Workers' Compensation News
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Virtual Reality Draws More Interest as Non-Drug Pain Treatment
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11/12/2019
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Interest in virtual reality as a non-drug treatment for pain is growing in workers’ comp, and researchers are gaining a better understanding of when the therapy is likely to work.
San Francisco-based Karuna Labs last month announced it was making its Virtual Embodiment Training avai...Read More
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Veterans' Club Charged With Lapsed Comp Coverage
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08/01/2019
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
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A 74-year-old watering hole for veterans in Brockport, and its operator, have been charged with multiple counts of failing to carry workers' compensation insurance in the summer of 2014, a local newspaper ...Read More
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Veterans Hospital Worker Can't Get Benefits After Shooting
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05/21/2019
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A cleaning crew worker who was hurt in the February shooting at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Florida says he's been denied compensation for his injuries, but is unable to work and and feels betrayed by the federal workers' compensation system.
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VA Claimant Admits Fudging Mileage Reimbursements for $72K
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02/22/2019
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A Veterans Affairs employee must pay $72,207 in restitution to the federal government and serve five years' probation after pleading guilty to four counts of wire fraud and submitting false claims for mileage reimbursement, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York ...Read More
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Value-Based Care Struggles to Find Place in Workers' Comp
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01/11/2019
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Although value-based care may eventually gain a greater foothold in workers’ comp, it faces a number of hurdles — including providers’ attachment to the fee-for-service model, a webinar speaker said on Thursday.
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Voc Rehab School, Counselor Charged With Voucher Fraud
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12/17/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Schemes by California medical providers to pay kickbacks in exchange for workers' compensation patients are legend. Now a new scheme to fleece the system may have emerged: Kickbacks for vocational-rehabilitation services.
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Volunteer Worker's Waiver of Liability Didn't Bar Personal Injury Suit
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11/19/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A New York appellate court ruled that a volunteer employee should not have been barred from bringing a personal injury claim against his employer, even though he had signed a waiver of liability for such claims before he began working.
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Veto Override Required Compromises and Fancy Legislating
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11/16/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Backroom negotiations and lobbyist involvement are rarely associated with changes that benefit the many over the few. But talks this week between business groups and physicians led to the Illinois state Senate’s approval of a bill that could mean more doctors will sign up to treat injured w...Read More
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