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First-Responder PTSD Bill Fails
A proposal to make post-traumatic stress disorder compensable for first responders in Georgia has failed at the committee level. HB 855, introduced in January, would have provided workers' compensation benefits for first responders…
Pharmacy Benefits Manager ProdigyRx Launches
Pharmacy benefits manager ProdigyRx, founded in 2020, announced Tuesday the launch of its business operations. Based in Austin, Texas, ProdigyRx offers PBM services and clinical solutions for workers' compensation insurers, third-party…
Charles Taylor Hires Ex-Senior Vice President of Marketing From CorVel
Heather H. Burnham Claims management company Charles Taylor Ltd. appointed Heather H. Burnham, former CorVel Corp. vice president of marketing, as senior vice president of marketing and business development. Burnham will…
Medical Fee Review Hearing Officers Can Determine Who Qualifies as ‘Provider’
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a medical fee review hearing officer has jurisdiction to determine the identity of the providers who treated an injured worker. Case: Lee v. Fresh…
Furniture Plant Shooting Leads to Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A wholesale business and a married couple are named as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who was shot to death at a Hickory,…
Construction Superintendent Dies After Workplace Injury
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun an investigation into a fatal accident at a Wichita, Kansas, water plant construction site, according to the Wichita Eagle newspaper. Family members revealed…
State Employee Accused of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
A Cromwell, Connecticut, woman faces charges that she collected workers' compensation benefits even though she was still working, according to a report by a CBS affiliate on Hartford. Erin Coughlin, 48,…
Lawmakers Consider Medical Marijuana Bill
Lawmakers in Kansas are considering a bill that would clear medical marijuana usage for certain conditions. SB 560, introduced Friday, would allow patients to use medical marijuana for such conditions as cancer,…
PTSD Bill for Police, Firefighters Advances in Senate
A bill was introduced in the Minnesota state Senate on Monday that would require treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in peace officers, firefighters and state troopers as part of workers' compensation…
High Court Upholds Denial of Worker’s Claim for Carpal Tunnel, Increased Impairment Rating
The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker’s carpal tunnel syndrome was not related to her workplace injury and that her claim for an increased impairment rating was unsubstantiated. Case:…
Bill to Revise Hanford Presumption Delivered to Governor
Washington state lawmakers delivered to Gov. Jay Inslee a bill that would create a presumption that all workers exposed to hazardous waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation would be covered…
Drobot Sentencing for Plea Breach Delayed to 2023
A judge in Southern California approved a request to delay sentencing of Michael D. Drobot for violating terms of his 2014 plea deal to allow him to testify in another…