The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' seminal holding that the right to workers’ compensation benefits is statutory and not vested until reduced to a final
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New Jersey will apparently become the first state to mandate electronic medical billing that will not use the model rule instituted by the International Association of
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ORLANDO, Florida — State regulators and stakeholders are gearing up for a busy fall and spring, thanks in part to court rulings that have forced changes in
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed reducing its manufacturing quota for opioid medications for the third year in a row, a move that some
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ORLANDO, Florida — If you thought Medicare set-asides and secondary-payer compliance were fun, the party’s only just begun.
David Farber
States across the
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation, which promised to enforce its qualified medical evaluator rules as written earlier this year to settle a lawsuit, is
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Drivers for restaurant-delivery service Caviar are the latest gig-economy workers to be offered occupational accident coverage through OneBeacon Insurance.
Caviar announced on July 26 that
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ORLANDO, Florida — Instead of a paying for a $100,000 spinal fusion operation that has little chance of succeeding, insurers should instead send an injured worker to
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Making a workers’ comp premium payment by credit card is a popular option for cash-strapped small businesses, but the practice can be costly to insurance
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The chief financial officer of a company that was used to conceal kickbacks paid to providers who referred workers’ compensation patients to Pacific Hospital of
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