As 2017 gets rolling, state legislatures are convening all over the country. Several of them are about to make mistakes in the area of medication management in workers' compensation.
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Remember when the full weight of federal and state governments, along with support from advocacy and public health groups, finally came crashing down on the heads of the tobacco industry?
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On Nov. 15, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina published its decision on Williford v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance, concluding that the Industrial Commission’s workers' compensation settlement agreement orde...Read More
Cardiovascular cases involving occupational risks are complicated causation proof issues in workers' compensation cases. The association of the work exposure and/or effort is usually a challenging proof battle where literature and medical experts are caught in a contentious duel.
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The New York Workers' Compensation Board has announced a new avenue for payers to challenge the appropriateness of long-term opioid use. Published last week, the notice begins:
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Physical therapy can be one of the biggest cost drivers of a workers’ comp claim. In addition to the treatment itself are the expenses for travel and the employee’s time away from work.
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Over the last several weeks, the Medicare Set-Aside community has been astir with all of the forthcoming Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services changes — from a new CMS review contractor, to possible threshold changes, to the expansion of review for liability MSAs, and now, to the lates...Read More
