Workers' Compensation News
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Revised Case Management Rules Now in Effect | 08/31/2016 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation has adopted rules, effective Monday, that will require case managers used by insurers and employers to be registered with the bureau and comply with ethical guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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RGA Report Details Cost of Specialty Drugs | 08/30/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| RGA Reinsurance Co. has released a report identifying 183 high-cost specialty drugs, defined as those costing more than $7,000 a month or $50,000 a year, based on their wholesale costs. ...Read More | |||
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Rehabilitation Conference Will Cover Wide Range of Topics | 08/30/2016 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Registration ends Wednesday for the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry’s rehabilitation provider update conference Sept. 20. ...Read More | |||
| Raises Could Be in Store for Some Comp Judges | 08/29/2016 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Some of California’s workers’ compensation judges could get a raise under a tentative agreement negotiated by their union, the Sacramento Bee reports. The Califor...Read More | |||
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Refuse Collector Receives PTD Award for Shoulder Injury | 08/26/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a refuse collector for a shoulder injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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RBRVS Shifts Spending Away From Specialists, CWCI Finds | 08/24/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale medical fee schedule has had the intended effect of shifting medical dollars toward primary care doctors and away from specialists, according to a new report from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Resource Guide Gives State-by-State Info on Pharmacy Issues | 08/24/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Optum has released the latest version of its workers’ compensation Pharmacy Resource Guide. The guide includes state-by-st...Read More | |||
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Regional Insurer AmFed Begins Using Predictive Analytics to Write WC Policy | 08/24/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A regional carrier serving 10 states in the southeastern U.S. has begun using predictive analytics to write workers' compensation policies. AmF...Read More | |||
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Regulators Mull Marijuana, Opt Out and Other Issues at National Conference | 08/23/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ORLANDO, Florida — The number of Oklahoma employers that have chosen to opt out of the state’s workers’ compensation system is just 40 — a sign the traditional "system is working well here,” Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission Chairman...Read More | |||
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Repairman Pays $12,000 in Restitution to State for Fraud | 08/23/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio repairman paid the state's workers' compensation agency roughly $12,000 in restitution for returning to work at his home improvement business while collecting out-of-work benefits for an injury he had suffered on the job, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced....Read More | |||
