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Monday, October 8, 2018

DOL Grant Awards Help Build Return-to-Work Momentum

  • by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
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Efforts to return injured employees to work got a boost in eight states last month with the award of $19 million in funding through a

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Monday, October 8, 2018

Revised Fee Schedules Leave Providers Asking for More

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: New York
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Despite hundreds of public comments, including 262 postcards from a single law firm, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board has made only relatively minor changes

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Friday, October 5, 2018

PDMP Dispensing Mandates Cut Risky Prescribing, Study Finds

  • by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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Despite at least two recent studies that question the effectiveness of prescription drug monitoring programs, a new study finds that PDMPs do work to reduce

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Friday, October 5, 2018

Protz Fix, Uninsured Employer Bill Approved by Committees

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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With just a few voting days left in the session, two long-awaited bills that would have a significant impact on workers’ compensation costs and benefits

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Friday, October 5, 2018

N.Y. Surpasses Calif. as Most Costly State for Comp

  • by Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — Despite three rate decreases in as many years, New York will take from California the dubious title of the most expensive state in

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

New York Now No. 1 in Comp Costs; Calif. Ranks 2nd

  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — New York has dethroned California as the most costly workers’ compensation system in the nation, according to a preliminary ranking by the Oregon

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Businessman Charged With Fraudulently Billing $284M

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

A Southern California businessman was arrested on charges that include paying more than $8.8 million for patient referrals that were used to generate more than $284

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Rand Report Says Benefit Levels, Complexity Undermine Comp in U.S.

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

A new report from Rand Corp. finds that benefit reductions, system complexity and a lack of access to quality health care are defeating the purpose of workers’

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Regulators Showing Bite in Dealing With Wayward TPAs

  • by Eddie Curran (correspondent)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Substantial fines and penalties levied in the past year in Texas and Florida show that some regulators are keeping a close eye on third party

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Experts Say More Work Needed to Control Opioids

  • by Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — Workers’ compensation programs have dramatically reduced the amount of opioids used by injured workers, but more remains to be done to treat the

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