
Workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19 relative to statewide infections have fallen considerably, from more than 10% in the early days of the pandemic to less
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The use of telemedicine is on the rise among employers who worried that injured workers would have trouble receiving the care they needed during the COVID-19
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Workers’ compensation departments are busy replacing legacy technology and beefing up cybersecurity as they look to make systems more efficient and harder for thieves to
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Greater attention to “effective listening” among regulators and others in often-stressful roles of administering workers' compensation systems can smooth the way toward tending to the ultimate
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An Ohio appellate court upheld a former correctional officer’s conviction for workers’ compensation fraud and theft based on his acceptance of temporary total disability benefits
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Prescription drug monitoring programs that physicians must access before dispensing medications helped reduce opioid use among injured workers, according to a recent presentation from the
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The Missouri Court of Appeals overturned a denial of benefits from the Second Injury Fund to a brewery worker with a lengthy history of injuries,
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A California appellate court ruled that a worker who was fired because of accounting discrepancies in the books she kept failed to state any claim
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A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a grant of partial summary judgment to a worker on her malpractice claim against the firm that had
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker could not proceed with her intentional infliction of emotional distress claim against her alleged employers and manager but
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