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Surgery Center Group Sees Victory in DWC Regs
08/18/2011
changes" the article says.
Bryce Docherty legislative analyst for CASA told WorkCompCentral on Wednesday that the changes introduced Monday are updates to comport the fee schedule with modifiers updated my Medicare and aren't related to the proposal to cut reimbursement rates.
However he said in
Category: News
Providers Say Lower Outpatient Fees Could Restrict Patient Access
05/06/2010
' compensation system is a much different system than the Medicare system" said Bryce W.A. Docherty the association's lobbyist.
"Our point is whatever the rate is for a hospital outpatient department it should be the same for an ambulatory surgery center for workers' comp patients" he said. "These are the
Category: News
Medical Costs Drop 10% in Two Years
11/08/2018
from 10.8 in 2015. Total dollar amounts paid for controlled substances fell by 58 while payment transactions fell by 48 from 2015 to 2017.
The percentage of claims with prescriptions for opioids also fell to 11.6 in 2017 from 18.2 in 2015.
Bryce Docherty a lobbyist for the California
Category: News
New States Considering Firefighter Cancer-Presumption Laws
06/17/2016
colonoscopies sooner. They get PSA prostate-specific antigen screenings sooner.
Connecticut and Michigan recently passed presumption bills although Michigan did not fund its legislation said Mark Docherty president of the Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union. Montana has introduced a presumption
Category: News
Bill Includes Volunteer Firefighters Under Presumption Fund
10/25/2016
. Inclusion of volunteer firefighters greatly increases the potential risk Gillespie said.
Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation creating the presumption fund on Jan. 14 2015. Between then and Oct. 1 2016 at least 13 firefighters have developed cancer and one of them died said Mark Docherty president
Category: News
Surgery Center Group Says Rand May Have Numbers Wrong
09/30/2009
criticized the findings of a report on possible workers' compensation cost savings in comments to the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation. CASA lobbyist Bryce Docherty sent the comments to the commission on Monday responding to an invitation by the commission for public comment.
Rand
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Senate Passes Firefighter Funding Bill
03/18/2016
Docherty about a half-hour after SB 802 was passed. The bill now goes to the House for consideration.
The bill provides 1 million in funding this year with the promise of another 3 million next year he said.
The funding is provided by an amendment to SB 802 said state Senator Curtis Hertel D
Category: News
Surgeons Blast Proposed Fee Cuts to Ambulatory Surgery Centers
05/28/2010
insuring injured workers access to at least half of the procedures they need said Bryce W. A. Docherty representing the California Ambulatory Surgery Association which has more than 200 members statewide.
Based on a survey of members the association determined fees to ASCs would drop as much as 50
Category: News
Embattled Comp Docs Score with Medicare Payments
04/14/2014
sulfate injections another Schedule II narcotic painkiller ranking him fourth among California providers. The second most prolific biller for morphine in the state was Dr. Richard Docherty who submitted 477 bills for injecting the drug. Docherty has the same Long Beach address as Bernadett according to
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12/01/2014
STATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
OFFICE OF THE JUDGES OF COMPENSATION CLAIMS
PENSACOLA DISTRICT OFFICE
James Docherty
EmployeeClaimant
OJCC Case No. 14-002083NSW
vs.
Accident date 8282013
Progressive Employer Mgmt. Co.A-Plus Construction
of Northwest Florida
and
Corvel
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