Industry Insights
| N.H. Fee Schedule: Climbing a Mountain in the Fog? | 04/12/2011 | ||
| State: NH | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesNearly a year ago we blogged the issue of a medical fee schedule in Maine. The legislature mandated the creation of a fee schedule way back in 1991. Twenty years later, there have been a few reports, a few changes in the membership of the ...Read More | |||
| NCCI Study on Safe Lifting Programs for Long-term Care Facilities | 04/05/2011 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julie FergusonLynch Ryan & AssociatesA few years ago, an important National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health study on nursing home lifting equipment demonstrated that the benefits outweigh the costs. In addition to recapping the equipment investment in less than t...Read More | |||
| Narcotic Opioids in Comp - Cephalon's Role | 02/22/2011 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesNarcotic manufacturer Cephalon is back in the news, once again facing an investigation focused on the use of Fentora, a Schedule II narcotic, in workers' comp cases.Fentora is only FDA approved for breakthrough c...Read More | |||
| Nevans Guided DWC Through Turbulent Times | 02/16/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonThere was word this week that California Division of Workers' Compensation Acting Administrator Carrie Nevans passed away last weekend.Nevans guided the DWC through some turbulent years. The 2003 and 2004 legislative reforms mandated...Read More | |||
| No Genuine Dispute of Material Fact with Doctors' Bills | 01/20/2011 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerSorry for the absence, loyal readers. The holiday season, more appellate work, and the entrance of my first child into the world kept me away. But, I am back with a brand new 1st District Court of Appeal case summary. Once again,...Read More | |||
| No Statute of Limitations for Claimant Attorney Fee Motions | 10/27/2010 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerIt was too good to be true. This past July, I wrote of a proposed change by Dthe Division of Administrative Hearings to the rules of procedure for workers' compensation adjudications that would put a time limit of when claimants' att...Read More | |||
| NASI Publishes Interesting Read on Illinois WC Statistics | 10/22/2010 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe, Campbell & AssociatesOne of our readers sent the recent report of the National Association of Social Insurance or NASI. This report provides some of the matrices on interstate and federal workers compensation comparisons.You may note Illi...Read More | |||
| New Medical Provider Network Regulations | 10/01/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Peggy SugarmanGrancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Reubens and ThomasThe California Division of Workers' Compensation has adopted major changes to the Medical Provider Network (MPN) notice requirements effective Oct. 8, along with conforming changes to the general posting and DWC 1 ...Read More | |||
| Narcotics Usage: Too Much or too Little? | 08/10/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaHealth Strategy AssociatesJust in case you thought the problems with abuse of powerful prescription drugs have been overstated, here's a wake-up call.The CDC's Director is taking this very seriously, saying: "Overdose with prescription drugs is one ...Read More | |||
| Narcotic Usage in Workers' Comp - What's Really Going On? | 07/27/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaHealth Strategy AssociatesThere's a bit of confusion in the comp pharmacy management space, as there appears to be contradictory evidence from two respected sources about the use of narcotic opioids in workers comp.First, everyone agrees there's jus...Read More | |||
