21 Mar 2016
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (3/21/2016)
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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