Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Asks for Help on Balance Billing by Military Hospital | 12/13/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 403 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 60 min read | |||
| Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio is known for its acclaimed trauma and burn-care units. It is the military’s only Level I trauma center, and one of only a few trauma centers in southwest Texas. ...Read More | |||
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MSF Gives Overview of Formulary Rules That Kick in April 1 | 12/13/2018 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: MT | Segment: Top | 254 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 44 min read | |||
| A webinar sponsored by Montana State Fund on Wednesday gave stakeholders an overview of new rules that will become mandatory next year, as the state joins Indiana as the latest in a growing number of jurisdictions that have adopted workers' compensation drug formularies. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Right to Control Choice of Pharmacy Doesn't Allow Self-Designation | 12/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 133 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read | |||
| Although injured workers in Louisiana do not have the right to get their medications from the pharmacy of their choice, the Court of Appeal last week ruled that an employer cannot turn the restriction into a license for self-dealing. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses $8,000 Fee Award as Unsupported by Substantial Reason | 12/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 73 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 65 min read | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals tossed an $8,000 award of attorney fees to an injured worker, based on the failure of the Workers' Compensation Board to explain its reasoning. ...Read More | |||
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Telemedicine Included in DWC's Adopted Research Agenda | 12/13/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 63 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 43 min read | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation will conduct a “baseline” evaluation of telemedicine in 2019, along with updates of several ongoing studies, according to the Research and Evaluation Group Fiscal Year 2019 Research Agenda ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Deputy Sheriff's Alleged Mental Injuries From Racial Harassment | 12/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 87 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying benefits to a deputy sheriff for alleged mental injuries inflicted by his colleagues. ...Read More | |||
| Insurers Will Report Indemnity Data to NCCI in 2020 | 12/13/2018 | ||
| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 107 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 33 min read | |||
| The Minnesota Workers' Compensation Insurers Association announced this week that its members will provide data to the National Council on Compensation Insurance as part of a nationwide study. Insurers will initially provide indemnity transaction data for the second qu...Read More | |||
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Report: State to Fight Lawsuit Over Hanford Presumption | 12/13/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 72 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| Officials in Washington state vowed to defend a new law creating a presumption of compensability for cancer, heart conditions and breathing problems suffered by workers at the federal Hanford Nuclear Reservation. ...Read More | |||
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Pension Board's Denial of Application Went Against Manifest Weight of Evidence | 12/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 63 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an injured police officer was entitled to a disability pension for his injuries, as the decision to deny his application went against the manifest weight of the record evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol: Car Accidents Account for 40% of Fatalities | 12/13/2018 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 91 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| Motor vehicle accidents account for 40% of the occupational fatalities in Colorado, according to state-chartered Pinnacol Assurance. Pinnacol, whi...Read More | |||
