Workers' Compensation News
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Pleas for Adequate Compensation Dominate MLFS Hearing
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10/19/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 725 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read
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OAKLAND, Calif. — The solution to concerns over abusive billing practices and low-quality medical-legal reports might just be more money.
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WCIRB: IMR, Fraud Enforcement Effect on Med Costs Likely Significant
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10/19/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 433 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read
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Independent medical review and new rules for lien filers in Senate Bill 863 helped drive down medical costs and contributed to a series of pure premium rate decreases totaling 40%, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.
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Car Washes, Manufacturers Shut Down Over Safety Violations
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10/19/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 319 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read
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California regulators ordered four car washes in the Los Angeles area and three manufacturers in Orange County to shut down because of health, safety and workers’ compensation violations, the Department of Industrial Relations said Thursday.
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WCRI: Medical Costs Per Claim Rise in Most, but Not All, States
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10/19/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 213 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 64 min read
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Virginia, Iowa and Wisconsin had the fastest rates of growth in medical costs per workers’ comp claim among 18 states examined in a series of reports released Thursday.
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Protz 'Fix' Applauded, but May Mean More Litigation
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10/19/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 262 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read
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Insurers and employer groups are celebrating after the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed House Bill 1840, known as the “Protz Fix,” be...Read More
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Employer's Immunity Shielded Truck Driver Trainee's Mentor From Suit
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10/19/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 2 min read
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The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled that a truck driver trainee could not proceed with a tort claim against his mentor for negligently falling asleep behind the wheel as they were traveling across Iowa.
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Four Convicted in $10M Pain Cream Scam
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10/19/2018
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State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 116 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read
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Four Arkansas residents pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. military’s TriCare health insurance program by paying patient recruiters to find beneficiaries willing to accept compounded pain creams prescribed in the name of a physician who never saw the patients, federal prosecutors said Th...Read More
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