In most cases involving catastrophic injury and temp agencies, insurance carriers are quick to say their policyholder is not the true employer and should be
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Details of the transfer of Chicago’s estimated $100 million-per-year workers’ compensation program from the City Council to the executive branch remain hard to come by,
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Federal prosecutors in Southern California secured another conviction in a case involving more than $211 million in payments for compound drugs that doctors allegedly prescribed
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is under fire for a change to the Medicare fee schedule that slashes payment rates for certain
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At least seven workers’ compensation bills have begun making their way through committees of the Texas Legislature, including one that would make workers' compensation mandatory for
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Gov. Steve Bullock is opposed to a bill that would strip his authority to appoint all seven directors for the Montana State Fund, but the
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AF Group is launching a pilot program this year in which wearable technology will be provided to selected workers’ comp policyholders to improve employee safety, just
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Florida’s new Republican governor has appointed three new justices to the state Supreme Court, giving it what some are calling its most conservative bent in decades.
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Legislation introduced last week would make Hawaii the first state in the country to require by law workers’ compensation coverage for medical cannabis.
Although courts
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The federal government has launched an assessment of whether Medicare should pay for acupuncture treatment for chronic low back pain, a move that could bolster
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