When a volunteer at a bingo-night fundraiser for a Pennsylvania volunteer fire department crushed her hand in a door this summer, she was told that
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation, in the first major case involving a law requiring it to dismiss liens held by those who have been convicted
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As workers’ comp payers have become more open to the idea of treating injured workers for opioid dependence, a new study has found differences among
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Two physicians — one in North Carolina and another in Iowa — think they have found at least a partial solution to rising medical costs and have
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A program that provides up to $6,000 in job training benefits to California injured workers with a permanent partial disability doesn’t seem to be accomplishing
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A new report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance underscores a trend that has been developing for the last decade: The number of claims
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OAKLAND, Calif. — The Division of Workers’ Compensation is close to finalizing a deal that would allow California providers to access the American College of Occupational
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OAKLAND, California — Only 3% of doctors in the state workers’ compensation system who participated in a survey last year said they were not accepting new
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Legislation passed in 2014 designed to curb physician-dispensed medications has had a significant effect on cost, but perhaps not as much as lawmakers had hoped, thanks to new
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Members of the committee created to advise the Division of Workers’ Compensation on changes to the formulary launched at the start of the
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