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CMS Issues New WCRC Award: Experts Weigh In

September 13, 2017 | by: | Categories: Features

A new Workers’ Compensation Review Contractor (WCRC) award has been issued by CMS. The new WCRC contract was awarded on September 1st, 2017, to Capitol Bridge, LLC of Arlington, Virginia, a certified small business entity. The contract is worth $60,759,236 – an increase of $5,124,084 from the previous Provider Resources contract awarded in 2011.

LCA Hits on “Warning Shot” in MSA Case, Nitty Gritty of Medical Marijuana

June 14, 2017 | by: | Categories: Features

The Louisiana Claims Association held its 2017 conference at the Hilton Capitol Center in Baton Rouge June 7th-9th. The event, now in its 23rd year, highlighted speakers from other parts of the country and featured a whole track of workers’ comp lectures. Jose Ortiz of Absolute Data Processing on medical marijuana and Mark Popolizio of ISO Claims Partners on MSAs were two out-of-state standouts.