Forty-five days may be a standard time frame in many legal proceedings in Texas and around the country. But for injured workers who don’t yet
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Whether someone is feeling lonely or doesn't have access to healthy food are just two components of the "social determinants of health," a concept that
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A bill attempting to control air ambulance charges in Wyoming could undo the grand bargain of the state’s workers’ compensation system while having no real
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A plan to revamp Alabama’s notoriously low-paying workers’ compensation system and avoid another court ruling on the law’s constitutionality may have pulled up lame before
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Knee replacement is an increasingly common surgery for treatment of osteoarthritis, but recent research is raising questions about the procedure’s effectiveness in relieving pain and
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Texas is the only state left that still allows insurance carriers to use state-devised classification relativities to determine workers’ compensation rates.
But if the Texas
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The National Council of Insurance Legislators wrapped up 2018 by approving a model law related to physician dispensing and compounded drugs in workers’ compensation, as
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Christine Baker will once again be working for the state of California, albeit in a lesser capacity than the position she abruptly resigned last spring.
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Three years ago, Ohio municipalities warned that a firefighters’ cancer presumption bill would burn a hole in their budgets as workers’ compensation premiums spiked because
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A federal task force has released a draft report on opioids and pain management, recommending an individualized, multifaceted approach to treating pain as well as
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