CMS Rules on Settlement Reporting May Sting Insurers and Claimants Both March 21, 2022 By Jim Sams For years, the federal agency that runs Medicare has been building a trap to snag any settlements that would force...
USPS: Investigation Still Open After Worker Lost Arm March 16, 2022 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is continuing to investigate an accident at a North Carolina distribution center...
Jury Awards $36.5M to Former Libby Miner With Lung Disease March 3, 2022 BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A Montana jury has awarded $36.5 million in damages to an Oregon man who suffers from...
Maryland High Court: Insurer Can’t Add Medical Bill ‘Write Down’ to WC Offset February 9, 2022 By Jim Sams Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday issued instructions on how the cost of workers’ compensation benefits should be deducted from another...
Owners of SoCal Chicken Processing Plant Charged With Work Comp Premium Fraud January 31, 2022 Wei Wen Wu, 54, and Feng Wen Lam, 49, both of Arcadia, California, were charged with 43 felony counts of...
Top Fire Official on Injury Leave Fired After Video Surfaces January 28, 2022 NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP)–A Massachusetts mayor has fired a top fire official out on injury leave after he was captured...
Assault at Job Covered by Workers’ Comp, Mississippi Supreme Court Rules January 21, 2022 By William Rabb A man gets assaulted at work by two co-workers. Is the man’s recourse for his injuries limited only to the...
Updated CMS Guide Spells Out the Risk of Skipping CMS Review of Work Comp Settlements January 18, 2022 By Jim Sams Insurers that are inclined to skip a government review of proposed workers’ compensation settlements may think twice about that strategy...
Viewpoint: Telehealth Risks and Predicted Impacts For 2022 January 6, 2022 By Judy Klein The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the delivery of healthcare – including the adoption of telehealth, defined as the delivery and facilitation...
Employer Must Face Worker’s Lawsuit Over Husband’s COVID Death, Calif. Court Rules December 22, 2021 By Brendan Pierson A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught COVID-19 at work and gave it...