
California’s largest workers’ compensation carriers could launch a pilot project to evaluate the use of prepaid debit cards for temporary disability benefits, under recently introduced legislation.
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Workers’ comp drug spending fell by 3.3% last year, following a 7.6% reduction in 2016, and spending on compounded medications plummeted by 37.1% in 2017,
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There's a new sheriff in town who won't allow price gouging on medications, or loopholes for exorbitantly priced, repackaged drugs. And soon, he'll be coming
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Employers say a bill that would allow California peace officers to seek workers’ compensation benefits for injuries that occur outside of the state would unnecessarily create
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While many recent efforts to combat the opioid crisis have focused on restricting initial prescriptions for the painkillers, others are attacking the issue from the
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What began as an official complaint against a doctor has ballooned into a Texas-sized drama, with one administrative law judge forced to resign and the
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The absence of a mental health chapter in California’s workers’ comp medical treatment guidelines is sparking a new wave of concern that psychological care for
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Five years after a deep-red Republican Legislature made cuts to the already-tight workers' compensation benefits in Kansas, worker advocates are celebrating a victory in improved death
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OAKLAND — A labor-management panel on Thursday asked its staff to come up with a list of ways to ensure that $120 million in supplemental benefits
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Insurance groups are marshaling forces to defeat legislation that they say would loosen federal restrictions on compounding pharmacies and send medication costs soaring.
Although the
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