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CMS Retains its $750 "Low Dollar" Threshold for 2021

• 12/02/20

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2021 low dollar threshold via a new alert. CMS is required to publish an annual low dollar threshold amount according to Section 202 ...
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Former Head of OSHA to Join Biden-Harris Transition Team

• 12/02/20

Workforce health continues to be focus of concern by the Biden-Harris Transition team. President-elect Joe Biden announced new members of the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board.  The team of leading ...
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Board Modifies Rating to Reject Non-Work-Related Condition

• 12/02/20

A trial court can’t award permanent partial disability benefits for an impairment rating where part of that rating is attributable to a non-work-related condition. So held the Appeals Board last week, ...
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KEMI Announces Destiny Award Winners for 2020

• 12/01/20

Lexington, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) - Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) recognized twenty-eight Kentucky organizations for their commitment to workplace safety by presenting each of them ...
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WCRI Estimates Number of Workers Covered by State COVID-19 Presumptions

• 12/01/20

Cambridge, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - With several states passing executive orders or laws that create a presumption of workers’ compensation coverage for certain employees who contract COVID-19, ...
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Specialty Networks Play a Key Role in Fighting Opioid Misuse

• 12/01/20

Coventry, a leading provider of care-management and cost-containment solutions for workers' compensation, has released a new whitepaper entitled “Specialty Networks Play a Key Role in Fighting Opioid ...
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November CMS Mandatory Reporting and Conditional Payment Updates

• 12/01/20

 Please find below a summary of recent announcements from CMS. Medicare Conditional Payment Appeals   In follow-up to its September 2020 webinar on Medicare conditional payment appeals through the ...
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Holiday Catch-up

• 12/01/20

Hope your holiday was excellent, and above all safe. Had a very small family gathering here in New Hampshire; brined turkey was deliciously moist. Okay, back to work; here’s what I found in the ...
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Employer Can't Be Ordered To Pay Attorney's Fees On Unpaid Medicals

• 12/01/20

Last week, the Appeals Board held that, under section 50-6-226(a)(1), an employer can’t be liable for attorney’s fees based on the amount of medical expenses a court orders it to ...
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