Workers' Compensation News
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MLAC to Discuss Comp Exemption for Hockey Players at Meeting | 02/05/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s Management Labor Advisory Committee on Friday will discuss a bill that would explicitly exempt from workers’ compensation coverage players for a junior league hockey team. ...Read More | |||
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Man Gets 12 Months' Probation for Working While Collecting Benefits | 02/01/2018 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Clarion, Pennsylvania, man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation and 50 hours of community service following his arrest on workers’ compensation fraud charges. ...Read More | |||
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Medical Care for Worker in Pain Is Employer's Liability | 01/29/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that an employer was liable for a worker’s future medical care for his injuries from two work accidents, even though the worker had pre-existing conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Mileage Reimbursement Increases to 54.5 Cents | 01/26/2018 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Division announced that injured workers who use their personal vehicle to travel for medical appointments after Jan. 1 will be reimbursed at a rate of 54.5 cents per mile....Read More | |||
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Medical Quality Audits Will Look at Opioid Prescribing, Referrals for Testing | 01/26/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Texas regulators will take a close look at the opioid prescribing practices of medical providers, as well as the appropriateness of their referrals for testing, under the medical quality review annual audit finalized by the Division of Workers’ Compensation on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
| Medical Unit Accepting Applications for April 28 QME Exam | 01/24/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Medical Unit is accepting applications for the qualified medical evaluator examination that will be held April 28. Physicians must pay a nonrefundable $125 fee to sit for the exam. Physicians are also required to complete a 12...Read More | |||
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MWCC to Install New Technology in 6 Courthouses | 01/24/2018 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| When attorneys began coming into Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission courtrooms with flash drives, hoping to share a video saved on the device during a hearing, staff initially didn’t know what to tell them. ...Read More | |||
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More Doubts Surfacing About Spinal Cord Stimulators for Injured Workers | 01/22/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Competition is heating up among makers of spinal cord stimulators, as the devices, which are touted as an alternative to opioids for treating chronic pain, are becoming smaller and more sophisticated. ...Read More | |||
| MEMIC Promotes Ben Cavallaro to Production Underwriter | 01/22/2018 | ||
| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The MEMIC Group has promoted Ben Cavallaro to the position of production underwriter, a move intended to support growth within the Georgia market, the company said. Cavallaro joined MEMIC in 2013 as a compensation associate in the claims department. He became an analyst in MEMIC’s u...Read More | |||
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Medical Reimbursement Disputes Drop by Half in Four Years | 01/19/2018 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The number of medical reimbursement disputes between providers and payers has dropped by nearly half in four years, according to the Division of Workers’ Compensation's annual report. ...Read More | |||
