Motor carriers operating in California are subject to provisions for differentiating employees from contractors, as the California Trucking Association's challenge to the law has failed,
… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation and its Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers during the first eight months of 2022.
Providers are suspended from
… Read more »The Wyoming Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of permanent total disability benefits to a worker under the odd-lot doctrine.
Case: Genner v. State ex
… Read more »California's written premium for the first six months of 2022 is 27% higher than it was at this point in 2021, driven by the continued
… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced updates to the pathology and clinical laboratory section and the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies section of
… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday proposed changes to its qualified medical evaluator rules that would allow an extra 30 days to schedule
… Read more »Executives at a vocational school that sent a carrier an enrollment agreement purportedly signed by an injured worker who had died about five months earlier
… Read more »California-headquartered workers’ compensation defense firm Bradford and Barthel announced the opening of a new office in Bakersfield.
While Bradford
… Read more »An Oregon State University study found an association with increasing temperatures and increased rates of injury claims that were more pronounced among workers in the
… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced changes to the prescription drug formulary that will designate lidocaine as “exempt,” effective Nov. 1.
Lidocaine is a
… Read more »Oct 11, 2024
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Oct 20-22, 2024
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