Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB: Drug Formulary Has Helped Reduce Prescription Costs, UR Requests | 02/12/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Prescription drug costs and utilization review requests declined sharply at first, then steadily in the two years after the California Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted its Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule drug formulary, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Assert Occupational Disease Claim Based on Aggravation of Conditions | 02/11/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a clerical worker with a history of neck issues and a carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis could still assert a viable occupational disease claim based on aggravation of her preexisting conditions. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Reports Drops in Compounds, Opioids in Formulary Analysis | 02/10/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The share of pharmaceutical payments for opioids, compound drugs and brand-name drugs when generic alternatives were available dropped sharply after the California Division of Workers’ Compensation implemented a prescription drug formulary. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial Committee to Discuss Experience Rating Plan Values for Sept. 1 Filing | 02/10/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Actuarial Committee on Tuesday is expected to discuss proposed experience rating plan values for the bureau’s Sept. 1, 2021, regulatory filing. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Pursue Tort Claim Against Colleague | 02/09/2021 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker could not proceed with a tort claim against a colleague whose negligence allegedly caused an accident that left him paraplegic. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment for Fall From Scaffold | 02/09/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a scaffold lacking guardrails. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Governing Committee Meets Wednesday | 02/08/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is set to start discussing on Wednesday proposed regulatory changes that it might recommend later this year. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Wayward Husband Gets Service-Connected Disability Retirement | 02/04/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld an award of service-connected disability retirement benefits to a pubic employee for his psychological conditions after an extramarital affair with a co-worker. ...Read More | |||
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Warehouse Worker Arraigned on Fraud Charges | 02/04/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A warehouse worker in Buttonwillow was arraigned on multiple felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud for allegedly failing to disclose previous occupational injuries, the California Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
