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Coachella Valley Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Role in Scheme in Which Doctors Took Bribes for Spinal Surgery Referrals
Coachella Valley Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Role in Scheme in Which Doctors Took Bribes for Spinal Surgery Referrals

Los Angeles,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – An accountant who enabled the owner of a corrupt Long Beach hospital to pay more than $40 million in illegal kickbacks to doctors in exchange for them referring thousands of spinal […]
Marion County Office Manager To Pay Back Over $4K to BWC
Marion County Office Manager To Pay Back Over $4K to BWC

Columbus,OH ( WorkersCompensation.com) -  Pamela MacMichael, 54, of Caledonia, Ohio was ordered to pay restitution of $4,452.11 to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) and serve 36 months of community control, nonreporting. BWC’s Special Investigations […]
US Department of Labor Cites 2 Contractors After Electrician Preparing Job Bid Suffers Fatal Fall at Caterpillar’s Mapleton Foundry
US Department of Labor Cites 2 Contractors After Electrician Preparing Job Bid Suffers Fatal Fall at Caterpillar’s Mapleton Foundry

Peoria,IL – Federal workplace safety inspectors investigating the fatal fall of a 50-year-old journeyman electrician at Caterpillar’s Mapleton foundry have determined that the lead contractor and a nested Caterpillar electrical contractor exposed workers to fall […]
US Labor Department, Wisconsin Agri-Business Association Renew Alliance to Promote Workplace Safety in Grain Industry
US Labor Department, Wisconsin Agri-Business Association Renew Alliance to Promote Workplace Safety in Grain Industry

Madison,WI ( WorkersCompensation.com) ‒ Recognizing the need to continue fostering safe industry work practices and educate employers and workers on the industry’s deadly hazards, the Wisconsin Agri-Business Association has renewed its alliance with the U.S. […]
Failure to Back up Child's Diagnoses Sinks Mom's bid for FMLA During Pandemic
Failure to Back up Child's Diagnoses Sinks Mom's bid for FMLA During Pandemic

Fort Wayne, IN (WorkersCompensation.com)–A mere diagnosis is not enough to establish a serious health condition for purposes of the FMLA.  That’s what an accounts receivable representative discovered in Connor v. Professional Medical Billing, No. 1:20-CV-183-HAB […]
CopperPoint Board of Directors Election
CopperPoint Board of Directors Election

Phoenix,AZ ( WorkersCompensation.com)  – CopperPoint Insurance Companies, a western-based super regional commercial insurance company, announced today that Ms. LoriAnn Lowery-Biggers and Mr. Marc Schmittlein have been re-elected to the Board of Directors of CopperPoint Mutual […]
WCRI: Use of Telemedicine for E&M Services Still Higher in 2021 than Prior to the Pandemic, but Physical Medicine Closer to the Pre-Pandemic Level
WCRI: Use of Telemedicine for E&M Services Still Higher in 2021 than Prior to the Pandemic, but Physical Medicine Closer to the Pre-Pandemic Level

Cambridge,MA (WorkCompAcademy) Although COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have plateaued, it is commonly anticipated that the utilization of telemedicine will remain at levels higher than pre-pandemic. Multiple legislative actions at the federal and state level […]
US Department of Labor Cites Canton Steel Mill After Worker is Fatally Caught in Machine
US Department of Labor Cites Canton Steel Mill After Worker is Fatally Caught in Machine

Canton,OH (WorkersCompensation.com)  - A workplace safety investigation into a 65-year-old worker's fatal crushing injuries at TimkenSteel in Canton found the company failed to install guards or provide proper hand tools to prevent workers from entanglement […]