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Flipping proposal’s intent, amended bill would ‘gut’ WSI reform
FARGO – A bill intended to strengthen the opinion of a worker’s treating doctor in evaluating a workers’ compensation claim has been amended in a way that could require a hearing officer to discard the treating doctor’s opinion.
Tuesday, April, 02, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – A bill intended to strengthen the opinion of a worker’s treating doctor in evaluating a workers’ compensation claim has been amended in a way that could require a hearing officer to discard the treating doctor’s opinion.
Tuesday, April, 02, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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WSI still struggling with computers
Claims system snafus have cost millions, created medical bill backlog
FARGO – North Dakota’s workers’ compensation program continues to grapple with a computer system that has cost millions of dollars to implement and produced a backlog in paying medical bills.
Wednesday, January, 09, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Claims system snafus have cost millions, created medical bill backlog
FARGO – North Dakota’s workers’ compensation program continues to grapple with a computer system that has cost millions of dollars to implement and produced a backlog in paying medical bills.
Wednesday, January, 09, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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WSI continues to be a problem
May 7th’s front-page story once again points out one of the governmental issues so very wrong in North Dakota. The Forum is to be complimented for its in-depth expose.
Tuesday, June, 12, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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May 7th’s front-page story once again points out one of the governmental issues so very wrong in North Dakota. The Forum is to be complimented for its in-depth expose.
Tuesday, June, 12, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Prosecutors: No crimes committed in WSI deletion
BISMARCK – Prosecutors have determined that no crimes were committed when an electronic record from an injured worker’s claim file was deleted at Workforce Safety and Insurance.
Wednesday, August, 01, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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BISMARCK – Prosecutors have determined that no crimes were committed when an electronic record from an injured worker’s claim file was deleted at Workforce Safety and Insurance.
Wednesday, August, 01, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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WSI catching up with long backlog of pay claims
Computer glitches blamed for long delays
FARGO – Glitches in implementing a new computer system for the North Dakota workers’ comp program have produced a backlog of payments to medical providers that once topped $15.5 million.
Saturday, June, 16, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Computer glitches blamed for long delays
FARGO – Glitches in implementing a new computer system for the North Dakota workers’ comp program have produced a backlog of payments to medical providers that once topped $15.5 million.
Saturday, June, 16, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Whistleblower at WSI claims agency retaliated
BISMARCK – An employee of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency who blew the whistle on suspected wrongdoing is alleging she has suffered retaliation.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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BISMARCK – An employee of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency who blew the whistle on suspected wrongdoing is alleging she has suffered retaliation.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Forum editorial: WSI pain bill defies science
Legislation that is mostly under the radar at the North Dakota Legislature is shaping up to be anti-medical science and anti-older worker. Workforce Safety & Insurance, the state workers’ compensation agency, is pushing a measure that would reclassify pain as it affects workplace injuries and as pain might be a determining factor in claims decisions.
Tuesday, March, 26, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Legislation that is mostly under the radar at the North Dakota Legislature is shaping up to be anti-medical science and anti-older worker. Workforce Safety & Insurance, the state workers’ compensation agency, is pushing a measure that would reclassify pain as it affects workplace injuries and as pain might be a determining factor in claims decisions.
Tuesday, March, 26, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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WF man charged with filing false WSI claim
FARGO – A West Fargo man is charged with a felony after allegedly lying about being employed in a claim for worker’s compensation from the state of North Dakota.
Friday, March, 15, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – A West Fargo man is charged with a felony after allegedly lying about being employed in a claim for worker’s compensation from the state of North Dakota.
Friday, March, 15, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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State wants second look at WSI’s ‘second opinions’
ND worker’s comp reviews again under scrutiny
FARGO – Tim Lambertson has fought a long legal battle to keep from seeing the doctor. The former truck driver, who was sidelined from work by an injury sustained while unloading potatoes, would welcome medical treatments to end his debilitating back pain. Social Security classifies him as disabled.
Sunday, March, 24, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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ND worker’s comp reviews again under scrutiny
FARGO – Tim Lambertson has fought a long legal battle to keep from seeing the doctor. The former truck driver, who was sidelined from work by an injury sustained while unloading potatoes, would welcome medical treatments to end his debilitating back pain. Social Security classifies him as disabled.
