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Senate committee makes changes to workers-comp drug bill - The News-Press


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Senate committee makes changes to workers-comp drug bill
The News-Press
... that called for limiting the amounts doctors can charge for dispensing drugs to workers-compensation patients. The heavily lobbied issue has been a priority of groups such as Associated Industries of Florida and the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
Lawmakers go to work on pet projectsDaily Commercial

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A Chronology of an (attempted) Senate Power-Grab - Orlando Sentinel (blog)


A Chronology of an (attempted) Senate Power-Grab
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
But that same day, Gardiner's Florida Conservative Majority CCE took a stunning $72000 check from Automated Healthcare Solutions, the Broward-based physician software company fighting a worker's compensation bill that would limit payments for doctors ...

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Wages, benefits up for South Florida workers in private sector - Florida Trend


Wages, benefits up for South Florida workers in private sector
Florida Trend
Here's another sign that South Florida's economy is turning around: Wages and other benefits are up 1.8 percent for 2011, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's up from a 1.1 percent increase in workers' total compensation from the year ...

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Florida considers patient compensation system - Clinical Advisor


Florida considers patient compensation system
Clinical Advisor
By utilizing an administrative rather than judicial process for medical malpractice claims, the newly proposed system would closely model the state workers' compensation system. The patient compensation system, in its current outline, would replace the ...

Atwater: North Port Man Charged with Workers' Compensation Fraud - Sunshine State News (blog)


Atwater: North Port Man Charged with Workers' Compensation Fraud
Sunshine State News (blog)
A North Port man was charged with workers' compensation fraud and grand theft for allegedly filing false insurance claims that allowed him to collect more than $34000 between December 2006 and August 2011, the office of Florida Chief Financial Officer ...
CFO Jeff Atwater Announces Arrest of North Port Man on charges of Workers ...Insurance News Net (press release)

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Florida workers' comp rates to go up 8.9 percent - Orlando Business Journal


Florida workers' comp rates to go up 8.9 percent
Orlando Business Journal
By the numbers Companies renewing their workers' compensation insurance face double trouble — higher rates and paying more if their claims exceed premiums. Workers' compensation rates have fallen nearly 58.6 percent since the Legislature adopted ...

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Florida Workers' Compensation Fees - JD Supra (press release)


Florida Workers' Compensation Fees
JD Supra (press release)
You should never have to pay a Florida or Georgia workers' compensation attorney a fee to tell them what is going on with your injury. If you do speak to a law firm and they require you to pay a fee to simply talk about the possibility of hiring them ...

Letter: Drug repackaging loophole drives up cost of doing business in Florida - TCPalm


Letter: Drug repackaging loophole drives up cost of doing business in Florida
TCPalm
This year, the Legislature must work to close a loophole in the workers' compensation system that is significantly impacting Florida businesses by allowing physicians to pass along exorbitant prescription prices to employers.

Florida Workers' Compensation Carrier Responsible for Payment of $50000.00 in ... - JD Supra (press release)


Florida Workers' Compensation Carrier Responsible for Payment of $50000.00 in ...
JD Supra (press release)
Becca Contracting & North American Risk Services Florida Workers' Compensation Carrier Responsible for Payment of $50000.00 in Medical Bills -Vance v. Becca Contracting & North American Risk Services The First District Court of appeals affirmed a Fort ...

Worker's compensation bill has support in Florida House - Bizjournals.com


Worker's compensation bill has support in Florida House
Bizjournals.com
A proposed bill would allow workers compensation insurance companies to keep about $25 million a year. TALLAHASSEE—A bill to allow workers compensation insurance companies to keep about $25 million a year instead of returning the windfall to the ...
Florida Lawmakers Tackle Check Cashing Ties to Workers' Comp FraudInsurance Journal

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