What Do You Think: Did Fall from Shuttle Bus Happen on Employer’s 'Premises'?

• 07/12/21
• Frank Ferreri

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – When a worker is “coming and going” between work, when does the coming or going end and the time at work begin? That question faced a ...
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Study Shows Medicare Paid $2.6 Billion More than Costco Discount on Generic Drugs

• 07/12/21
• FJ Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Generic drugs account for 22 percent of Medicare drug spending. A new study by researchers at the University of Southern California shows that Medicare has been ...
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OSHA Weighs in on Employers' Vaccine Practices

• 07/09/21
• Frank Ferreri

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – As the country looks to emerge from the pandemic, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has stepped up its COVID-19 program in recent weeks, ...
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Employers All Over Board in Handling Where to Base Employees

• 07/09/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – As employers start welcoming employees back to worksites, many say they’ll fire workers who won’t return. A new survey said 39 percent of small ...
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Reduced Drug Testing Worries Insurers

• 07/08/21
• William Rabb

Pensacola, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Between a dire need for more workers, the steady spread of legalized marijuana, the continuing opioid epidemic, and a recent court ruling, more employers ...
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A Not-so-happy Fourth for Some Workers

• 07/08/21
• Liz Carey

Worcester, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – While most of the country was celebrating Independence Day this past weekend, a few employees were recovering in the hospital for work-related ...
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Case Lesson: The 'Special Hazard' Rule

• 07/08/21
• Frank Ferreri

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – The case at issue in Tuesday’s What Do You Think Feature, Mangan v. Texas Roadhouse Management Corp., No. 20AP-42 (Ohio Ct. App. 06/29/21), involved a ...
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Report Shows Drastic Increase In Physicians Leaving Private Practice

• 07/07/21
• FJ Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A recent physician employment report prepared by healthcare consulting firm Avalere for the Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI) shows that the trend of ...
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Marijuana, Referral for Certification can’t be Medically Necessary in Florida

• 07/07/21
• Frank Ferreri

Tallahassee, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Voters across the county, including those in Florida, have elected to make “medical marijuana” legal in their states, but as a recent Florida ...
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