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Friday, July 10, 2020

Industry Must Work Harder to Attract, Retain Diverse Employees, Panelists Say

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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If the workers’ compensation industry is going to continue to thrive, businesses nationwide must be more proactive about recruiting and promoting minority employees, a group

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

Study: Workers' Comp Drug Spending Fell 6.1%, Opioid Use Continued Decline in 2019​

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Prescription drug spending on workers’ compensation plans fell 6.1% last year, and the total number of prescriptions fell by 4.3%, according to new data released

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

10 Indicted in Alleged Plan to Use Rural Hospitals to Bilk Insurers Out of $1.4 Billion

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Florida
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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An X-ray technician at a rural hospital in North Carolina said she knew trouble was brewing when the surgery for her work-related back injury suddenly

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Workers' Comp Data: 7 of 10 COVID Claims in State Approved​

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: Oregon
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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About 71% of Oregon’s workers’ compensation claims for exposure to COVID-19 have been approved, according to numbers provided by the state Workers’ Compensation Division and

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

NYCIRB Report Suggests COVID Claims Could Be Fewer Than Once Feared

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: New York
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  7 shares

COVID-19 workers' compensation cases through mid-June could result in hundreds of claims that will cost New York insurers more than $75 million in hospitalization expenses, according

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Comments Close for DWC Pharma Fee Schedule; Dispensing Fee Remains Point of Contention

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The public comment period for the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s latest Pharmaceutical Fee Schedule proposal ended Friday, with the possible elimination of the physician dispensing

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

NCOIL, NAIC, Other Groups Clash Over Insurance Rules, Rate Methods

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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A disagreement between two national insurance regulatory associations has boiled over into the national spotlight, with racial overtones and potential implications for how workers' compensation

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Monday, July 6, 2020

QME Reps Say DWC Ignored Agreements Between Payers, Providers​ for Med-Legal Fee Schedule

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The president of the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery and dozens of qualified medical evaluators have accused the Division of Workers' Compensation of

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Monday, July 6, 2020

Board's New Medical Policy Director Too Cozy With Employers, Insurers, Attorneys Charge

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

The New York Workers' Compensation Board dropped what some worker advocates are calling another bombshell amidst the agency's long-simmering hostilities with some members of the

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Thursday, July 2, 2020

Despite Some Gains, Comments Show QME Community Not Satisfied With Latest MLFS Proposal

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  2 shares

In its latest Medical-Legal Fee Schedule offering, the Division of Workers’ Compensation has upped the proposed payment for med-legal exams and proposed payment for no-shows

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