by Kelia Scott | Jul 5, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Justice Department announced they are charging 601 individuals for healthcare fraud, saying the sweep was part of their efforts to curb the opioid crisis. There were 162 doctors included in the arrests, as well as others who were charged for their...
by Kelia Scott | Jun 29, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) released their study titled ‘Hospital Outpatient Payment Index: Interstate Variations and Policy Analysis, 7th Edition” that compares outpatient payments across states to see if fee schedule reforms had any impact....
by Kelia Scott | Jun 27, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a New Jersey renewable energy company after a fatality at their New Hampshire power plant. EWP Renewable Corp., operating under the name Springfield Power LLC, was cited...
by Kelia Scott | Jun 27, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The second part of Coventry’s “2017 Drug Trends Series” has been released, this one focusing on managed versus unmanaged utilization of prescriptions. The managed data takes the traditional view of retail and mail-order, and adds prescriptions from their extended...
by Kelia Scott | Jun 25, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability released results of their study examining incidents across utility organizations, and found that these workers face a higher serious injuries and fatalities (SIF) exposure rate than other industries like mining or...
