
Opioid prescriptions continued to fall in 2017, a year that also saw the first decrease in independent medical review decisions, according to a pair of
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Three years after court rulings eviscerated Oklahoma's 2013 workers' compensation reform bill, two bills in the Legislature aim to clean up the mess and make some major changes to
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A Southern California surgeon who failed to pay taxes on $1.6 million he received in kickbacks for performing spinal surgeries at Pacific Hospital of Long
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As a growing number of states expand workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder among first responders, certain questions are likely going to be asked
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Nine months after being directed by the North Carolina legislature to tighten the reins on opioid prescribing, the state's Industrial Commission has proposed new rules
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the state’s Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act does not bar a worker from pursuing a tort claim against
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Alleged billing errors do not give the Division of Workers’ Compensation authority to deny applications for recertification as a qualified medical evaluator, according to the
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As the nation’s roads have become more dangerous, at least one workers’ comp carrier has seen a steady increase in the percentage of claims related
… Read more »Pennsylvania business and insurance interests are hoping the state House of Representatives will take another stab at a hotly debated bill that would create a
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Nearly half of workers injured in California in 2013 and 2014 who reached chronic opioid status were completely weaned off the drugs within a two-year
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