Industry Insights
| Calculating SAWW in Life Pension/100% Awards | 10/11/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| While most of the 2002 amendments to the California Labor Code that peg indemnity to the State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) don't go into effect until 2006, Labor Code section 4659 contains a little notic...Read More | |||
| Common Adjusting Mistakes, Part 4: CT Disputes | 10/11/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Our fourth article in this series deals with the failure to provide benefits in a compensable continuous trauma (CT) case where there are multiple defendants.Labor Code section 5500.5 provide...Read More | |||
| Common Adjusting Mistakes, Part 3: Treating | 09/28/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| This is the third in a series on common mistakes made by claims examiners in the workers' compensation field. Our first article reviewed failure to adjust the TTD level after two years...Read More | |||
| Californias Painful New Path to Work Comp Reform | 09/28/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Steven MacDonald Co-Founder & CEO of Matrix Healthcare Services In the world of political reform, California tends to serve as America's trendsetter. While national headlines have tended to focus on California's ongoing political sideshows such as the Gary Condit scandal, and the '...Read More | |||
| Common Adjusting Mistakes, Part 2: LC 4050 | 09/14/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| This is the second in a series on common mistakes made by claims examiners in the workers' compensation field. Our last article reviewed failure to adjust the TTD level after two years...Read More | |||
| Common Adjusting Mistakes, Part 1: Adjust TTD | 08/30/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| While workers' compensation claims handling is a complex event, requiring broad knowledge of medical issues, legal issues, and financial issues, there seem to be certain specific issues that repeatedly trip up even seasoned adjusters. This is the first article in a series of five articles that will ...Read More | |||
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Explained | 08/30/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Eugene Baciocco, M.D. Orthopedic Surgery Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is, perhaps, one of the most common repetitive stress injuries in the industrial arena. While the increased incidence of CTS over the past ten years seems to have paralleled the increased ...Read More | |||
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Explained | 08/30/2003 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Eugene Baciocco, M.D. Orthopedic Surgery Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is, perhaps, one of the most common repetitive stress injuries in the industrial arena. While the increased incidence of CTS over the past ten years seems to have paralleled the increased ...Read More | |||
| CA Court of Appeal, Employee Right To Privacy | 07/19/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The California Court of Appeal (1st District) has decided a case involving workers' compensation exclusive remedy and the constitutional right to privacy. In Operating Engineers v. Joh...Read More | |||
| CA Supreme Court, TTD, Treatment, and 132a | 07/06/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The California Supreme Court has decided that the law does not require payment of temporary disability indemnity to an injured worker for time off work for medical appointments after he has become permanent and stationary. The Court also ruled that, while the failure to pay temporary disability fo...Read More | |||
