A recently amended bill would give the California Division of Workers’ Compensation more time to complete a report analyzing the effect of exempting from prospective utilization review certain treatments provided…
A federal appellate court ruled that the filed-rate doctrine barred review of an employer’s challenge to the audit noncompliance charge assessed by its workers’ compensation insurance carrier.
Case: Granite State Insurance…
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an administrative decision terminating a worker’s temporary disability benefits but allowing her to receive additional medical treatment after her healing period had ended.
Case: Dodson…
A New York appellate court overturned a schedule loss of use award for a worker with binaural hearing loss, finding the Workers’ Compensation Board had not adequately explained its ruling.
Case: Matter…
A New York appellate court tossed the Labor Law claims filed by a public administrator for a worker’s unwitnessed fall from a ladder, but the court said a breach of…