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Gunn: Identifying and Dealing With Fraud in Your Comp Program
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08/20/2019
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By: Stacey Gunn
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
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Workers' compensation fraud costs employers hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. Fraudulent claims create both a financial and administrative burden for employers, as well as create additional hardship for injured workers with legitimate claims.
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Wagner: Race to the QME Specialty
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08/16/2019
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By: Kimberly R. Wagner
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
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An ongoing hot button issue in California workers’ compensation remains the specialty selected for the panel qualified medical evaluator, as it is generally the defense’s opportunity to have the injured worker evaluated by a neutral medical-legal physician after being referred to his ...Read More
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Duff: How Low Can You Go?
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08/15/2019
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By: Michael C. Duff
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State: WY | Segment: Top | 0
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My work on a Wyoming workers’ compensation treatise (submitted to the publisher two weeks ago) has emphasized a fairly stark reality: While 90% of Wyoming workers are covered by workers’ compensation only 68% of them work for employers required to provide it.
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Hole: A Disappointing Decision
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08/13/2019
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By: Trisha Hole
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State: OR | Segment: Top | 0
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In a very disappointing decision for employers and insurers issued Thursday, the Oregon Supreme Court held that the presence of a legally cognizable pre-existing condition is no longer sufficient to apportion permanent impairment in the absence of combined condition processing.
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Anders: What Generic Lyrica Means for MSAs
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08/05/2019
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By: Daniel M. Anders
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
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On July 19, the Food and Drug Administration approved multiple applications for the first generics of Lyrica (pregabalin). This follows the expiration of Pfizer’s patent on Lyrica at the end of June. The generic is expected to be available at pharmacies in the coming weeks.
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Anders: What Does Generic Lyrica Mean for MSAs?
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08/01/2019
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By: Dan Anders
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
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On July 19, the Food and Drug Administration approved multiple applications for the first generics of Lyrica (pregabalin). This follows the expiration of Pfizer’s patent on Lyrica at the end of June. The generic is expected to be available at pharmacies in the coming weeks.
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Fein: Better Treatments for Opioid Addiction
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07/31/2019
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By: Lewis Fein
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
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The opioid epidemic is a moral hazard of existential proportions — a test of the moral health of the insurance industry in which the question is, will insurers acknowledge the severity of this threat by subsidizing better ways to treat it?
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