A federal appellate court has again ruled that a contractor was immune from civil liability for injuries suffered by an employee of a crane company it hired. Case: Hall v. SAC…

The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that state lawmakers have approved the updated 2024 Medical Fee Schedule. The state House of Representatives voted 94-1 to pass House Joint Resolution 1035 in…

The U.S. Department of Labor released a proposed rule that would require employers to develop an injury and illness prevention plan to control heat hazards in workplaces affected by excessive…

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is holding a reporting webinar Sept. 12. The program will cover best practices and reminders for non-group health plans that are required to…

The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation is holding a meeting to discuss a preliminary draft of updated rules for the independent medical examination process. Draft rules that the division is considering…

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday proposed rules for designated doctor procedures and requirements for lifetime income benefits to implement House Bill 2468. HB 2468, which was enacted in…

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the adoption of new and revised rules governing dispute resolutions, settlements and commutations. The DWC said it eliminated regulatory references to penalties for certain…

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation seeks public comments on draft rules that would allow doctors to use telemedicine to perform maximum medical improvement examinations. “For example, when a treating doctor treats…

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation posted proposed changes to its pharmacy benefit rules that remove obsolete provisions and update reference language for consistency with other regulations. “When the rules were originally adopted,…

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on three sections of the Texas Administrative Code as part of a periodic review of its rules and regulations. The division is…

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on a proposal to correct a duplicate regulatory section title. The DWC is proposing to rename Texas Administrative Code Section 147.10 “Commutation…

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation proposed rules to ensure that the agency is notified of an employee’s death before the Subsequent Injury Fund issues a lifetime income benefit payment. The…

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced regulatory action to update employer forms and change the title of a rule. The division said it revised employer notice forms to conform to…

The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board is accepting comments on its proposed 2025 Medical Fee Schedule. The board said system users can submit written comments on the proposed changes through Oct. 9…

What has changed for physician billing for 2015, new conversion factors, updated regulations, dispute resolution trends.

Recent changes to both Inpatient and Outpatient facility billing for 2015.

Current problems being experienced by providers and payers in workers’ compensation.

Learn the fundamentals of the new 2015 Copy Service Fee Schedule. Understand how things are defined, what services are bundled, and when services are not payable. This class is important…

Effective January 1, 2016 every reimbursement amount changes in the Physician's Fee Schedule. Attend Sue Honor's webinar broadcast to understand these widespread changes. Time for Q&A with Sue Honor will…

Suzanne Honor-Vangerov, CPC, CPC-I, CMSP presents this "2016 Clinical Lab and Drug Test Fee Schedule Update" via webinar. Critical updates, vital solutions and time for Q&A will be provided.

In this program, Suzanne Honor-Vangerov provides an update for the 2017 Medical Legal Fee Schedule. This course will cover how to properly bill for medical-legal services, the DWC's interpretation of…

In this program, Suzanne Honor-Vangerov discusses changes to payment methodology, changes to definitions, and changes to payment multipliers as well as updated tables. Workers' compensation professionals who work with the…

Suzanne Honor-Vangerov presents a program discussing the vital changes for 2017 including conversion factors, types of covered services and what is reimbursed. This course will benefit all who are involved…

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it opened rulemaking for ergonomic regulations that would apply to airline ground crews. State lawmakers in 2023 enacted Senate Bill 5217,…

A New York appellate court overturned a decision deducting the schedule loss of use for a worker’s prior shoulder injury from the schedule loss of use for a later arm…

It has been two years since WorkCompCentral's last Case Law Update or an update on the WCAB rules and regulations. Join us for a half-day webinar focused on Case Law…

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a handful of rules are up for review. The BWC said its claims procedure rules in Chamber 4123-3, as well as the miscellaneous…

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry proposed rules that would add intentional misclassification to the list of violations that justify assessing the maximum penalty. The department will hold a hearing…

The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation published the state's 2024 medical fee schedule. The schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances for physician and nonhospital services takes effect Jan. 1. The fee schedule is…

The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation posted a notice of development of rulemaking to implement the most recent edition of its health care provider fee schedule and related documents. The DWC…

The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission adopted new benefit payment rules after lawmakers permitted the agency to allow electronic payments. The commission on Friday published a statement announcing that the new…

DALLAS, September 9, 2022 — Following is a statement from the American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health: “One year after a court-ordered deadline to determine whether flavored e-cigarette ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2023 — Lifesaving final rules to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars will be further delayed, according to the Biden administration’s Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory ...

A study conducted by Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital revealed that individuals experiencing a broad array of long COVID symptoms are twice as likely to have traces of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in their blood compared to those without symptoms of long COVID. The symptoms frequently associated with long COVID include fatigue, brain fog, muscle and joint pain, back pain, headaches, sleep issues, loss of smell or taste, and gastrointestinal problems.These findings were published in the journal Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

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Cette image déploie une vue panoramique saisissante du village de Padoue niché dans la quiétude des collines automnales. Les teintes vives des arbres en dégradé d’ocre, de rouge et de jaune, rappellent la transition douce de l’été à l’automne. Au premier plan, une mer de forêts enveloppe la petite communauté, où l’on aperçoit les toits...

Cette image panoramique capture Mont-Joli sous un ciel limpide, où les teintes azurées des nuages flottants se mêlent à l’immensité bleue de l’horizon. En contrebas, les toits des maisons, bariolées de couleurs vives comme le rouge, le bleu et le jaune, se dispersent harmonieusement au milieu de la verdure des arbres d’automne. La ville semble...

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Cette vue aérienne de Rimouski, baignée sous un ciel bleu éclatant, dévoile une ville côtière paisible, nichée entre les rives du majestueux fleuve Saint-Laurent et les collines verdoyantes à l’horizon. Les maisons, disposées en un réseau de rues sinueuses, forment un patchwork harmonieux de toits et de jardins colorés, reflétant l’ambiance sereine de cette ville....

How can oceanic microbes help produce antibiotics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of researchers

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