
Legislation that proponents say would lead to faster identification of secondary payers who might be owed money during the workers’ comp settlement process could soon
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When Texas workers’ compensation regulators implemented a drug formulary in 2011, restricting opioid prescribing, they expected that doctors would simply switch injured workers over to
… Read more »Six weeks before California Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker suddenly announced her retirement, four Workers' Compensation Appeals Board commissioners sent an angry letter to
… Read more »The National Guideline Clearinghouse, which for nearly two years has been at the center of a debate over evidence-based treatment guidelines in workers’ comp, will
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State lawmakers will hear testimony today on a bill that would prohibit counties and special districts throughout California from creating deferred retirement plans that are similar
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Workers’ comp insurance rates, which have been falling steadily since early 2015, are getting an additional downward push due to the new federal tax law.
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The Florida Division of Administrative Hearings will likely have to postpone for a few days its publication of new rules governing the nomination of workers'
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation agreed to enforce medical-legal billing rules as they are written as part of a settlement with eight doctors who
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Using alternatives to opioid therapy for treating non-cancer chronic pain, a recommendation of medical guidelines including those from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
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When is a worker considered an independent contractor? When he registers as one with the state Department of Labor and Industry, according to a bill making
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