WorkCompAcademy News - October 30, 2017

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Stakeholders Challenge TD Awarded After 5 Year Limit, More Controversy Over Vegas Shooting Comp Claims, Judge Issues "Partial" Injunction Against Lien Stay Law, En Banc WCAB Moves 1200 Lien Cases to Hearing, Purdue Pharma Faces Criminal OxyContin Probe, DWC Proposes New Notices for Denied Claims, FDA Supports Substitution Over Abstinence for Opioid Addiction, New QME Study Shows Less Evaluator "Bias", Hartford to Acquire Aetna’s Life, Disability Businesses.