Industry Insights
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Nsahlai: 10 Steps to Resolve WC Cases Quickly, Efficiently, Cost-Effectively | 06/23/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Despite the advent of the much-talked about and ballyhooed SB 863, the resolution of whether an injury arose out of the course of employment issues — as opposed to medical treatment disputes — remains of critical importance. And so it will continue to be, once SB 863’s prov...Read More | |||
| Novel Controls on Physician Dispensing | 01/14/2016 | ||
| By: Mark Pew | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As you know, I’m not a fan of physician dispensing. In limited cases, there can be benefits from patient compliance and convenience and from immediate treatment. However, my opinion is that, in most cases, physician dispensing creates a motivation to continue prescribing (because reven...Read More | |||
| New Formulary Should Save Payers Big Bucks | 12/15/2015 | ||
| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The most important bill California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law during the 2015 legislative session (Assembly Bill 1124) calls for implementation of a prescription-drug formulary by July 1, 2017. ...Read More | |||
| New York Case Law Update | 11/18/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Matter of Strujan v. New York Hospital, 518465, (11/5/2015): A New York appellate court ruled that liability for a worker's 1997 injury could not yet be transferred to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases because the claim had not yet been truly closed. NEW! Ferrant...Read More | |||
| New York Case Law Update | 10/21/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Quinones v. Olmstead Props. Inc., 2015 NY Slip Op 07571, (10/15/2015): A billboard company employee who fell off a stack of concrete blocks should not have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law Section 240(1) claim because of conflicting evidence about whether his emplo...Read More | |||
| No One in Florida is Talking About it? | 10/16/2015 | ||
| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| WorkCompCentral reported this week that the push for formularies is gaining momentum. It appears that the concept is here to stay -- "here" meaning workers' comp...Read More | |||
| New York Case Law Update | 10/06/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Ugbomah v. Edison Parking Corp., 2014-04006, (09/30/2015): A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers' Compensation Law did not bar a worker's lawsuit against the owners and managers of a property where the worker was allegedly injured, but that the property owners and manager...Read More | |||
| New York Case Law Update | 09/09/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Caceres v. Standard Realty Associates, 14534 110900/10 590816/10, (08/25/2015): A divided New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell from an unsecured A-frame ladder was entitled to summary judgment as to the issue of liability under Labor Law Section 240(1). NEW! Zamora v...Read More | |||
| Neither Good Luck nor Good Vendor | 08/27/2015 | ||
| By: Barry Thompson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The work comp service industry would have employers believe that the best workers’ comp outcomes require services of the “best” insurer, third-party administrator, preferred provider organization and other vendors. Further, that the “best” process hinges primarily on...Read More | |||
| New York Case Law Update | 08/19/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Cunha v. Crossroads II, 2014-07319, (08/05/2015): A New York appellate court ruled that a worker whose legs were crushed by an excavator could proceed with his Labor Law action against the owner of the accident site, but it said the property owner was entitled to summary judgment dism...Read More | |||
