As the workers’ comp industry has reined in spending on custom-made compounded pain creams, other types of topical medications are now drawing scrutiny.
Manufactured topicals
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A study by the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation draws a bold line under a concern that physicians have had for years: The designated doctor
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A Riverside County jury convicted a doctor on seven counts of fraud relating to workers’ compensation medical-legal reports, and seven counts of perjury for lying
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No single company was hit harder by the lien declaration requirement California lawmakers created in 2016 than Vital Imaging, a radiology firm that a federal
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Efforts to return injured employees to work got a boost in eight states last month with the award of $19 million in funding through a
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Despite hundreds of public comments, including 262 postcards from a single law firm, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board has made only relatively minor changes
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Despite at least two recent studies that question the effectiveness of prescription drug monitoring programs, a new study finds that PDMPs do work to reduce
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With just a few voting days left in the session, two long-awaited bills that would have a significant impact on workers’ compensation costs and benefits
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WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — Despite three rate decreases in as many years, New York will take from California the dubious title of the most expensive state in
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — New York has dethroned California as the most costly workers’ compensation system in the nation, according to a preliminary ranking by the Oregon
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