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Workers' Compensation News

 

Provider Networks Increasing Their Focus on Outcomes 10/13/2016
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
When medical provider networks were introduced in California’s workers’ compensation system in 2004, results were initially mixed. ...Read More
 
 
Paradigm Outcomes Acquires Encore Unlimited 10/12/2016
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
Paradigm Outcomes, a provider of medical management services for catastrophic injuries and complex pain conditions, has acquired disability management company Encore Unlimited. Terms of the acquisition, which Paradigm announced last week, were not disclosed. Encore provides disabi...Read More
 
 
Paradigm Outcomes Acquires ALARIS Group 10/10/2016
State: CA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
Case management provider Paradigm Outcomes announced its acquisition of the ALARIS Group Inc. on Friday. Paradigm specializes in complex and catastrophic cases. The California-based company, which serves clients nationally, brings on ALARIS as a subsidiary. The acquisition will expan...Read More
 
 

Premium Cheat Gets 9 Months, Must Pay $5.4M Restitution 10/06/2016
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The owner of a Central California contracting company was sentenced to nine months in jail and ordered to pay $5.4 million in restitution for underreporting his payroll to avoid workers' compensation premiums, the state Department of Insurance said Wednesday. ...Read More
 
 
Pure Premiums to Drop 9.3%, but So Have Overall Benefits, Report Says 10/06/2016
State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The pure premium advisory rate will drop by an average of 9.3% in Michigan next year, the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced. The rate has decreased 39% since 2011 reforms and have saved employers nearly $400 million, the agency says. Gov. Rick Snyder s...Read More
 
 

PTSD Compensability Bill Remains Stuck in Committee 10/04/2016
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
An Ohio bill that would make post-traumatic stress disorder compensable for first responders in some circumstances, without accompanying physical injuries remains, mired in the state Senate Finance Committee. ...Read More
 
 

Proposed Rules Take Aim at Opioids, Compounded Drugs 10/03/2016
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is proposing rules aimed at curbing spending on naloxone and compound drugs. The BWC would no l...Read More
 
 

Prosecutors: Contractor Called Roofers 'Carpenters' to Save $71,000 09/29/2016
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Massachusetts prosecutors have accused a contractor of calling its employees carpenters to avoid the $71,000 in additional workers' compensation premium it would have paid if it called employees roofers. ...Read More
 
 

Pain Management Specialist Arrested 09/29/2016
State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Police arrested a Michigan pain management specialist on suspicion of insurance and prescription fraud Monday, saying he illegally distributed opioids that often ended up on the street. ...Read More
 
 

Provider Input Wanted as New Medical Fee Schedules Undergo Development 09/29/2016
State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission will take feedback from various health care providers on Oct. 11 as the agency develops its medical fee schedules. ...Read More
 
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