...technicians, paramedics, emergency dispatchers, and other certified emergency medical personnel. The law also redefines qualifying conditions, covering only mental injuries resulting from a “work-related emergency” rather than general workplace stress....
...has created a host of problems in regulating medical marijuana use, which impacts workers’ compensation as some states require workers’ comp payers to reimburse medical marijuana on certain claims. WorkersCompensation.com...
...This included specialist consultations, surgical operations, therapy, X-rays, and advanced diagnostic tests. Those in favor of the bill claimed that it would reduce unnecessary delays in routine tests and procedures,...
...to include three additional forms of cancer under workers’ comp. If passed, the existing cancer presumption would expand to cover bladder cancer, mesothelioma, and testicular cancer. Furthermore, the state’s current...
...THC or a THC analog, with a THC blood level in excess of 20 nanogram/ml. Furthermore, the bill notes that when testing for marijuana use, a blood test shall be...
...changing from Independent to Republican (AK). At the federal level, Democrats now control the U.S. House of Representatives. Click here to learn what other regulatory trends could impact workers’ comp....
...challenges, there is one asset that can perhaps be leveraged more optimally as a mitigator of claim complexity – the injured worker patient. Even as workers’ compensation programs have been...
...this population, along with patient-level factors associated with persistent opioid use. The study examined 9,596 workers’ comp claimants in the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company in Maryland who initially filled at...
...sweating mechanism fails. In workers’ compensation, heat-related illnesses are prevalent. A study by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs compared records from more than 11 million California workers’ comp...
...before. State of the States Looking for state-specific policy updates? Visit our webpage for real-time state updates, an interactive map, and more insight from our Advocacy & Compliance team. www.healthesystems.com/advocacy-compliance...
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced the launch of public pilot testing for its new Pharmacy Fee Calculator, a tool designed for the upcoming Pharmacy Fee Schedule, effective...
...must then be returned to the Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory in a sealed package for testing. Once again, there are no at-home COVID-19 tests available at this time. This test...
For the past three years, Healthesystems has surveyed professionals across the workers’ compensation spectrum to get a sense of their greatest perceived challenges. Normally, those professionals are recruited from the Risk...
...comp pharmacy spend. The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) published a new report on trends in the utilization and reimbursement of migraine drugs in the California workers’ comp system. This...
...independence. Accessibility on Healthesystems.com Healthesystems.com makes available the UserWay Website Accessibility Widget that is powered by a dedicated accessibility server. The software allows Healthesystems.com to improve its compliance with the Web Content...
