We're Really Back!

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 04/20/21
• Judge David Langham

On October 6, 2020, I attended my first in-person workers' compensation seminar in nine months. At the time, I blogged "we're back" and then admitted that was an overstatement but concluded we were ...
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CMS releases updated Section 111 Model Language document

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 04/20/21
• Mark Poplizio and Jeremy Farquhar

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released an updated Section 111 Model Language document dated March 10, 2021 (PDF version) for RREs to use as part of their efforts to obtain ...
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UK's medicines regulator resumes onsite inspections

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 04/20/21
• Mark Buckingham

The global pandemic saw the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) suspend its inspection program in January 2021. This decision was taken in line with government restrictions ...
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Two years in review: Notre-Dame de Paris fire

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 04/20/21
• Michael Honore

There are anniversaries that we do not always wish to celebrate. This is the case of the Notre-Dame de Paris fire. However, we cannot forget the exceptional mobilization of emergency services, nor the ...
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COVID Creates Havoc with Businesses and Insurance Companies

Featured News :
• 04/20/21
• Chriss Swaney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A cavalcade of restaurants, retail and entertainment venues are squaring off with insurance companies to approve claims for businesses that face substantial losses ...
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Chiropractor Sentenced in Family Fraud Case

Featured News :
• 04/20/21
• F.J. Thomas

Middletown, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – While pain management has been under the federal radar for a while now, last week saw a second sentencing involving chiropractic and pain medicine. Early in ...
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House Passes Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Act

Current News :
• 04/19/21
• National Safety Council

Washington, DC — The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Act now moves to the Senate after passing in the House by a 254-166 vote April 16, with 38 Republicans voting in ...
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Sacramento Welder Arraigned on Felony Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges

Current News :
• 04/19/21
• WorkersCompensation.com

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Ahmad Zaki Noori, 41, of Sacramento, was arraigned yesterday on two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly misrepresenting ...
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CA: Farm Worker’s Medical Mistreatment Reveals Siblings’ Alleged $1.4 Million Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme

Current News :
• 04/19/21
• WorkersCompensation.com

Monterey, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Farm labor company owners and siblings Elias Perez, 40, of Greenfield, and Alejandra Perez, 37, of Soledad, were arraigned on over 20 felony counts of insurance and ...
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