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South Carolina Health System Settles For $36.5 Million
South Carolina Health System Settles For $36.5 Million

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – St. Francis healthcare system has agreed to pay out $36.5 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act, the Federal Stark Law, and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, according to […]
Case Management Focus: It’s Conference Season
Case Management Focus: It’s Conference Season

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- I love to go to conferences, and now that COVID has leveled off, more and more conferences are coming back live and in person. Conferences allow us to reconnect with colleagues […]
Conference Session Highlights Strategies to Reduce Costs, Claims through Loss Trend Analysis, Injury Investigations, Training
Conference Session Highlights Strategies to Reduce Costs, Claims through Loss Trend Analysis, Injury Investigations, Training

Denver, CO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The 2023 National Council of Self-Insurers Annual Meeting and Conference kicked off day two with an insightful session titled "How to Leverage Loss Trend Analysis, Injury Investigations, and Training to Reduce […]
Cheat Sheet: What are the Exceptions to N.Y. ‘Coming and Going’ Rule?
Cheat Sheet: What are the Exceptions to N.Y. ‘Coming and Going’ Rule?

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The general rule in New York workers’ compensation law is that an employee is not entitled to benefits for an injury that occurs on the way to or from work. […]
Do You Know the Rule? Wash. PT, OT
Do You Know the Rule? Wash. PT, OT

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Part of getting injured workers healthy -- and back to work -- often involves physical therapy and occupational therapy. As with other treatments, PT and OT have compliance issues that are […]
Recent John Hopkins Study Shows Quality Reporting Cost of Over $5 Million in One Year
Recent John Hopkins Study Shows Quality Reporting Cost of Over $5 Million in One Year

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Administrative tasks and reporting are taking up a bigger portion of healthcare expenditures. According to a 2018 study, researchers estimated the costs of billing and insurance-related duties at around 3 to […]
Do You Know the Rule? S.C. ‘Travel Compensation’ Exception to ‘Coming and Going’ Rule
Do You Know the Rule? S.C. ‘Travel Compensation’ Exception to ‘Coming and Going’ Rule

Columbia, SC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In South Carolina, as in other states, employees are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits with respect to injuries that occur within the scope of their employment. Under the “coming and going […]
Recent Survey Provides Insight on Workplace Violence in Healthcare
Recent Survey Provides Insight on Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 79-year old former family physician has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after a plea deal on sexual assault charges for assaults that occurred in 2018 and 2019. Richard […]

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