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Opt Outs to Workers’ Compensation: The Real Disconnect in What Is Being Said and What Is Being Implemented
Posted on 22 Jan 2016 by Jennifer Jordan

By Jennifer C. Jordan, Esq., General Counsel, MEDVAL, LLC The National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference generally serves as a pretty good barometer of what the industry focus will be in the upcoming year and it is evident that... Read More

Tags: ERISA , federalization , Oklahoma , South Carolina , Tennessee , medicare secondary payer , Workers compensation , opt out , Medicare Set Aside , Texas

NCCI: States That Switch to AMA Guides Sixth Edition See Big Drop in Impairment Ratings
Posted on 16 Jun 2012 by Robin E. Kobayashi

NCCI has recently analyzed the impact of the AMA Guides Sixth Edition for three states that recently switched from the Fifth Edition to the Sixth Edition, finding a trend where substantial decreases in impairment ratings resulted. In Tennessee, impairment... Read More

Tags: Montana , workers' compensation costs , National Council on Compensation Insurance , permanent partial disability , AMA Guides , New Mexico , impairment ratings , Tennessee , AMA Guides Sixth Edition , NCCI , disability ratings

NCCI: States That Switch to AMA Guides Sixth Edition See Big Drop in Impairment Ratings
Posted on 16 Jun 2012 by Robin E. Kobayashi

NCCI has recently analyzed the impact of the AMA Guides Sixth Edition for three states that recently switched from the Fifth Edition to the Sixth Edition, finding a trend where substantial decreases in impairment ratings resulted. In Tennessee, impairment... Read More

Tags: Montana , National Council on Compensation Insurance , permanent partial disability , AMA Guides , New Mexico , impairment ratings , workers' compensation costs , Tennessee , AMA Guides Sixth Edition , NCCI , disability ratings

TN: Payment Per Claim of Drugs Prescribed to Injured Workers in Tennessee Was Typical of States in New Study
Posted on 6 May 2010 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

CAMBRIDGE, MA - The average payment per claim of prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Tennessee was fairly typical of the states examined in a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The 16-state study by the... Read More

Tags: pharmacies , Medical Information , WCRI , Tennessee , prescription drugs