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Physicians Urge Congress to Stop Proposed Pay Cuts For 2024
Physicians Urge Congress to Stop Proposed Pay Cuts For 2024

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Earlier last week, CMS announced a proposed 3.34 percent decrease in the 2024 Conversion Factor that is used to calculate physician payments. According to a history from the American Medical Association […]
Violent Turbulence Injures Flight Attendants
Violent Turbulence Injures Flight Attendants

Asheville, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Add turbulence to the list of dangers flight attendants face in the air. Twice in the past two weeks severe turbulence has injured flight crew members and passengers in the skies […]
A Comprehensive Exploration of Medical Inflation: Delving Deeper into the Economic Indicator
A Comprehensive Exploration of Medical Inflation: Delving Deeper into the Economic Indicator

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) - When considering the health and vitality of the U.S. healthcare system, few aspects command as much importance as the fluctuating dynamics of medical inflation. This economic force exerts a considerable influence […]
Glossary Check: Ohio Alternate Employer Organizations, Professional Employer Organizations
Glossary Check: Ohio Alternate Employer Organizations, Professional Employer Organizations

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under Ohio's workers' compensation law, special provisions apply to alternate employer organizations and professional employer organizations. To help understand those concepts better, the following information breaks down those terms and what […]
Unraveling the Impact of Climate Change on Workers’ Compensation
Unraveling the Impact of Climate Change on Workers’ Compensation

Phoenix, AZ - Earlier this year, the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) hosted a seminal conference that provided a platform for an enlightening discussion on an increasingly intricate issue: the intersection of climate change and […]
OIG Audit Finds $5.4 Million in Overpayments Due to Diagnosis Errors
OIG Audit Finds $5.4 Million in Overpayments Due to Diagnosis Errors

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Healthcare diagnosis codes in the U.S. are known as ICD-10. In 2015, diagnosis codes transitioned from ICD-9 to ICD-10, adding additional information built within the codes themselves. The change represented going […]
Walmart Night-stocker Can’t Show Chest Pain Came from Moving 2,000-lb Pallet
Walmart Night-stocker Can’t Show Chest Pain Came from Moving 2,000-lb Pallet

Chandler, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – Employers should put forth solid medical evidence and their best arguments supporting that evidence during a workers’ compensation hearing. As a case involving a Walmart night stocker shows, if there are […]
Chart View: Va. Medical Payments
Chart View: Va. Medical Payments

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One of the important parts of workers' compensation law has to do with how bills get paid for injured workers. So, states, like Virginia, devote regulatory and legislative attention to that […]

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