Physician assistants and nurse practitioners would be authorized to treat injured federal workers under a bill being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives.
HR 618, by
… Read more »The U.S. Department of Labor released a proposed rule that would require employers to develop an injury and illness prevention plan to control heat hazards
… Read more »A federal appellate court upheld a worker’s convictions and sentence to embezzlement and workers’ compensation fraud.
Case: U.S. v. Holmes, No. 23-4700, 06/21/2024, unpublished.
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… Read more »A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a coal industry employee despite the administrative law judge’s evidentiary error.
Case: Coastal
… Read more »Physician charges per procedure performed increased by 11% in workers' compensation claims from 2020 through 2022, outpacing the Bureau of Labor and Statistics Consumer Price
… Read more »Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs this week signed into law legislation that would enable certain first responders diagnosed with job-related post-traumatic stress disorder to receive alternative
… Read more »AppliedVR appointed Michael Marsau as its executive director of workers’ compensation.
Marsau is overseeing the launch of the company’s flagship
… Read more »The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions announced the recipients of its NextGen Award recognizing young professionals who are having a positive effect
… Read more »Workers’ compensation prices rose more quickly in states that update their fee schedules based on measures of price changes in the general economy rather than
… Read more »A federal appellate court ruled that an administrative law judge did not err in relying on a regulatory preamble to support an award of black
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