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Workers' Compensation News
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Doctor Charged in Self-Referral Scheme
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06/06/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1787 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read
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A doctor in Southern California is facing criminal charges for allegedly referring workers’ compensation patients to have procedures performed at other companies he owned.
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Despite Presumption Law, 9 in 10 Firefighter Cancer Claims Denied
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06/05/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 646 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read
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Despite a cancer presumption law for firefighters and emergency medical technicians that has been in place in Texas since 2005, insurers have denied 90% of cancer claims from first responders in the state from 2012 to 2017, according to data from the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
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Drug Company Sales Rep Pleads Guilty to Bribing Doctors to Prescribe Fentanyl
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06/01/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: NJ | Segment: Top | 592 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read
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A pharmaceutical sales representative's guilty plea this week to charges that she bribed physicians to prescribe opioids is another black eye for a drug industry facing mounting accusations that it has fueled the U.S. addiction crisis.
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Department Adds New Procedure Codes to Medical Fee Schedule
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06/01/2018
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State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 129 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read
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The Alabama Department of Labor has added new codes and procedures to its 2018 workers' compensation medical fee schedule for physicians' fees, surgery fees and lab fees, the department announced.
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DIR Proposes Changes to Subsequent Injury Account Rules
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06/01/2018
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 158 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read
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The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations is proposing changes to the rules for its self-insured employer subsequent injury accounts that would give the agency more time to respond to claims for reimbursement.
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Doctor Sentenced to Five Years for WC Fraud, Overprescribing
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05/29/2018
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 891 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read
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After an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, a Hillsboro doctor was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and for overprescribing pain medications.
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DOL Offering Grants for Return-to-Work Pilot Projects
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05/25/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 140 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read
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The U.S. Department of Labor is offering $20 million in grants for the development of new strategies to keep people with a work-related disability on the job.
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DIR Opens Registration for Educational Conference
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05/25/2018
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 108 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 56 min read
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The eighth annual Nevada Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference will feature sessions exploring large-deductible policies, vocational rehabilitation and worker misclassification, according to an agenda the Division of Industrial Relations released when opening registration for the eve...Read More
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