OH Bureau of Work Comp Proposes $1.5B in Rebates

• 04/26/18
• Liz Carey

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sarah Morrison, Administrator and CEO for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, will recommend that the BWC give $1.5 ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 4/26, Thursday Edition

• 04/26/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) PA Gov. to Review Opioid Crisis Legislation PA Gov. Tom Wolf will review legislation aiming to aid in battling the opioid crisis, which could work to ...
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2nd Workplace Shooting this Week: TX Officer Dead, Two Others Injured at Dallas Home Depot

• 04/25/18
• Liz Carey

Dallas, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – One police officer is dead after a gunman shot at two officers and a store loss prevention officer on Tuesday night.  Officer Rogelio Santander died ...
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National: President's Pick for VA Alleged to Have Overprescribed; Created Toxic Work Environment

• 04/25/18
• Liz Carey

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Whistleblowers inside the White House say Ronny Jackson, President Trump’s personal physician and nominee to run the Veterans Administration, has a ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 4/25, Wednesday Edition

• 04/25/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) NC: Airlines Employee Sentenced to Prison Time After Threatening Airport Security, Twice “An American Airlines employee has been sentenced to 14 months in ...
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4-1-1 on Comp: Upcoding and Workers' Compensation

• 04/24/18
• Bruce Burk

Upcoding is the practice of a medical provider billing a medical event on a more expensive code than the service that the provider actually gave to the patient. Upcoding can occur in four different ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 4/24, Tuesday Edition

• 04/24/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) myMatrixx Report: While Comp Spending is Slightly Down on Pharmaceuticals for 2017, Approx. 2M Americans Still Depend on Prescription ...
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TN: Waffle House Employee Killed in Shooting

• 04/23/18
• Liz Carey

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – The weekend Waffle House shooting took the lives of four people, including one employee.  Taurean C. Sanderlin, 29, of Goodlettsville, TN, was an ...
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NIOSH Criticizes KY Work Comp Reform

• 04/23/18
• Liz Carey

Frankfort, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Critics, including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), said the new workers’ compensation bill passed by the Kentucky ...
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