Rapid Diagnostic Appraisal of COVID-19 Could Prevent Spread Among Healthcare Workers

• 01/11/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompenstion.com) – Early identification and control of healthcare workers with COVID-19 can lead to better protection for their coworkers and patients. Researchers in Belgium may ...
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What Do You Think: Did Fall From Chair Cause Therapist's Injuries?

• 01/11/21
• Frank Ferreri

Jackson, MS (WorkersCompensation.com) – When an employee has an injury on the job and later ends up in a car crash, how tough is it for her to connect her pain to the work incident? A Mississippi ...
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Latest Workplace Fatality Rates Called 'Alarming'

• 01/08/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, Fl (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers’ compensation stakeholders are eyeing the latest news on workplace fatalities with a sense of alarm. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this ...
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Hosts Readying for Annual 'Issues to Watch' Event

• 01/08/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – 2021 may see a return to some sense of pre-COVID-19 normalcy. Scientists have a better understanding of the coronavirus, two vaccines are being rolled out and ...
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Capitol Police Officer Among Five Dead Following Trump Supporters' Attack Wednesday

• 01/08/21
• Liz Carey, Nancy Grover

Washington, D.C. (WorkersCompensation.com) – A U.S. Capitol Police officer died last night following the insurrection on the building Wednesday by pro-Trump rioters. Authorities identified the ...
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WHD: FFCRA Rights Have Ended, but Employers Still Have Options

• 01/08/21
• Frank Ferreri

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – When the Families First Coronavirus Response Act went into effect in the spring, among its key provisions were paid sick leave and expanded family medical ...
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Improper Coding for Acupuncture Treatment Leads to $1.72 Million Settlement

• 01/07/21
• F.J. Thomas

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Earlier this year, two Houston Pain Management physicians settled to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims act by improper billing of electrical ...
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Ag Groups Challenge Authority of Calif. COVID-19 Emergency Rule in Lawsuit

• 01/07/21
• Frank Ferreri

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Very little about the COVID-19 pandemic has been business as usual, so when California in early December announced new emergency regulations governing ...
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Six Teenagers Arrested In Beating Death Of Social Worker At Residential Center

• 01/07/21
• Liz Carey

Los Angeles, Cal. (WorkersCompensation.com)  - Six people 18-years-old and under have been arrested after they allegedly beat a 25-year-old counselor to death for attempting to break up a fight over the ...
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