Industry Insights
| First Rule: Fly the Airplane | 06/14/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| "We shouldn’t be introducing Regs without solid data and an intelligent description of the problem."That summarizes an email I received yesterday (while sitting in jury duty no I didn't get empaneled) in response to my editorial post regarding the new California lien regulatio...Read More | |||
| Follow the Money and Call IRS | 05/08/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| When we see signs on the side of the road soliciting workers' compensation claimants, or on buses likewise advertising free medical and disability income, we tend to think that it is some dirty lawyer engaging in ethically comprised activity.We think that the individuals should be re...Read More | |||
| Focus on Utilization Review | 04/17/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A key focus of upcoming legislative or regulatory proposals in California's workers' comp system will be escalating medical costs, measures used to contain costs, and the costs of those measures.It's striking that almost everyone seems unhappy with the current system. Workers...Read More | |||
| Five Huge Mistakes that Injured Workers Make | 01/25/2012 | ||
| State: NV | Segment: | 0 | |||
| 1. Going along with bad medical careYou don't have to accept substandard medical care just because you were injured at work. It is hard to correct a botched surgery. If you feel reluctant or have a gut feeling that the surgeon the insurer has assigned to you isn't very good...Read More | |||
| Full Range of Sedentary Duty not Necessary to Defeat PTD | 01/12/2012 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| When dealing with a permanent total disability claim, the standard is well known. After the 2003 legislative changes, the 1st District Court of Appeal declared that we are now back to the pre-1994 standard. A claimant can prove PTD one of three ways:Claimant is medically PTD; in that she...Read More | |||
| For Work Comp, the Soft Market is Over | 01/09/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| It's increasingly evident that the way-too-long soft market in workers comp is coming to an end if it isn't already over.The latest news comes from MarketScout, which indicated workers' comp rates were up 3% in December, the highest increase among all property and casualty l...Read More | |||
| Florida Excess Profits Law Challenge Opens 2012 | 01/04/2012 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The year is starting off with an interesting political twist in Florida.Rep. Daniel Davis, R-Jacksonville, filed House Bill 4169 on Dec. 20, seeking to remove workers' compensation and employers' liability from Florida's controversial excess-profits law, which requires carrie...Read More | |||
| Feds Relying More on Surveillance Video | 12/22/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| There is no disputing that employee fraud in the form of falsely applying for and receiving work comp benefits costs private employers here in California and across the U.S. millions of dollars each year. However, the fallout from this work comp fraud is not just limited to the private sector. In ...Read More | |||
| Fla. Looks to Curtail Presumptions to Save Money | 12/06/2011 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| One of the problems with establishing presumptions of causation in a workers' compensation scheme occurs when lawmakers want to revise or constrict the application of a presumption to curtail abuses.Once a presumption has been established it is very difficult politically to take it a...Read More | |||
| Franchisees: Independent Contractors or Employees? | 09/09/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| We have been tracking the fate of the FedEx business model in state courts as it collides with increasingly stringent definitions of "employee." FedEx operates under a sophisticated and ingenious contract designed to transform their drivers into "independent contractors." It's been a tough haul....Read More | |||
