WorkCompAcademy News - March 5, 2018

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Consideration of Cancer "Latency Period" Required for AOE-COE, OSHA Citation Upheld for Failure to Fully Complete Form 300 Log, DOJ Claims Interest in Multi-District Opioid Litigation, Prosecutors Arrest So. Cal. Lap-Band Surgeons for $250M Fraud, Victorville Physician Arrested for Illegal Opioid Prescriptions, Red Bluff City Councilman Gets Jail Time for Comp Fraud, California Voters to Revisit Billion Dollar Stem Cell Funding, FDA Approves Non-Opioid Pain Patch, QME Costs Level Off - or are Declining, Ride Share Drivers Reluctant to Take E.R. Patients.