Despite medical treatment guidelines recommending against MRIs and other types of imaging in the early stages of low back pain, imaging remains a common practice,
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The California Department of Human Resources will oversee hiring at the Department of Industrial Relations after the State Personnel Board stripped the agency of its
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Illinois Democrats, with a supermajority in both chambers of the state Legislature, wasted little time this year passing a bill that would allow workers to
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Legislation that the Assembly Insurance Committee passed Wednesday is intended to facilitate ongoing discussions among users of California’s workers’ compensation system about how best to
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The Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would create something of a parallel program to the state’s workers’ compensation system
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Claims in which antidepressants were prescribed along with opioids had substantially higher costs than those with opioids alone, according to a new study from workers’
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Illinois' workers' compensation officials and insurers, hoping for more fraud investigators, not fewer, are feeling a little disheartened this week after learning that there may
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California's State Compensation Insurance Fund is getting ready to launch an automated utilization review system that it says will give medical providers approval of treatment
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The New York Workers' Compensation Board took a page from other states' experience in proposing to require preapproval for all compounded drugs, not just those
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Employees who had access to a workplace wellness program were more likely to exercise regularly and actively manage their weight than those who weren’t offered
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