In the early days of Michigan’s prescription drug-monitoring program in the early 2000s, medical providers seeking a patient’s prescription history would fax a request to
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A New York insurance broker charged in an extensive payroll fraud scheme this month has admitted to providing fake insurance certificates and falsifying a labor
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Saturdays don’t count as working days when determining whether a utilization review decision was timely, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruled in a significant panel decision
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Starting next year, hotel housekeepers in Illinois, New Jersey and Washington state should be armed with panic buttons they can press in case of assault,
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The Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, has reportedly offered to give up the entire value of the company to settle lawsuits over the drugmaker’s
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A man whose staffing firm was once the subject of the what was called the largest premium fraud case in the history of California was
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When the Florida Legislature approved a heart disease presumption for first responders in 2002, few municipalities may have realized that their workers' comp insurance would
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A new workers’ comp medical fee schedule takes effect in Tennessee today, giving providers their first raise since 2012.
Not only are reimbursement rates increasing
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More workers would be exempted from a new test to determine employee status, and police and firefighters would need at least six months of service
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The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 9.5% decrease in loss costs for the voluntary market in Tennessee in 2020, a figure that's half
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