Every workers’ compensation claim should be investigated for potential claimant fraud, and investigations should include recorded statements, background checks and a review of the injured worker’s
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Just days after insurance and self-insured organizations complained that proposed rules don't go far enough to protect against overzealous enforcement actions, the Division of Workers'
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OAKLAND, Calif. — The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association is questioning the appropriateness of a proposal to update sections of the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule, including general
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Business interests and even some workers’ comp attorneys belittled Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s new opioid prescription guidelines for workers’ comp claimants, deriding them as toothless
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In the long war between Illinois physicians and insurers, a federal judge has opened a new trench by refusing to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that
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A federal grand jury indicted two Southern California surgeons for allegedly accepting kickbacks to operate on patients referred to Pacific Hospital of Long Beach.
The
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The clock is ticking for California lodging businesses to evaluate their workplaces for hazards to housekeepers, under a new Cal-OSHA regulation that the agency is
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A year after it shelved an internet portal that was supposed to make it easier for medical providers to submit billing information, the New York
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California’s largest newspaper tackled cumulative trauma claims with a front-page article Sunday, but observers said they don’t expect any late-session bills on the subject this
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Patriot National has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has changed its name, but whether the provider of technology services to the insurance industry can
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