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Cannabis treatment for work-related ailments may replace unsuccessful traditional approaches and increase as a growing number of workers ask courts and public agencies to reimburse for medical marijuana use, according to a recently published report.
And if the federal government ever decides to decriminalize the drug, use of medical marijuana to treat… Read more »
In a long-running and procedurally convoluted case involving a dispute over who should bear the cost for the preliminary medical benefits paid to a worker, the Kansas Court of Appeals issued a mea culpa for complicating matters by issuing an improper remand order and dismissed the matter.
Case: Travelers Casualty Insurance v. Karns,… Read more »
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund to a truck driver.
Case: Anttila v. Treasurer, No. SD36826, 09/17/2021, published.
Facts and procedural history: Arthur Anttila worked for Dyno Nobel Inc. as an over-the-road truck driver. Before he began working for Dyno in 2011, Anttila worked for Freymiller and Jevic… Read more »News: WEST
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a nurse case manager was entitled to benefits for a back condition linked to a car accident.
Case: Krezelak v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America, No. 2020-4954, 09/16/2021, published.
Facts: Candida Krezelak worked as a nurse. She suffered a low back strain in September 2009… Read more »
Specialty care management firm Paradigm announced that it renewed its contract with Medway Air Ambulance to serve as an in-network air medical transport provider.
Paradigm said in a statement that the contract will continue its 15-year relationship with Medway to fly injured workers for specialty or rehabilitative care at hospitals and facilities throughout the… Read more »Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Managed Care Advisors Inc., a Bethesda, Maryland-based government contracting firm and leading provider of workers' compensation and specialty health plan products, as well as services to the federal government.
Terms of the deal were not… Read more »
The administration of President Joe Biden on Monday announced enhanced and expanded measures by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to combat hazards associated with extreme heat exposure faced by workers indoors and outdoors.
OSHA is implementing a national emphasis program on heat-related… Read more »
Michigan’s average hospital cost-to-charge ratio will increase slightly Wednesday, according to an updated spreadsheet that the Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency posted to its website.
The average ratio will increase 1.69% to 0.4026 from 0.3959.
The cost-to-charge ratio is calculated by dividing each hospital’s total… Read more »
Are we all planning on attending the Zoom public hearing at 9 a.m. Friday regarding proposed changes to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board regulations? Rumor has it that the news regarding returning to the board for in-person trials is going to be discussed as well.
But that’s not what this post is about at this moment. There is actually some other news… Read more »
The National Council on Compensation Insurance proposed an 8.3% reduction in loss costs for Colorado’s voluntary market, effective Jan. 1.
The recommendation is based on premium and loss experience for policy years 2018 and 2019 and excludes claims resulting from COVID-19, according to the filing submitted to the Colorado Insurance Division.
Lost-time claim frequency has declined steadily since 2011, according to the filing. And the state’s… Read more »
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