Injured Workers Pharmacy: News

State of the States, October 2

Written by Danielle Jaffee | Oct 5, 2020 12:00:00 PM

What's happening this week in workers' compensation? IWP's weekly legislative wrap-up, State of the States, keeps you up to date on important matters within the workers' compensation and pharmacy arena.

This week's legislative wrap-up contains updates including:

  • In Pennsylvania, a workers' compensation bill that would expand coverage for volunteer firefighters is seeing new life after lying dormant since February.
  • Doctors in Illinois have reached a settlement with more than 80 workers' compensation insurers to receive interest from delayed reimbursements that they are owed for the care provided to injured workers.
  • The Texas Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group has released its yearly Workers' Compensation Network Report Card Results. 

This edition also includes an update from Virginia.  

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