Industry Insights
| California Fraud Bill: The Solution is a Problem | 08/27/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanCalifornia has a California-sized fraud problem, with much of action in the medical arena. Unscrupulous providers are billing for services that are never provided, often under the names of people who have never been injured. It's identity theft targeted at busin...Read More | |||
| Can You Hear Me Now? Work-related Injuries for Musicians | 08/18/2009 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julie FergusonAerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, 61, recently fell off the stage and suffered a broken shoulder, along with stitches in his head and back. He has had to cancel upcoming shows, though it's likely he'll be on a self-imposed return-to-work plan in the near ...Read More | |||
| California is Under Attack | 08/12/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungCalifornia under attack......From Nevada, that is.Nevada, with it's real estate and gaming industries hit hard by the recession, is fighting back. California business is being targeted in an ad campaign designed to lure business to a suppo...Read More | |||
| Compensable Fun | 08/10/2009 | ||
| State: IA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanThere is an ongoing debate concerning the compensability of injuries that occur during company sponsored recreation. As Dr. Suess might say, "These things are fun and fun is good," except when your employer makes you do it. There is a fine line between employees par...Read More | |||
| Comp Cost Escalates in Golden State, No Answer in Sight | 07/01/2009 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaThere are two key takeaways from the WCIRB report on California's work comp costs (as reported by WorkCompCentral.com).Medical costs are rising fast, and managed care costs are rising much faster...Read More | |||
| Cal-OSHA Overbooking of Hearings | 06/29/2009 | ||
| By: Robert Elliott | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Robert Elliott Nearly four dozen Cal-OSHA field inspectors, senior and district managers have written a letter of complaint to members of the California OSHA Appeals Board protesting "board policies and practices significantly undermining our ability to do our job of prote...Read More | |||
| California WC Med Costs - It Is the Networks; National Reform | 06/11/2009 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaThose of us with plenty of gray (or silver) hair have not been surprised by the significant increase in medical expense in California since the implementation of reform several years ago. What has been surprising is that it has taken this long for medical inflation to 'p...Read More | |||
| Cell Phones: Unsafe at Any Speed? | 06/05/2009 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon Coppelman We've been following the tentative steps taken by management to confront a relatively new and ubiquitous risk: the use of cell phones while driving. Most people seem to realize that cell phone use is a dangerous distraction, whether involving talkin...Read More | |||
| Can You Terminate an Employee on Work Comp? | 06/03/2009 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon Coppelman Here's a question that comes up frequently in our employer seminars: Can you terminate an employee who is on workers' comp? In general, it's not a good idea. In many states there is a presumption that the termination is in retaliation for filing the com...Read More | |||
| Compensable Sunshine, Revisited | 05/29/2009 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon Coppelman Our blog last week linking skin cancer to workers comp has already generated a few comments. "Workers' comp attorney" raises some interesting questions:(1) How much weight do you give to the person's leisure activities and/or l...Read More | |||
