Medical Issues
-
Compound Prescriptions Falling in Texas
A report released in May by the Texas Department of Insurance –...
Read More -
Union Treatment Center Settles Fraud Claim for $3 Million
Texas Medical and physical therapy provider Union Treatment Center will pay $3...
Read More -
Federal Grand Jury Indicts 8
An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas last week,...
Read More -
Indictment Issued Against Compounding Pharmacies
The North Dallas Gazette reports that an indictment returned by a federal...
Read More -
Plano Neurosurgeon Facing Life in Prison
A Plano, Texas, neurosurgeon has been sentenced to life in prison as...
Read More -
REG: Access to Healthcare Improves in Texas Comp System
A new study by the Research and Evaluation Group at the Texas...
Read More -
Compounders Accused of Fraud and Threatening Witnesses
Two north Texas men have been accused by federal prosecutors of using...
Read More -
2016 Network Report Card: Network Care Costs Less with Better Outcomes
For the first time since the 2005 implementation of health care networks...
Read More -
Workers’ Compensation Weekly Benefit Rates Set for October 1, 2016, Through September 30, 2017
The workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for dates of injury from...
Read More -
Medicare Reimbursement Rates Set to Change
A new Medicare fee schedule is about to take effect, and the...
Read More -
Austin Area Chiropractor Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Millions in Kickbacks and Money Laundering
In Austin, Garry Wayne Craighead, a 49-year-old Leander, TX, chiropractor, was sentenced...
Read More -
Would Uniform Treatment Guidelines be a More Effective WC Tool?
The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has published a study confirming...
Read More
