
New York State's Black Car Fund has been called a model program for the growing ranks of Uber, limousine and other independent drivers, in part
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While other states saw firefighters marching in the streets and extensive local news coverage, Tennessee lawmakers this year quietly passed a presumption law that lists
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A wrongful termination case initiated by a former investigator for the California Department of Industrial Relations who said she was fired for cooperating with an
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Injured workers with health care coverage had better outcomes compared to uninsured workers, including a higher and quicker rate of returning to work after injury,
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The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission took steps toward carrying out a smaller provision from the reform bill enacted last month by opening the bidding process
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Although three-quarters of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cases are caused by smoking, another 15% are work-related, resulting from exposure to dust, gases and fumes, according
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Workers' compensation carriers could be doing much more to scrutinize medical bills, something their health insurance brethren have done for more than a decade, health
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Low back injury claims in which treatment adhered to American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine guidelines had lower costs than claims in which the
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An injured worker in New York could be prescribed an opioid-based painkiller for up to seven days without prior authorization, but if he overdoses, an
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An impending update to a medical diagnosis coding system is likely to add complexity to workers’ comp billing, but it could also bring what some
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