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Top Story: Thursday, March 21, 2019
Some Texas counties may be steering injured first responders away from the workers' compensation system, then firing them before they have recovered enough to return to work, according to witnesses who spoke at a Texas House committee this week.
In emotional testimony Tuesday, two law enforcement officers told the House Business and… Read more »
On Friday, some 30 Oregon stakeholders, lawyers and state workers’ comp officials will convene for a three-hour work session held by the Management-Labor Advisory Committee. It will be the fourth such meeting in as many weeks dedicated to a single bill before the Legislature, with additional gatherings scheduled for the next two Fridays.
Most workers’ comp legislation proposes tweaks — important… Read more »The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that principles of equity should have… Read more »
An Ohio appellate court ruled that a widow failed to assert a viable claim against her late husband’s employer for his… Read more »
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A Florida appellate court overturned a judge’s decision allowing an employer to end its payment for the treatment of a worker suffering from exposure to poor indoor air quality.
Case: Meehan v. Orange County Data & Appraisals, No. 1D17-1076, 03/20/2019, published.
Facts: Geoffrey Meehan worked for Orange County Data &… Read more »
A New York appellate court upheld the rejection of a claim by a worker who provided differing accounts of his alleged injury and how he provided notice to his employer.
Case: Matter of Washington v. Human Technologies, No. 526054, 03/14/2019, published.
Facts and procedural history: Michael Washington had worked for Human… Read more »The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not liable for the cost of treatment that a worker had obtained 11 years after a compensable injury, as he did not obtain preauthorization.
Case: ABF Freight System v. Dugger, No. CV-18-833, 03/13/2019, published.
Facts: Byron Dugger worked for ABF Freight System. He injured his… Read more »
Prescriptions for drugs that are exempt from utilization review increased in the first half of 2018 following the formulary launch, the California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported Wednesday.
The Division of Workers’ Compensation in late 2017 adopted formulary rules that designate some drugs as “exempt” from prospective utilization… Read more »
A Florida plant manager, badly burned in an explosion, is now accusing a workers' compensation carrier of playing “head games” with him over his treatment and has limited his gastroenterology care to a doctor 60 miles from his home, according to Tampa news report.
"I think it's part of their head games. I mean, why not send me to a… Read more »
What are your options when an Medicare set-aside has derailed your settlement discussions or complicated resolution of a claim with a Medicare beneficiary?
Concerns about protecting Medicare’s interests come into play when settling future medical care in… Read more »
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted changes to the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system.
The division posted an order Wednesday adopting the following Medicare changes to the physician and non-physician practitioner fee schedule:
CMS Medicare National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File RVU19B April 1, 2019, quarterly update.
National Correct Coding Initiative Physician/Practitioner Services CCI Edits April 1, 2019, quarterly update.
National Correct… Read more »The Hawaii Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts passed a bill that would eliminate the scheduled sunsetting of a law allowing injured… Read more »
Bills that would require insurers to pay the full federal price on medical services given to injured workers at… Read more »
A teacher at the University of Texas, El Paso, received a grant to identify strategies to prevent workplace injuries that occur when tendons degenerate or wear out from long-term use, the school announced.
Dr. Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, an assistant professor of public health sciences at UTEP, will lead a team of researchers who will investigate factors that increase the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the upper limbs, such as tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger.
“Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are a… Read more »David White is returning to LWCC as vice president, chief internal auditor the Louisiana-based workers’ compensation carrier… Read more »
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott appointed Kevin Gaffney as deputy commissioner of the Department of Financial… Read more »
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is lowering the discount rate used to determine the present-day value of money when settling workers’ compensation claims for the second quarter of 2019.
The DWC on Wednesday announced the discount rate for the period from April 1 through June 30 will be 6.02%. That compares to the rate of 6.16% in effect for the first three months of the year.
The discount rate is updated quarterly and based on… Read more »
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