by | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
A bill introduced in the Massachusetts House of Representatives would nearly triple the maximum benefit paid to injured workers for bodily disfigurement.
HB 4609, introduced Monday and listed as pending in…
by | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Medical provider networks in California could include licensed clinical social workers providing some services that normally would fall under the scope of practice of psychologists and psychiatrists, under a bill…
by | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The panel that advises the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on evidence-based updates to the prescription drug formulary will meet in person April 20 in Oakland.
The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee…
by | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s compensable injury from his fall from a ladder aggravated his preexisting osteoarthritis, entitling him to additional temporary total disability benefits and…
by | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 4% permanent partial disability award to an injured nurse with preexisting lumbar spine conditions.
Case: Epling v. Chancellor Health Partners Inc., No. 20-0941, 03/23/2022,…
by | Apr 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Department of Justice said a new law in Washington state expanding the number of Hanford nuclear reservation workers covered by a presumption doesn’t eliminate the need for the…