Delaware Sees More Docs Accepting Workers’ Comp 

• The Delaware Department of Labor reports that more providers are agreeing to treat injured workers following recent reforms. 

• SB 164 became law in June and increased the reimbursement rate for evaluation and management services provided through the state’s workers’ comp system. 

• So far, the system has seen an increase of more than 200 providers.  
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New York Contractor Charged 

• A Copenhagen, NY contractor is facing workers’ comp fraud charges following an investigation for larceny. 

• The New York State Police arrested Ronald V. Herzig for grand larceny, a lien law violation, and offering a false instrument for filing. 

• Herzig allegedly filed a certificate of exemption from workers’ compensation claiming he had no employees or subcontractors, but investigators say they uncovered records showing that multiple individuals had been paid as employees. 
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Benefits For Radiation Exposure 

• Former workers and the spouses of deceased workers at a factory with ties to the Manhattan Project are set to get benefits for radiation exposure. 

• Approximately 70 former employees or spoused of deceased employees of Spectrulite Consortium Inc. will get $7,500 each under the settlement.  

• The facility was owned by Dow Chemical Co. and processed uranium and thorium for nuclear bombs.  

• 170 other former workers were already eligible for benefits from a $32 million but the new beneficiaries never tested positive for any of the 22 cancers that determined eligibility.
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