Do You Know the Rule? Telehealth has been going strong in workers' compensation for years and became a go-to during the COVID-19 pandemic. As Simply Research subscribers know, there are some basics about telehealth in […]

What Do You Think? Vancouver, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee in Washington state may be able to justify her failure to attend an IME if she can show she had good cause for doing so. […]

Spokane, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Telemedicine has been around for years, and in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became a part of the "new normal." To clarify when telemedicine is an acceptable way to […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Earlier last week, CMS announced a proposed 3.34 percent decrease in the 2024 Conversion Factor that is used to calculate physician payments. According to a history from the American Medical Association […]

Lincoln, NE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As we've seen of late, states have been tweaking their telehealth rules. One of those states is Nebraska, and the Cornhusker State's rules and requirements on telehealth in workers' compensation are […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges in a historical case that they are calling, “the largest health care fraud schemes ever prosecuted by the Justice Department.” In a […]

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Even before the pandemic, telehealth was catching on as an economical and effective way to provide treatment to injured workers, and it continues to become an entrenched part of the "new […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to a federal press release in August of last year, the increase in telehealth use during the pandemic was clearly associated with reduced risk of opioid overdose. Researchers found that […]