by admin | Dec 16, 2015 | Workers' Comp News
Dr. Tom Frieden – Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently referred to opioid abuse as “a growing epidemic that is gripping our country,” this includes prescription painkillers. A first survey of its kind which was...
by admin | Dec 9, 2015 | Workers' Comp News
OSHA has launched an investigation into Seaford Ice Inc. out of Seaford, Del. after a worker fell into an unguarded conveyor opening on May 28th while he was breaking ice. The result of the fall was that he needed to have both of his legs amputated below the knee....
by admin | Oct 30, 2015 | Workers' Comp News
2014 proved to have good results for the state of Minnesota as they set an all-time low for their injury rate in the workplace since it has been recorded starting in 1973. The annual Occupational Injuries and Illness survey conducted by the Department of Labor and...
by admin | Oct 29, 2015 | Workers' Comp News
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that it will soon reclassify two different opioids to nonformulary on its closed drug formulary. Fentanyl trans-dermal patches and MS Contin will now require prior authorization starting on...
by admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Workers' Comp News
A former New London, Conn police officer accused of workers’ compensation fraud pleaded no contest last week to two counts of fourth degree larceny and agreed to pay $25k in restitution after he was accused of committing workers compensation fraud according to court...
