...injury or damages. However, this immunity does not extend to workers’ comp benefits. Executive Order 20-34 authorizes all licensed and certified healthcare providers to provide services in their normal course of...
...underserved communities. It also establishes licensing for manufacturing and distribution while preventing unauthorized use and interstate diversion. If enacted, the bill would take effect immediately. New Hampshire House Bill 528...
...the cap, the dispensing pharmacy must submit specific clinical rationale certified by the treating provider showing that the medication is reasonably required for adequate treatment of the injured worker and...
...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....
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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...
...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...
