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Extra-territorial Medical Provider Claims

Workers' Compensation

A New Jersey medical provider failed to select the appropriate cause of action and party to seek recovery for unpaid medical bills. The case highlights the bumping road for NJ medical providers who seek reimbursement in claims involving extra-jurisdictional work-related accidents. Port Authority of N.Y. and N.J. ,

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Your Staff Are Susceptible to Medical Identity Theft

InterWest Insurance Services

Medical-related identity theft accounted for 43% of all identity theft in the United States in 2020, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. And the majority of documents criminals steal are the same ones your employees receive from their group health insurers. This includes: Health insurance enrollment forms.

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US Supreme Declines to Review Medical Marijuana Reimbursement Issue

Workers' Compensation

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined to review the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting reimbursement of medical marijuana costs in a workers’ compensation claim. Therefore, the individual States will remain the authority on whether reimbursement for medical marijuana will be permitted in a workers' compensation claim.

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State of the market: Rising home and auto insurance rates

Higginbotham

Rising Medical Costs. Although there’s been a slight decline in car accident rates within the past several years, the cost of medical care continues to drive up insurance claims and, consequently, insurance premiums. Work with an Insurance Broker. Increasing Vehicle Theft. Low Housing Inventory.

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US Supreme Court to Conference Medical Marijuana Preemption Case

Workers' Compensation

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is scheduled to conference the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting reimbursement of medical marijuana costs in a workers’ compensation claim. The Petitioner for a Writ of Certiorari conference is listed for Thursday, June 16, 2022. Mendota Heights Dental Center, et al., 801 et seq., 91-513, Tit.

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Can an employee be terminated while on medical leave?

Business Management Daily

However, one situation that often comes with a cloud of confusion is whether an employee can be terminated while on medical leave. Medical leave-related termination is a sensitive situation because employees on medical leave receive protection by numerous laws at the federal and state level that you have to consider.

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US Requests that SCOTUS Not Review Medical Marijuana Reimbursement Issue

Workers' Compensation

The US Government filed an amicus curiae brief requesting that the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) not review the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting reimbursement of medical marijuana costs in a workers’ compensation claim. The US Government was invited to submit a brief by SCOTUS. Mendota Heights Dental Center, et al., 801 et seq.,

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