Workers' Compensation News
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State Now Requires Pre-Approval on Compounded Drugs
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04/16/2018
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 161 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has formally adopted and published its long-awaited rules that will require pre-authorization for compounded drugs, a move designed to stem the escalating costs of those medications.
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Legislative Committee to Review Opioid, Notice Rules
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04/16/2018
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State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 114 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 43 min read
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The North Carolina Rules Review Commission on Thursday will consider a proposal by the Industrial Commission to amend regulations regarding treatment with opioids, and computation of time and notices.
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DWC Posts Adjustments to Hospital Outpatient, ASC Fee Schedule
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04/13/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 208 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation adjusted the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate changes made by Medicare.
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Supreme Court Denies Review of 2 Comp Cases
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04/13/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1149 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read
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The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied review of two workers’ compensation cases, including one involving an employer’s challenge to an administrative determination that its utilization reviewer had not timely responded to a request for authorization of treatment.
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Predictive Analytics Making Inroads Outside of Underwriting
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04/13/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 361 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 67 min read
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Workers’ compensation has taken the lead among commercial insurance lines in the use of predictive analytics, according to a new report, and data analysis has been a factor in the flattening out of cyclical swings in underwriting results, the researchers say.
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Fee Schedule May Not Make it Past Legislature, Stakeholders Say
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04/13/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 288 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read
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Proposed health care fee schedules released this week by the Florida Division of Workers' Compensation could boost outpatient surgery fees by 27% and raise medical costs by as much as $144 million, an analysis shows.
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Industrial Commission Posts EDI Tables
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04/13/2018
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 98 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 5 min read
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The Idaho Industrial Commission has posted an updated electronic data interchange table to its website.
The commission said it updated an e...Read More
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