...diligence in obtaining records needed to complete the review Noncompliance may create rebuttable presumptions supporting delay penalties and attorney fee awards. Employers, payers, and utilization review organizations must comply with...
...cannabis use disorder. The numbers reported by JAMA are liable to change in the coming years, as access to medications for OUD, such as buprenorphine, could increase. Efforts from a...
...to address use-related errors. In fact, the head of the FDA’s advisory committee on painkillers argued the drug would likely worsen the opioid crisis. According to the FDA-approved label, Dsuvia...
...be required to reimburse qualifying payments up to $250 per month for medical marijuana obtained for certified medical use. Insurers would be required to establish a system to reimburse qualifying...
...bill now sits with the Labor and Workforce Development Committee, Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently overturned two previous decisions made by the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appel Board which denied...
...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....
...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....
...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...
...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...
...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...
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...or insufficiently individualized decisions, particularly in health and workers’ compensation cases. Committee amendments removed the term “algorithm” to clarify that the bill targets claim decision-making rather than underwriting or general...
...in these states even market aggressively to specific occupation types, like first responders. The Injured Worker’s Role in Their Care Patients as a stakeholder hold the greatest individual level of...
