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DWC Posts Additional Adjustment to Hospital, ASC Fee Schedule
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to the latest…
DLI Announces Work Comp Campus Training Series
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is hosting a training series for everyone who uses its electronic claim system, Work Comp Campus. Training programs will be no more than 30…
MedRisk Acquires Specialty Network From Sedgwick
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based MedRisk, which manages physical rehabilitation for injured workers, on Wednesday announced its acquisition of the specialty physical therapy network from Memphis, Tennessee-based Sedgwick Claims Services Management…
Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Contractor on Privette Doctrine Defense
A California appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a general contractor, finding it failed to establish that the Privette doctrine shielded it from civil liability to a…
Statutory Benefits for Firefighters With Cancer Do Not Apply Retroactively
A Florida appellate court ruled that a firefighter diagnosed with cancer before the effective date of Florida Statutes Section 112.1816 is not entitled to the benefits provided by the law. Case:…
Supreme Court Rejects Injured Nurse’s Request to Add Conditions to Claim
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured nurse was not entitled to expand the scope of her claim and that her claim for temporary total disability benefits…
DWC: Charges for Designated Doctor Exams Subject to Taxes
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that a recent decision by the state comptroller held that charges for designated doctor exams are subject to sales and use taxes. The comptroller…
OSHA Investigates Workplace Death of Sam’s Club Employee
Federal investigators with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration are probing the death of a 20-year-old man who was fatally injured in an accident at a Sam's Club in Summit…
Machinery Accident Kills Smithfield Foods Worker
A man who worked at a Smithfield Foods manufacturing plant in Middlesboro, Kentucky, died in a grisly job site accident on Oct. 17. WYMT-TV reports that 61-year-old Mark Allen Tapp was…
Mason Fails to Prove Lost Time From Work
A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a mason did not sustain any lost time from work that was causally related to his compensable respiratory conditions. Case: Matter of…
OSHA Advisory Council Meets Nov. 17
An advisory council to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is meeting Nov. 17. Members of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health will discuss…
Carrier Fails to Cancel Coverage Before Worker’s Accident
A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier had not effectively canceled an employer’s workers’ compensation coverage prior to an employee’s accident and that the carrier, therefore, was…