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	State Updates Fee Schedules, but Not Guidelines		09/29/2017
	State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 278 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	North Dakota has published updated fee schedules that will go into effect Sunday. The fee schedules determine how much facilities will be reimbursed for care performed on injured workers at outpatient therapy centers, ambulatory surgical centers and other types of medical facilities. ...Read More

	State's Rate-Maker Proposes 9% Pure Premium Decrease		09/28/2017
	State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 175 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The state's rate-maker has proposed a roughly 9% decrease to pure premiums in January. A decrease in loss experience drove the proposed cut...Read More

	Stakeholders, Democrats Slam Draft Impairment Guidelines		09/27/2017
	By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
	State: NY | Segment: Top | 692 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday questioned the Workers’ Compensation Board’s transparency in crafting proposed new permanency impairment guidelines and accused the agency of overstepping its legislative directive. ...Read More

	State to Hire Auditor After Review Can't Account for $1.5 Million in Fraud Fund		09/27/2017
	State: NM | Segment: WEST | 168 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Insurance regulators in New Mexico are planning to hire an auditor to review its accounting practices after an external review was unable to determine the whereabouts of $1.5 million collected from carriers in fiscal year 2016 to investigate insurance fraud. ...Read More

	Settlements Can't Be Retroactively Voided as Against Public Policy		09/26/2017
	By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
	State: VT | Segment: Top | 192 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Vermont Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a full and final settlement between a worker and her employer cannot be voided based as contrary to public policy. Department of Labor Commissioner Anne Noonan last year refused to enforce the terms of a settlement calling for the release of ...Read More

	Senate Confirms Balasubramani Appointment as SAIF Director		09/26/2017
	State: OR | Segment: WEST | 376 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Oregon state Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Krishna Balasubramani to a second term on the SAIF Corp. board of directors. ...Read More

	Supreme Court Maintains Stance on Choice of Pharmacy, Carrier Payment Obligations		09/26/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 231 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday overturned a Court of Appeals decision that found an insurance carrier was not liable for the cost of medications an injured worker had obtained from an out-of-state pharmacy after the insurance carrier had specifically instructed him to get his medicati...Read More

	State Hires Law Firm to Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Crisis		09/26/2017
	State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 207 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The national law firm of Morgan & Morgan has been selected to lead the litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors, dispensers and any groups that allegedly contributed to the opioid crisis in Kentucky. ...Read More

	State: Claimants Can Challenge Stay, Not Whether Individual Liens Are Tainted		09/22/2017
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA | Segment: Top | 1463 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	California’s attorney general said in recent court filings that plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the automatic stay on liens filed by, or on behalf of, criminally charged providers are conflating two important questions. ...Read More

	Supreme Court Denies Depublication of Decision on Apportionment		09/22/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1643 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The California Supreme Court will not depublish a lower court's decision that limited the ability of an employer to apportion its liability for the poor outcome of a worker’s surgery. ...Read More