Workers' Compensation News
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Uber's Offer of Accident Insurance to Drivers Is OK, Judge Rules | 03/29/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Uber Technologies Inc. has moved closer to ending class claims over its failure to provide workers’ compensation coverage. The ride-finding compan...Read More | |||
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Utica Surgeon Indicted on New Charges | 02/15/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Utica orthopedic surgeon has been re-indicted on workers’ compensation fraud charges and now is accused of bilking the system out of more than $50,000. ...Read More | |||
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Uber Agrees to Settle Class Action, Denies Taking Comp Premiums From Drivers | 01/11/2018 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Uber agreed to pay more than 2,000 New York drivers $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleges the ride-share company illegally took a 2.5% workers’ compensation premium surcharge from drivers instead of passengers. ...Read More | |||
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United Healthcare Piloting Continuous Glucose Monitor for Diabetes Patients | 01/11/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| United Healthcare, a provider of Medicare benefit plans, is running a pilot program of a wearable device that continuously monitors blood glucose levels in patients with Type 2 diabetes. ...Read More | |||
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Updates Proposed to Medical Fee Schedules | 01/03/2018 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Executive Office of Health and Human Services will hold a public hearing at 10:30 a.m. Friday on proposed amendments to 101 CMR 316.00, surgery and anesthesia;...Read More | |||
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United Heartland Expands Into New England | 12/21/2017 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Workers’ comp carrier United Heartland has started offering workers' compensation insurance in Connecticut. ...Read More | |||
| Updates to ASC, Hospital Reimbursement Manuals Withdrawn | 12/11/2017 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has withdrawn proposed updates to its reimbursement manuals for ambulatory surgical centers and hospitals. The rules, which were noticed in the Sept. 30, 2016, edition of the Florida Administrative Register, failed to receive legislative...Read More | |||
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U.S. Seeks Repayment of $3.5M Bilked From Work Comp Program | 12/01/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a civil lawsuit filed in Texas federal court Wednesday, the U.S. government seeks repayment of the $3.5 million it paid to two pharmacists who solicited prescriptions fro...Read More | |||
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UR Changes Coming in 2018; Need for Rules an Open Question | 11/30/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Some initial treatment requests for California workers injured after the start of the new year will be exempt from prospective utilization review when statutory changes made by Senate Bill 1160 take effect. ...Read More | |||
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Union Boss Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison | 11/17/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Northern California union boss who pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering in a case that also involves a Bay Area applicants’ attorney was sentenced to 37 months in prison, the ...Read More | |||
