The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through various Memorandums and guides, has clearly stated that “[w]hile there are no statutory or regulatory provisions requiring that a ...
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NJ Governor Murphy Signs Historic, Sweeping Equal Pay Legislation that will balance the playing field for women receiving workers' compensation benefits for occupational injuries and ...
Read More At the 2018 American Academy of Pain Management Annual meeting, a panel discussed how you approach patients after they have completed an interdisciplinary pain management program. The panel included:
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New Jersey adjusters sometimes ask why future benefits under an order approving settlement with a percentage of disability cannot be paid in a lump sum to the injured worker. In other words, why is ...
Read More New Jersey employers like reopener claims about as much as homeowners like back-to-back blizzards. The general view is that employers have virtually no defenses and have to pay more with each reopener. ...
Read More At the 2018 American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, Michael Harris, PhD, from Pacific Rehabilitation Centers, discussed the current state of Interdisciplinary pain treatment ...
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At the 2018 American Academy of Pain Management Annual Meeting, Stephen Stanos, DO - Swedish Health System and President-American Academy of Pain Medicine talked about why the time is right for ...
Read More Gist v. Atlas Staffing, Inc., A17-0819 (Minn. Apr. 4, 2018)In this case, the Employee worked for Atlas Staffing, and was consistently exposed to silica sand. After he left his employment, he began treating ...
Read More Graboksy v. ISD 720, No. WC17-6099 (W.C.C.A. Feb. 9, 2018)In this case, an employee slipped on a staircase at work on February 8, 2016 and felt pain in her upper shoulder and upper neck. She also claimed ...
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