Workers' Compensation News
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Record Lacked Evidence to Deny Claim
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10/13/2015
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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There was no evidence in the record for a trial court to deny the compensability of a claim or to refute a treating physician's opinion that an injury was compensable, the Court of Appeals of Ohio ruled.
Case: Larry Moore v. Stephen Beuhrer et al., C-140413, 9/30/2015, published.
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Record Doesn't Support Payments to Carrier from Special Disability Fund
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10/13/2015
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A report by an independent medical examiner attributing 80% of a worker's disability to a 2003 injury was not sufficient to qualify a carrier to be reimbursed by the Special Disability Fund, a New York appellate court ruled.
Gilbert Savage was awarded workers' compensation benefit...Read More
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Rules Would Require Reimbursement of up to 2 lbs. of Marijuana a Year
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10/06/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Injured workers in New Mexico would be reimbursed up to $10,904 a year for purchasing up to two pounds of pot under the nation's first set of regulations to establish fee schedule rates and maximum quantities for medical marijuana in a state workers' compensation system.
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Reed Group Launching Formulary Based on ACOEM Guidelines
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10/06/2015
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other
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The Reed Group said Monday that next month it will launch a drug formulary based on American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine practice guidelines.
Senior Vice President Joe Guerriro said Reed's is the "only formulary within the workers’ compensation arena ...Read More
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Report Card Shows Networks Treating Nearly Half of Claimants
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10/05/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Health care networks are providing medical care to nearly half of Texas workers' compensation claimants, for about the same cost as non-network providers but with better return-to-work rates and fewer days of lost time, according to the annual ...Read More
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Rulings Require Payers to Audit PTD Claims for Underpayments
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10/01/2015
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two decisions handed down by the Minnesota Supreme Court more than a year ago will require claims managers to check their claims files to find out if any claimants had been underpaid because of improper offsets.
Last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued two decisions which established...Read More
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Retired Officer Indicted for Fraud
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09/30/2015
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A retired Prince George’s County, Maryland, police officer has been indicted on charges of theft and workers'...Read More
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