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Friday, October 12, 2018

Lack of Settlement Authority a Barrier to Claim Closure

  • by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  5 shares

In many workers’ comp cases, there’s a narrow window of opportunity when parties on both sides of the claim are close to reaching a settlement,

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Friday, October 12, 2018

NASI: N.Y. Saw Biggest Cost Increases in 2016, Mich. Greatest Drop

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  0 shares

New York, Wyoming and Iowa employers in 2016 saw the largest increase in workers’ compensation costs as a share of payroll, while Michigan and Ohio

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Doctors at Gala Say Their Lien Days Are Over

  • by Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  8 shares

SAN DIEGO — Medical providers who treat California workers’ compensation applicants on a lien basis are playing a fool’s game, physicians and attorneys said Wednesday

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Man Fights State Exemption of Comp for Ag Workers

  • by Eddie Curran (correspondent)
  • State: South Dakota
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  2 shares

Most states provide that workers' compensation coverage is not required for all agricultural workers. But only in New Mexico has such an exclusion been overturned as unconstitutional.

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Fraud Investigations Help, but Problem Is Much Bigger, Critics Say

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: North Carolina
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  0 shares

Two years after a state audit report slammed the North Carolina Industrial Commission for failing to ferret out noncompliant employers, the agency says its investigations have

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Providers Say Reimbursement Inadequate Under Proposed Pharmacy Rules

  • by Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  2 shares

Service providers say changes to the pharmaceutical fee schedule that the Division of Workers’ Compensation proposed in September could significantly reduce reimbursement rates in California.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

NCCI: First-Responder Bills Dominated 2018 Sessions

  • by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  1 share

Out of hundreds of pieces of workers’ comp-related legislation considered this year, about one in eight bills pertained to first responders, according to the National

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

State Gets Another Rate Decrease, but Supreme Court Case Looms

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Kansas
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  0 shares

Kansas officials are celebrating a fifth straight workers’ compensation rate decrease, but worker advocates are reminding them that the outlook could soon change with a looming state

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Private-Label Drugs Drive Concern About Topical Medications

  • by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  1 share

As the workers’ comp industry has reined in spending on custom-made compounded pain creams, other types of topical medications are now drawing scrutiny.

Manufactured topicals

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Study Shows Chiros Focusing on 'Easy' Lower-Back Exams

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Texas
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  3 shares

A study by the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation draws a bold line under a concern that physicians have had for years: The designated doctor

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