Workers' Compensation News
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WC Board Releases Revised Authorization Request Forms
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04/11/2018
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 96 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read
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The New York Workers' Compensation Board has revised medical authorization request forms to allow more room for a national provider information (NPI) number, and for more than one email address and fax number.
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Employers Oppose Bill to Cover Police Officers Injured Out of State
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04/10/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 698 | 1 | Popular with Legal | 53 min read
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Employers say a bill that would allow California peace officers to seek workers’ compensation benefits for injuries that occur outside of the state would unnecessarily create a gray area in the state’s workers’ compensation law.
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Underreporting Payroll
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04/10/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 446 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read
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The owner of a Southern California janitorial company pleaded guilty to underreporting payroll by more than $1 million in an effort to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office ...Read More
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ACOEM Wants Greater Focus on Functional Improvement in Opioid Treatment
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04/10/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 335 | 2 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read
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While many recent efforts to combat the opioid crisis have focused on restricting initial prescriptions for the painkillers, others are attacking the issue from the angle of opioid use by chronic pain patients.
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Uproar After Chief ALJ Forces Another Judge to Resign
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04/10/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 434 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read
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What began as an official complaint against a doctor has ballooned into a Texas-sized drama, with one administrative law judge forced to resign and the chief judge now facing calls for her own dismissal.
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Supreme Court Ends Surgery Center Fee Schedule Challenge
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04/10/2018
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State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 88 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read
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The North Carolina Supreme Court has denied review of an appeal by medical providers who argue that the Industrial Commission violated the state’s Administrative Procedure Act when it adopted an ambulatory surgery fee schedule, the commission announced.
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WCD Mulling Request for Multiple-Language Warning Notices
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04/10/2018
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 69 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 94 min read
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The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is taking comments on a request that it require employers and insurers to send warning notices in multiple languages when correspondence by insurers, employers or state regulators include time-sensitive forms and notices.
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