Sunday, March, 24, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Forum editorial: WSI pain legislation is painful
Nearly every examining room in North Dakota hospitals and clinics features a “pain chart.” It’s usually a scale of one to 10 that asks a patient to judge the intensity of his/her pain, with one the least painful, 10 the most.
Wednesday, January, 30, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Nearly every examining room in North Dakota hospitals and clinics features a “pain chart.” It’s usually a scale of one to 10 that asks a patient to judge the intensity of his/her pain, with one the least painful, 10 the most.
Wednesday, January, 30, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Workforce Safety-backed bill: Pain not evidence of injury
Legislation would require diagnostic image to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits
FARGO – Legislation would eliminate pain as medical evidence of an injury that would qualify for workers’ compensation benefits for certain claims.
Friday, January, 25, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Legislation would require diagnostic image to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits
FARGO – Legislation would eliminate pain as medical evidence of an injury that would qualify for workers’ compensation benefits for certain claims.
Friday, January, 25, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Workers’ comp is corrupt to its core
Patrick Springer’s reporting (May 13) is spot on! I once was a medical reviewer for Workforce Safety and Insurance and eventually was fired because I dared to find that workers were in fact injured.
Wednesday, May, 23, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Patrick Springer’s reporting (May 13) is spot on! I once was a medical reviewer for Workforce Safety and Insurance and eventually was fired because I dared to find that workers were in fact injured.
Wednesday, May, 23, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Man accused of falsely collecting worker’s comp
FARGO – A Fargo man faces felony charges for falsely collecting payments from Workforce Safety and Insurance, the state’s worker’s compensation program.
Wednesday, May, 15, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – A Fargo man faces felony charges for falsely collecting payments from Workforce Safety and Insurance, the state’s worker’s compensation program.
Wednesday, May, 15, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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ND workers' comp handling more out-of-state claims
BISMARCK — The boom in the western North Dakota oil patch has led to a workload increase for the state's workers' compensation agency.
Thursday, April, 25, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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BISMARCK — The boom in the western North Dakota oil patch has led to a workload increase for the state's workers' compensation agency.
Thursday, April, 25, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Editorial: By nature, oil work dangerous
It comes as no surprise that workplace deaths are up in North Dakota’s booming Oil Patch. The rapid increase in oil and gas activity has put unprecedented stress on all aspects of life in oil country.
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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It comes as no surprise that workplace deaths are up in North Dakota’s booming Oil Patch. The rapid increase in oil and gas activity has put unprecedented stress on all aspects of life in oil country.
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Workplace deaths rise in ND Oil Patch
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is offering safety training to companies in the state’s booming Oil Patch, an effort to decrease job-related deaths and injuries happening most often to employees with less than a year on the job, officials said.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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BISMARCK – North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is offering safety training to companies in the state’s booming Oil Patch, an effort to decrease job-related deaths and injuries happening most often to employees with less than a year on the job, officials said.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Bill would classify pain as only a symptom, not sign of worsening pre-existing condition
FARGO – Proponents say a bill being considered in the state Legislature seeks to clarify North Dakota workers’ compensation law regarding how pain and pre-existing injuries affect claims decisions.
Sunday, March, 24, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – Proponents say a bill being considered in the state Legislature seeks to clarify North Dakota workers’ compensation law regarding how pain and pre-existing injuries affect claims decisions.
Sunday, March, 24, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Duluth man: Nuclear security breach 'miraculous'
That protesters were able to enter facility has caused embarrassment, backlash
DULUTH, Minn. – The U.S. District Court in Knoxville, Tenn., calls it trespassing and felony malicious destruction of property and depredation. Members of the U.S. Congress are calling it “unprecedented,” “unacceptable” and “historic.”
Sunday, September, 30, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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That protesters were able to enter facility has caused embarrassment, backlash
DULUTH, Minn. – The U.S. District Court in Knoxville, Tenn., calls it trespassing and felony malicious destruction of property and depredation. Members of the U.S. Congress are calling it “unprecedented,” “unacceptable” and “historic.”
Sunday, September, 30, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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