by Melissa Day | Dec 8, 2016 | MAD News
It’s the Holiday Season! Pay Your 32s Early Without Worry! (Or Another Rhyme at Christmas Time) Workers’ Compensation Settlements rev up this time of year; claimants and carriers/SIEs are looking to close files and the volume of 32 approvals from October through...
by Melissa Day | Oct 31, 2016 | MAD News
HAPPY HALLO-WEAN! Today the Board issued Subject Number 064 – 892 which creates a “hearing process” for addressing opioid weaning issues. In support of this new process the Board recognizes that the Non-Acute Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines clearly indicate that...
by Melissa Day | Oct 25, 2016 | MAD News
TO WEAN, OR NOT TO WEAN, THAT IS THE QUESTION. The Board Panel, in a recent October 2016 Decision, considered the issue of whether a Claimant’s opioid medications were appropriate. Significantly, in this case the claimant was classified with a permanent total...
by Melissa Day | Apr 15, 2016 | MAD News
THE NEWLY REOPENED FUND FOR REOPENED CASES – THE FIRST DEPARTMENT DECLARES THE RETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF 25-A UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Yesterday, in a dramatic reversal, the First Department declared retroactive application of the sunsetting of the Fund for Reopened Cases...
