California Gov. Jerry Brown’s call for a study of different versions of impairment ratings guidelines in a weekend veto message has some system users asking, “What’s
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A Pennsylvania House committee this week approved a measure, with amendments, that would clarify who can be considered an independent contractor, free from the benefits
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California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law bills allowing carriers to use debit cards to pay workers’ compensation benefits, and giving cities and counties the
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Insurance industry representatives on Monday said a bill to improve benefits for serious hand and foot injuries would cost $20 million a year and would
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The former chief financial officer of Barrett Business Services Inc. has been indicted in connection with the alleged underreporting of the professional employer organization’s workers’
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Five utilization review organizations audited this year all scored passing grades, resulting in the Division of Workers’ Compensation waiving most of the penalties they faced
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After the Michigan Legislature failed to create an insurance fraud investigation unit this year, Gov. Rick Snyder took matters into his own hands. Last week,
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A doctor serving a 10-year prison sentence says the federal jury in Southern California that convicted him of 39 counts of fraud wasn’t properly instructed
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Paradigm Outcomes, a provider of medical management for catastrophically injured workers, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by OMERS Private Equity, the companies
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Last year, the Texas Legislature changed the title of workers’ compensation hearing officers to administrative law judges. That may have been an attempt to give
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