The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted finalized rule changes in keeping with a recent court decision on physician dispensing of medication, along with new rules requiring the latest federal immigration status forms for workers.
Six months after a Florida appeals court pulled the plug on state rules that had allowed physician dispensing, the DWC has revised its regulations to be in line with the court ruling. The new rules, which took effect Sept. 2, strike language that had stated flatly that physicians and nurse practitioners may dispense medication to injured workers and that insurers cannot disallow it.
Dispensing has been a recurring issue in Florida workers’ compensation for years, with employers and insurance carriers arguing that meds sold by doctors’ offices often are more expensive and overutilized than prescribed drugs purchased at a pharmacy—which adds to medical costs in injury claims.
Another set of rules that became effective last week also require injured workers who seek reemployment to be screened for immigration status using the latest, federal I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form.
Where were you on September 11, 2001, when you heard that at 8:46 a.m. a hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) in Manhattan? And that minutes later hijackers crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower?
What were you doing when you heard that more hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia? And then when they crashed United Airlines Flight 93 into an empty field Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers and crew prevented it from reaching Washington, D.C.
At 9:59 a.m. the WTC’s South Tower collapsed. At 10:28 a.m., the North Tower collapsed.
What do we remember about that day 25 years ago ? Whom do we remember? How do we remember?
Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001. Among them were men and women who worked in the towers— including hundreds of insurance professionals— as well as people who happened to be nearby, and first responders risking their lives to save others.
