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Monday, June 18, 2018

Large Minority of Claims Shops Still Lack URAC Accreditation as Deadline Looms

by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: California
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With a July 1 deadline looming, only 56% of active utilization review organizations in California’s workers’ comp system had obtained URAC accreditation as required under

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Monday, June 18, 2018

Prosecutor Says Public Awareness Campaign Slashed Fraud Prosecutions

State: California
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SAN DIEGO — More arrests are coming in a fraud sweep that has already netted 55 arrests and 32 convictions, the chief of San Diego

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Monday, June 18, 2018

Puckett Departs DWC After 19 Years; Leaves Unique Safety Programs to D'Amura

by William Rabb (Reporter)
State: Texas
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Friday was the last day at the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation for the woman who has been credited with launching a number of programs

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Friday, June 15, 2018

State's High Court Says Payment for Marijuana Can't Be Ordered

by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: Maine
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An employer cannot be ordered to reimburse an injured worker for medical marijuana, because such a payment would be “aiding and abetting” a violation of

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Friday, June 15, 2018

Brown Named First Woman to Head Workers' Comp Division

by William Rabb (Reporter)
State: Texas
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A longtime state government insider has been named the first woman to lead the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation.

Cassie Brown

Gov.

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

5th Circuit Upholds Conviction of Houston Doctor for Operating Pill Mill

by Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: Texas
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The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a Houston-area doctor’s five year sentence for his role in running a pill mill that dispensed

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

UR Fraud Probe Spreads; Hundreds of Cases in Question

by William Rabb (Reporter)
State: Connecticut
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A convicted physician charged with fraud in New York state also set up a fraudulent peer-review firm in Connecticut, which now means that hundreds of workers'

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Report Challenges Conventional Thinking on Reporting Lag, Claim Costs

by Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
National
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Despite evidence that a delay in reporting a workplace injury of more than 12 days is associated with higher claim costs, focusing solely on reducing reporting

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