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All Employee Medical Information Isn’t Protected by HIPAA

HR Bartender

However, with this discussion comes a lot of disclosures about medical information. Meanwhile, I received the Foley & Lardner LLP newsletter and it included an article from our friend Mark Neuberger on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). or “My spouse/child/etc.

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Is workers’ compensation spending on healthcare significant? Would a "single-payer" system make a difference?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Private funding includes out-of-pocket healthcare spending by individuals on medical supplies and services, co-pays or deductibles. Spending by your privately-purchased extended health or dental plan is also considered private. Public spending refers to spending from governments and public agencies. In my view, this would be a mistake.

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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

Florida Workers' Comp

There was no Americans with Disabilities Act, no Family Medical Leave Act, and even the ground-breaking Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was not even a decade old. The delivery of medical care is exceptional today, and in many instances more so than non-work injuries receive through health insurance.

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Issue Commentary: Obesity In the Workplace–Who Pays?

The Workcomp Writer

Her medical care providers previously diagnosed her with obesity and recommended treatments ranging from changes to her diet to prescription weight-loss medications. It initially concluded, however, that plaintiff had failed to establish that her weight loss treatment was medically necessary as a result of her compensable injuries.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

territories 2 allow, at least in some instances, the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Eleven states allow for the use of low THC, high CBD products for medical reasons. Jurisdictions Requiring Reimbursement for Medical Marijuana. 3. . §§ 26-2B-1 to 26-2B-7, et seq.), Four have ruled such reimbursement can be ordered.