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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

The Typo Heard Around the State Cuts Hospital Out of $600,000

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Kansas
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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It's being called the $600,000 typo, and no one seems to know how it found its way into the Kansas workers' compensation medical fee schedule.

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Monday, November 4, 2019

NASI: Workers' Comp Benefits Continue to Drop

  • by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Workers’ comp benefits paid dropped to 80 cents per $100 of covered wages in 2017, down from 84 cents in 2016 and $1.17 two decades

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Monday, November 4, 2019

Feds Seek to Amend Solakyan Filings to Remove References to Prosecutor

  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Federal prosecutors in Southern California are asking for permission to amend filings in a case accusing Sam Solakyan of orchestrating a $284 million fraud scheme,

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Friday, November 1, 2019

Work Comp Advised to Monitor Drug Shortage Situation

  • by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Drug shortages have been increasing in number and lasting longer, according to a new report from the FDA that blames the problem in part on

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Friday, November 1, 2019

Doctor Fees Higher, but Utilization Lower in Land of Lakes

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Minnesota
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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States such as Florida that are considering what to do about a continued rise in workers' compensation medical costs may want to take a look

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Panel Wants Higher Doctor Fees and Medicare-Based ASC Fees, but Lawmakers Have to Approve

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Florida
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida's workers' compensation medical reimbursement oversight panel has once again recommended a shift in medical fees to address an imbalance that threatens

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

CWCI Reports 94.1% of Treatments Ultimately Approved

  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reports more than 94% of treatment requests in the first 10 months of 2018 were ultimately approved by utilization review

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

ODG: Evidence Backs Telemedicine for Few Conditions

  • by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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Telemedicine is not a “one size fits all” solution when it comes to treating musculoskeletal conditions and is often being used without the backing of

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Campbell, Choi Leave DWC for Greener Research Pastures

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Texas
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The economists who have been the heart and soul of workers' compensation research in Texas are leaving their state positions to head research and managed

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Questions on Marijuana Grow as Use Spreads

  • by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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A flurry of marijuana-related legislation introduced in various states as well as Congress this year is just one way that pot is keeping the workers’

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