Most doctors who take the Designated Doctor test fail. At least, that is what data recently obtained from the Division via an open records request revealed. For instance, in 2018 the failure rate ...
Read More The Appeals Court in El Paso held that the student worker provision required upward adjustment of the student’s calculated average weekly wages, but the statute capping benefits for UT System part-time ...
Read More Senate Bill 1897, which would have expanded chiropractors’ scope of practice to allow them to go beyond the musculoskeletal system and to diagnose and treat disorder of the nervous system, failed to make it ...
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On May 27, the Texas House and Senate signed the bipartisan Senate Bill 2551. The bill provides that a firefighter or emergency medical technician suffering from cancer resulting in death or disability ...
Read More Regulatory Roundup is a weekly compilation of employee wellness and safety news. You can read the full article by clicking the titles below.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...
Read More A cardinal rule in workers’ compensation is that an employee cannot sue his or her employer in civil court for a work injury except for rare circumstances involving intentional harm. But ...
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AB 5 passed out of the California Assembly on May 29 and is now headed to the California Senate.
It’s a bill that would codify the ABC employment test used in California Supreme ...
Read More The path to recovery after a workplace injury is not always a straight line. A workers’ compensation claim can become increasingly complex due to common health conditions and comorbidities. While ...
Read More Medical Fee Schedule Dilemma – No Schedule Means Higher Costs Now and In Future
The WCRI (Workers Compensation Research Institute) just released a study pointing out a medical fee ...
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