Medical Issues
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CDC Issues Guidelines for Painkillers, Opioids
In an effort to curb what many consider the worst public health...
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Pharmacy Closed Formulary Sample Notification Letters for Fentanyl Transdermal Patches and MS-Contin
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) notified system...
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Fentanyl Transdermal Patches and MS-Contin to Become “N” Status Drugs
The Division has formally notified system participants that the Work Loss Data...
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ICD-10 Codes You Won’t Believe are Real
On October 1, 2015, the Texas workers’ compensation system made the transition...
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California Formulary Seeks to Replicate Texas Results
The California workers’ compensation system is trying to create a prescription formulary...
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Workers’ Compensation Weekly Benefit Rates Set for October 1, 2015, Through September 30, 2016
The Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced that the workers’ compensation state...
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DWC Updates List of Excluded Health Care Providers
The Division of Workers’ Compensation has updated its list of health care...
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Medical Marijuana: What Would it Look Like for Comp?
Mark Pew is a bonafide marijuana expert. No, not the kind of...
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Report: Workers’ Comp Fusions are Less Successful, More Expensive
Workers’ compensation claimants don’t recover as quickly or as well as non-workers’...
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New Yorker Magazine Article Reinforces the Need for a Causation Standard in Workers’ Comp
In July 2011 the San Antonio Court of Appeals decided City of...
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DWC’s Online Causation Letter Training
An injured worker has the burden to prove that a compensable injury...
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Division Creates ICD-10 Training Video
The Division of Workers’ Compensation has developed a new training video on...
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