Chronic pain patients who have opted for medical marijuana as a treatment alternative have been able to significantly cut down on their use of opioid prescription medications and other drugs, according to a recently published study in the JAMA Network Open. The study looked at 1,724 individuals who identified as suffering from chronic pain, and …
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Virginia lawmakers in both chambers will consider adding 911 dispatchers to the list of first responders who are able to file workers compensation claims for post-traumatic stress disorder on presumption that an event witnessed at work caused their mental ailment, according to a pair of bills filed in the last week. H.B. 1631, introduced Saturday, …
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Lawmakers in Kentucky and Minnesota have introduced legislation that would legalize marijuana in their respective states. On Friday, Kentucky legislators unveiled Senate Bill 51, a dual-purpose measure that would make cannabis legal both medically and recreationally. The Kentucky bill would legalize and regulate the “possession, cultivation, production, processing, packaging, transportation, testing, marketing, sale and use …
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Washington state legislators have introduced a bill designed to create equitable access to the state’s workers compensation stay-at-work program, which was implemented to help reduce long-term disability. House Bill 1137, which was pre-filed Thursday, is aimed at allowing employers to offer off-site, light-duty, return-to-work opportunities to injured workers. Supporters of the measure say current law …
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Nebraska lawmakers will consider amending the state’s workers compensation law to include mental injuries for first responders who experience workplace violence. Legislative Bill 5, introduced Thursday, defines a personal injury to include mental injuries and illness “unaccompanied by physical injury for an employee” if the employee can prove through medical evidence a connection between the …
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A Pennsylvania appeals court has overturned a trial judge’s dismissal of a case brought by the widow of a worker who died after developing cancer that the man claimed was tied to his exposure to asbestos-containing products while on the job. The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Wednesday reversed a November 2019 Philadelphia Common Pleas Court …
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A study of post-operative patients found that pain management involving three days or less of post-surgery opioid prescriptions was effective at managing pain and outcomes, according to a report published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Nineteen cancer treatment institutions, mostly in Buffalo, New York, helped craft the study involving 4068 surgical …
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The number of California hospital stays under workers compensation fell by 5.7% in 2021, continuing a trend in which comp hospitalizations declined at a faster pace than hospital stays under private medical coverage, according to a new study by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The CWCI study, titled Trends in the Utilization of Inpatient Care …
New York legislators are pushing numerous changes to the workers compensation system, including a measure that would expand which workers could be reclassified as totally disabled due to an extreme hardship. Assembly Bill 294, filed Wednesday, would permit claimants to request to be classified to permanent total disability or total industrial disability due to extreme …
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