The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new data showing California's State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) edged down 0.48 percent from $1,650 to $1,642 in the 12 months ending March 31, 2023. As a result...
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 88, No. 11 November 2023 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Nearly two decades ago Senate Bill 899 was enacted and ushered in a...
LexisNexis has selected some recently issued noteworthy IMR decisions that illustrate the criteria that must be met to obtain authorization for a variety of different medical treatment modalities. LexisNexis...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Early in the COVID-19 pandemic we learned that nursing care facilities...
CDC Posts Final Opioid Guidelines for 2016.
ProPublica: Doctors Receiving Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Drugs.
U.S. Prescription Drug Spending Rose 5 Percent in 2015.
CA: DWC Announces Appointments to Ethics Advisory Committee.
CA: CHSWC Posts 2015 Annual Report.
CA: WCAB Grants Reconsideration of Cornejo En Banc Decision.
CA: 4th DCA Dismisses Most Indictments in Compound Cream Prescriptions Case.
CA: WCIRB Actuarial Committee Posts Agenda for 3/22 Meeting.
CA: New WCIRB Committee Members Elected at 100th Annual Meeting.
FL: Governor Signs HB 613 Omnibus Workers’ Comp Changes.
GA: Houses Passes HB 216 Firefighter Cancer Bill.
ME: Governor Seeks to Lower Number of Opioid Prescriptions.
MA: Governor Signs H4056 Limitation on Initial Opioid Prescriptions.
MA: AIA Applauds Governor’s Signing of H4056 Opioid Abuse Legislation.
MI: Senate Panel Approves Funding for Firefighter Cancer Fund.
NV: WCS Notes Significant Changes to Medical Fee Schedule in 2016.
NM: Governor Signs Ride-Sharing Bill Allowing Uber, Lyft to Operate in State Legally.
NY: Workers Comp Reforms Tabled by Law Makers.
NY: Investigation Claims WCB Sends Workers to Doctors Who Don’t Accept WC Cases.
OH: BWC Board OKs 8.6 Percent Average Premium Reduction for Private Employers.
OH: BWC Reveals Data Breach of Medical Records.
OR: WCD Posts Adjusted Cost-to-Charge Ratios for OR, Out-of-State Hospitals.
PA: House Begins Debate on Medical Marijuana Bill.
SC: WCC Posts Agenda for Financial Review, Forecast March 22 Meeting.
SC: WCC Posts Agenda for Commission Business March 21 Meeting.
TX: DWC Adopts Rule Change to Remove Remarriage Penalty for Death Benefits.
TX: DWC Adopts Rule Change to Increase Amount of Burial Benefits.
TX: DWC Proposes Nonsubstantive Reorganization of WC Specific Services Rules.
VA: Governor Signs HB 378 Medical, Legal Fee Schedules.
VA: Governor Signs HB 44 Presumption of Compensability in Certain Death Cases.
WI: Governor Signs 8 Bills to Combat Heroin, Opioid Abuse.
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