The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) is an insurance company-funded organization which, for years, has been reporting that doctors in the Maryland workers’ comp system were dispensing 40% of all workers’ comp prescriptions, and were capturing 55% of all dollars paid for these prescriptions. This, according to WCRI, was driving up costs in the workers’…
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In a recent case, a worker at a paper mill was injured in the course of his employment at the mill. In light of evidence presented which established the unusual height of a step from a platform, the Court of Appeals affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Commission decision awarding benefits. The trial judge, called a deputy…
Continue readingOn August 11, 2014, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWC) launched a new website. The URL is: https://www.workcomp.virginia.gov/. The VWC website is a critical resource for anyone involved with a workers’ compensation case, not only because of the vast amount of information covered on the site, but also because of the WebFile system. Through the…
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