Workers' Compensation News
| Quinn Appoints 3 New Arbitrators, 1 New Commissioner | 08/13/2013 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Pat Quinn appointed three new arbitrators and one new commissioner to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission on Friday.Quinn named Michael Brennan as the agency's new commissioner and appointed arbitrators Molly Dearing, Jeffrey Huebsch and Ketki Steffen. ...Read More | |||
| QME Exam Scheduled for Oct. 19 | 07/26/2013 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting applications for the Oct. 19 qualified medical evaluator exam that will be administered in South San Francisco and Irvine.QMEs are independent physicians certified by the division’s Medical Unit to conduct evaluati...Read More | |||
| QME Arrested in National Crackdown on Medicare Fraud | 06/17/2013 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Twelve Los Angeles residents, including the second-largest Medicare biller for chiropractic services in California, were arrested last week for submitting $22 million in bills for services that were never provided, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced.The arrests are part of wha...Read More | |||
| QME Writing Course Modified for SB 863 | 05/24/2013 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation said it has revised its mandatory 12-hour report-writing course for qualified medical evaluators to account for changes made by SB 863.For example, SB 863 eliminated the need for a QME to address medical treatment disputes for injuri...Read More | |||
| QME Gets Probation for Overbilling, Self-Referrals | 05/13/2013 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation temporarily suspended and placed on probation a qualified medical evaluator who allegedly overbilled for medical-legal evaluations and referred injured workers for testing at facilities in which he had a financial interest.The divisi...Read More | |||
| QME's License Threatened after Medical Marijuana Sting | 05/02/2013 | ||
| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Board of Osteopathic Medicine is recommending disciplinary action against a Fresno qualified medical examiner for allegedly recommending the use of medical marijuana to patients without conducting medical examinations.According to an ...Read More | |||
| Qmedtrix Asks Appeals Court to Hold FairPay Settlement Illegal | 02/13/2013 | ||
| State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Qmedtrix, a Portland, Ore., bill-review firm, has asked the Louisiana Court of Appeal, 3rd Circuit, to dismiss a district court's approval of a settlement involving repricing of workers' compensation outpatient medical bills by FairPay Solutions.Qmedtrix says the decision by 27th...Read More | |||
| Qualified Individual Question Prevents Summary Judgment | 01/28/2013 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The existence of triable issues of fact about whether a worker was a "qualified individual with a disability" barred an employer from obtaining summary judgment against a disability discrimination suit, California's 4th District Court of Appeal determined. Case: Prock v. Tamura Corp....Read More | |||
| Quiet Legislative Session Expected for 2013 | 01/21/2013 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefPolitical experts are predicting a quiet session of the California Legislature session in 2013 with most workers’ compensation professionals focusing their energy on regulations to...Read More | |||
| Question on Contractor's Comp Coverage Precluded Summary Ruling | 01/02/2013 | ||
| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A contractor which allegedly lost its license due to its failure to carry workers' compensation coverage is getting a second chance to defend its entitlement to payment for work it performed on a homeowner's property.Case: Hong v. Creed Consulting, ...Read More | |||
