Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Proposes New Dispensing Fee, Changes to Pharmacy Fee Schedule | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation proposed rules to incorporate into its pharmacy fee schedule new prescription drug reimbursement rules adopted by the state’s Medicaid program. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Electronic Signature on C&R | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers and their beneficiaries in California would be able to electronically sign settlement agreements, under a bill introduced this month. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy No Bar to Civil Rights Claim for Forced Strip Search | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that neither qualified immunity nor the exclusive remedy provision of Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Law barred a nurse’s civil rights claims of being strip-searched as she reported for a job assignment at a jail. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Coal Miner | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a former miner on his occupational pneumoconiosis claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Publishes Compendium of State, Federal Cost Containment Strategies | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute published a guide describing the medical cost containment strategies used in all 50 states and three federal workers’ compensation programs. ...Read More | |||
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Fraud Determination Can Wait Until Claimant's Release From Prison | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board to hold off on addressing whether a worker had committed fraud to obtain benefits until after his release from prison. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Board Didn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Employer's Late Application for Review | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion in denying an employer’s untimely application for review. ...Read More | |||
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Double-Dipper Gets 5-Year Sentence, $170,000 Restitution Order | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said a woman was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $170,000 in restitution for conning two employers in two states with phony workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Truck Driver Due to Positive Drug Test | 02/27/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a truck driver for a back injury because of his positive drug test. Jami...Read More | |||
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DWC Adopts Designated Doctor Billing, Reimbursement Rule Changes | 02/27/2024 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted new and amended rules it said will improve billing and reimbursement for medical exams and related services. ...Read More | |||
