Vivvo CMS 4.0 WorkersCompensation.com's CompNewsNetwork http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. WorkersCompensation.com's CompNewsNetwork http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/files.php?file= http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/ Iowa: Medical Benefits Ordered for Petition Filed Nine Years After the Injury http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/iamedbenefit.html Workers Comp Blogwire Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500  By H. Edwin Detlie, Attorney at Law In Robertson/Star Building v. Coohey, filed November 12, 2009, the Iowa Court of Appeals found that a How To Protect Yourself From Rising Medical Provider And Claimant Fraud http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/howtoprotect.html Workers Comp Blogwire Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:41:00 -0500 Asheville, NC (CompNewsNetwork) - According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), Workers’ Comp fraud referrals were up by 2% in the first half of California EAMS and the QME Process http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/eamsqme.html Workers Comp Blogwire Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:00:00 -0500 By Hon. Colleen Casey, Workers' Compensation Judge (San Francisco, California) Most people are surprised to learn that the DWC Medical Unit is not Interview of Dennis Jay, Executive Director of Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, on Fraud Investigation - Issues and Challenges http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/dennisjay.html Workers Comp Blogwire Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:35:00 -0500  By LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Center Staff As part of our Fraud Awareness Month campaign, we interviewed Dennis Jay, the Executive Director at Workplace Incident Data: Fact or Fiction? http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/workplacedata.html Workers Comp Blogwire Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:35:00 -0500  ByJohn Astad, Director, Combustible Dust Policy Institute It’s been an interesting path taking the leap from writing an occasional guest column in the local Larson’s Spotlight: When Do Misrepresentations by Injured Workers Cut Off Workers' Compensation Benefits? http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/larsonspotlight.html Workers Comp Blogwire Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:35:00 -0500 By LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Center Staff Workers’ compensation is harsher on fraud than in civil cases. Civil cases use a balancing test, i.e., Fraud Awareness Month November 2009 http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/novfraud.html Workers Comp Blogwire Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:15:00 -0500  By LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Fraud Team Welcome! We've designed this resource center to help you locate materials on Workers’ Compensation Fraud, here on the LexisNexis Obesity Costs in Workers’ Compensation Claims http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/obesitywc.html Workers Comp Blogwire Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:05:00 -0500  By Stuart D. Colburn, Shareholder, Downs Stanford, PC Commentators suggest rising obesity rates increase workers’ compensation costs.  Obesity may now directly increase workers’ compensation A Tale of Two Med Claims: Delaware IAB Utilization Review Appeal Number #2 is now in! http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/taleoftwomedclaims.html Workers Comp Blogwire Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:14:00 -0500 By Cassandra Roberts, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP Last week the IAB released the decision in Francisco Irizarry v. Christiana Care Health Services, IAB #  1294065 New Court Decisions/Resources: Dealing With The Obesity Epidemic http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/obesityepidemic.html Workers Comp Blogwire Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Asheville, NC (CompNewsNetwork) - Recent court rulings in Indiana and Oregon have employers worried. The courts have ruled that an employer must pay for an WorkersCompensation.com's CompNewsNetwork