Alliance, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Physicians providing workers' compensation related services under the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation's imprimatur must apply to perform evaluations. The bureau draws from a pool of contracted physicians providing one or […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A worker's injury on a construction job set off a chain reaction leading to a contractor's liability for the claim. In Singh v. Atlas Construction Corp., No. CV-22-2011 (N.Y. App. […]

Bangor, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Maine, "utilization review" means the initial prospective, concurrent or retrospective evaluation by an insurance carrier, self-insurer, or group self-insurer of the appropriateness in terms of both the level and the […]

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If you're thinking about torts and on-the-job injuries, you're probably also thinking about exclusive remedy rules in most states. What an exclusive remedy rule does is prevent someone from suing for […]

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Nevada, the following posters and forms or data must be used by an insurer, employer, injured employee, provider of health care, organization for managed care or third-party administrator in […]

Tulsa, OK (WorkersCompensation.com). In Oklahoma, an injured employee who received benefits can obtain further treatment as “continued medical maintenance.” The hurdles for obtaining CMM have changed over the years, as illustrated by a case involving […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Minnesota, there is a presumption that a patient enrolled in the registry program created by state law or a Tribal medical cannabis program patient is engaged in the authorized use […]

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Police officers in Nevada are entitled to a presumption that their heart disease arose out of and in the course of employment. Insurers and employers, however, can overcome that presumption. […]