician who formerly worked at a local medical clinic on charges that he falsely billed insurance carriers for nearly four years for tests he never conducted on the victims of motor vehicle accidents.Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown...Read More
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Quebec Study: Women Reported More Leg Pain Than Men
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03/26/2008
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State: NA | Segment: Medicine | 0
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A study of 7,757 Quebec workers found that significantly more women suffered leg pain than their male counterparts, and concluded that increasing workers' freedom to sit down could reduce the incidence of lower body pain.The American Journal of Public Health published a study in its ...Read More
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Quadriplegic Claimant Loses Concurrent-Wage Decision
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01/21/2008
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State: MA | Segment: Courts | 0
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A Massachusetts appellate court begrudgingly ruled that state law bars a quadriplegic claimant from collecting compensation from the Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund for all of the concurrent wages he earned at the time of his work-related injury.
The Massachusetts Court of Appeal...Read More
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Queens Pharmacy Attacks Prescription Reform
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01/11/2008
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State: NY | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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Employees and managers of a single-store pharmacy in Queens, N.Y., have mounted a letter-writing campaign calling for repeal of a provision in Gov. Eliot Spitzer's 2007 workers' compensation reforms that allows carriers to create prescription networks.On Nov. 20, Titan Pharmacy s...Read More
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Questions Linger Over Tennessee UR Rule
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12/10/2007
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State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with State agency
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The Tennessee Medical Association and members of the state Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council have reservations about an unusual new rule that allows doctors hired by employers or insurers to pick between the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) or the American College of Occupational and ...Read More
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Questions Remain on Interlocutory Order Rules
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10/11/2007
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0
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Workers' compensation stakeholders continue to wonder about when and how the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will resolve a possible conflict regarding issuance of interlocutory orders under two bills passed by the Texas Legislature earlier this year.
The division reported last mo...Read More
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Question Raised about Phrase 'On the Job' in Calif. Tort
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08/17/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Courts | 0
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Asking a jury in a tort action if the employee was injured on the job is not an abuse of discretion, the California 1st District Court of Appeal held in opinion not certified for publication.
Susan Jama claimed to be injured as a result of a slipping incident at Penguin's Restaurant and ...Read More
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Questions Resolved Over Fee Cap, Attorney Argues
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06/01/2007
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0
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The attorney representing the former employer of injured certified nursing assistant Emma Murray contends the Florida Supreme Court already has addressed a variety of constitutional and statutory challenges to the controversial cap on claimants' attorneys' fees.
Orlando attorney John R. D...Read More
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Qmedtrix Hires Corporate Comptroller
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03/22/2007
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State: OR | Segment: Business | 0
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Qmedtrix Systems announced that it hired Cheryl Comrie as corporate controller.
Comrie brings 15 years of financial accounting experience and 10 years of supervisory experience to the position, Qmedtrix said in a press release. She will be responsible for overseeing accounting, financial ...Read More
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Questions Due on Request for Medical Fee Consultant
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01/15/2007
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State: ID | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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Questions are due by 11:59 p.m. Thursday to the Idaho Industrial Commission's request for proposal for a medical fee schedule consultant.
Responses to questions are expected to be issued around Jan. 23 with a closing date of Feb. 16 on the proposal.
The solicitation is issued throu...Read More
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