Workers' Compensation News
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4th DCA Rejects Truck Driver's Tort Claims Against Employer, Co-Employee | 04/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 345 | 1 | Popular with Legal | 36 min read | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured truck driver’s tort claims against his employer and co-employee seeking damages for injuries from a motor vehicle accident. ...Read More | |||
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Drug Spend Drops 3.3% in 2017; Compound Spending Slashed | 04/11/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 394 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read | |||
| Workers’ comp drug spending fell by 3.3% last year, following a 7.6% reduction in 2016, and spending on compounded medications plummeted by 37.1% in 2017, according to an Express Scripts drug trend report released on Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Group Spreading Word That Burgess Puts Medical Costs in Crosshairs | 04/11/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: LA | Segment: Top | 236 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 8 min read | |||
| There's a new sheriff in town who won't allow price gouging on medications, or loopholes for exorbitantly priced, repackaged drugs. And soon, he'll be coming after high prices charged by outpatient clinics. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Claim Volume Dips After Hurricane Strikes | 04/11/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 184 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| States struck by hurricanes saw claims drop by as much as 10% in the quarter of landfall, but frequency returned to normal within a year in even the most severe storms, according to a re...Read More | |||
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Self-Insured Employer Can't Assert Lien for Heart and Lung Act Benefits | 04/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 69 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that a self-insured employer cannot assert a subrogation lien against an employee’s recovery from a third party to recover the benefits it had paid under the Heart and Lung Act. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Details Cost-Containment Strategies State by State | 04/11/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 142 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 216 min read | |||
| For those struggling to keep track of medical cost containment initiatives in each of the 50 states, a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute might help. ...Read More | |||
| EK Health Teams Up With MLB on Managed Care Program | 04/11/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 115 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| EK Health has announced a partnership with Major League Baseball for a national managed care program. EK Health will provide case management, utilization review, medical bill review and provider network management to MLB. The partnership also includes Fairly Group, an insurance br...Read More | |||
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Substantial Evidence Supports Finding That Worker Fabricated Injury to Obtain Drugs | 04/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 72 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals determined that substantial evidence supported a finding that a worker who was fired after a physical altercation with one of his supervisors had fabricated a back injury in order to obtain drugs. ...Read More | |||
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CopperPoint Names Regional President for Subsidiary PacificComp | 04/11/2018 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 305 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read | |||
| CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. appointed David Kuhn as regional president of recently acquired subsidiary Pacific Compensation Insurance Co., and as executive vice president for the CopperPoint family of insurance companies. ...Read More | |||
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Hearsay, Speculation Aren't Enough to Allow Suit Against Utility | 04/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 72 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a utility company was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a property owner’s claims that it was responsible for a construction worker’s injury, since the claims were supported only by hearsay and speculation. ...Read More | |||
