Industry Insights
| No-Fault Auto and Work Comp - How to Do the Math | 06/24/2004 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| What is the interplay between workers comp lost wage benefits and no-fault lost wage benefits? Does no-fault pick up where workers comp leaves off (i.e., excess) and compensate a claimant's lost wages up to his actual loss or no-fault's $2000 monthly benefit, whichever comes first? Do workers comp l...Read More | |||
| New PTP Following P&S Status Requires Carrier Diligence | 03/28/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Management of future medical issues is always a difficult situation for the carrier, especially if the injured worker changes Primary Treating Physicians (PTP) along the way, and in particular after the first PTP makes a declaration that the injured worker is permanent and stationary. Several factor...Read More | |||
| Non-attorneys, Law Firms and Reg 10773 | 05/24/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| While attorneys may use non-attorney members of their firm to represent clients before the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB), particular attention needs to be paid to recently added Title 8, CCR, ...Read More | |||
| Negotion Skills for Examiners - Part 2 | 01/19/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| In the first article of this series we reviewed the first two important fundamentals of successful negotiation, focusing on the target and managing information successfully. Now we'll ...Read More | |||
| New Rules That Change Practice Before the Board | 12/22/2002 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The WCAB is in the process of adopting extensive changes to the Rules of Practice and Procedure located at California Code of Regulations Sections 10300 to 10999. According to Commissioner James Cuneo in a presentation to the Northern California Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys Association i...Read More | |||
| New Lien Time Limits ... and Ambiguities | 12/22/2002 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| California's 2003 legislation via AB 749 and 486 brought in some new rules in the filing and enforcement of medical liens, the most important of which are time limitations on the filing and prosecution of liens. Perhaps of greater importance than the black letter statutory time frames set forth in t...Read More | |||
| Negotiation Skills for Examiners - Part 1 | 12/22/2002 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A big part of the claims examiner's job is negotiating. Benefits, liens, attorney fees ... the list seems endless. This article on negotiation skills is the first in our next series of essential examiner skills. Negotiation Skills - The Fundamentals Of Successful Negotiations Negot...Read More | |||
| Newspaper Boys - Independent Contractors? | 07/21/2002 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports a curious anomaly in an exception to child labor laws, and the problems that occur where a child newspaper delivery person is hurt on the job typically they are not covered by workers compensation.In Children Injured on Paper Routes Often Go Uninsured (F...Read More | |||
| New California legislation for 2002 | 01/01/2002 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| AB 196 amends Labor Code section 3212, 3212.6, ...Read More | |||
| New Regulation 10124.1 | 08/12/2001 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Effective 6/29/01 is new Regulation section 10124.1. This new section concerns vocational feasability determinations made by Qualified Rehabilitation Representatives. The Rehabilitation Unit Administrative Guidelines were amended 8/16/01 to add section 08-30-03 in order to implement this new R...Read More | |||
