Workers' Compensation News
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Fire Marshal Supports Proposed PTSD Presumption Legislation | 12/11/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| State Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, who is also Florida’s fire marshal, is backing cancer and PTSD presumption legislation for first responders, WFL...Read More | |||
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Formulary Finalized, but Treatment Guidelines Shunned | 12/05/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: AR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Arkansas has finalized its workers’ compensation drug formulary and will become the first state to adopt one without evidence-based treatment guidelines, officials said Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Farmworker Ordered to Pay $3,500 in Restitution for Failing to Disclose Prior Injuries | 12/04/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A farmworker who failed to disclose two previous back injuries during an exam with a qualified medical evaluator was ordered to pay $3,500 in restitution, perform 160 hours of community service and placed on probation for three years, according to investigative firm Probe Information Services....Read More | |||
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Formal Rules on Compounds and Telemedicine Going Forward Next Month | 11/30/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is on track to release formal rule-making proposals next month on preauthorization for all compounded drugs and to allow billing for telemedicine services. ...Read More | |||
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Fee Award Warranted for Assistance of Counsel in Getting Settlement Set Aside | 11/30/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a worker’s entitlement to an award of $3,800 in attorney fees for the assistance of her attorney in getting a prior settlement of a comp claim set aside. ...Read More | |||
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Fraud Update On Tap for Next CHSWC Meeting | 11/29/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Commissioners of California’s labor-management advisory panel will hear a brief on fraud-fighting efforts during their next meeting Dec. 15 in Oakland. ...Read More | |||
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Former Commissioner Narrows Discrimination Lawsuit | 11/28/2017 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The attorney for a former Iowa workers’ compensation commissioner who alleges then-Gov. Terry Branstad discriminated against him because he is gay has narrowed the scope of his lawsuit and plans to take it to trial next year. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Had Been Denied Fair Hearing on Disability Retirement | 11/27/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a firefighter was entitled to a new hearing on her entitlement to disability retirement benefits because she had been denied a fair hearing the first time around. ...Read More | |||
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Farm Labor Contractors Sentenced to 250 Days in Jail for Premium Fraud | 11/21/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The father-and-son owners of a Monterey County farm labor contracting business were sentenced to 250 days in jail and ordered to pay $382,951.59 in restitution after pleading guilty to four felony counts of insurance fraud. ...Read More | |||
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FDA: Nerve-Stimulation Device Relieves Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms | 11/20/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted marketing authorization of the first device used to reduce the symptoms of opioid withdrawal. ...Read More | |||
