Workers' Compensation News
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TV Producer Should Not Have Been Dismissed as Party to Comp Claim | 03/06/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a television show producer was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing it as a party to a dispute over an injured worker’s claim for benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Triable Dispute Precluded Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/06/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a dispute about how many families resided within a brownstone building rendered summary judgment inappropriate in a worker’s Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Teva Launches Generic for Flector Pain Patch | 03/05/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has announced the launch of an authorized generic form of the Flector patch in the U.S. The diclofenac epolami...Read More | |||
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Telemedicine Provides Convenience, Cost Savings, Panelists Say | 03/04/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| PHOENIX — Consulting with a doctor via telemedicine might seem less personal than seeing a practitioner face-to-face at an office, but the opposite is often true, according to a risk manager for a major restaurant chain who spoke on the final day of the Workers Compensat...Read More | |||
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Text Messages Allegedly Contradict Jail Worker's Comp Claim | 02/20/2019 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An employee of an Oklahoma jail is under investigation for allegedly providing false information in a workers' compensation claim after she said she was injured when an inmate assaulted her. ...Read More | |||
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Trial of Insys Executives Features Dancing Fentanyl Bottle, Alleged Lap Dance | 02/19/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Insys Therapeutics founder John N. Kapoor and four former Insys executives are on trial in Boston on charges that they led a nationwide conspiracy to bribe doctors to prescribe Subsys, a potent fentanyl spray, and defraud health care insurers. ...Read More | |||
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Three-Member Panel Meeting Canceled | 02/19/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A meeting of the Three-Member Panel that recommends changes to Florida's workers' compensation medical fee schedules and reimbursement policies has been canceled, the Division of Workers' Compensation announced Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Two Taxi Company Owners Plead Guilty to Fraud Charges | 02/13/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Two New York taxi and transport company owners who ripped off workers’ compensation insurers and the federal Medicaid program pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges, the New York Inspector General’s Office announced Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Temporary Staffing Co. Employee Can't Maintain Tort Suit Against Borrowing Employer | 02/08/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a temporary staffing company’s employee could not maintain a tort suit against his borrowing employer, as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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Trump Plan to End Rebates to PBMs May Spread to Workers' Comp | 02/06/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pharmacy benefit managers and other stakeholders are keeping a wary eye on a Trump administration plan to effectively end manufacturers' rebates for PBMs that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs. ...Read More | |||
