Industry Insights
| Settlement Strategies with Medicare Set-Asides | 03/12/2010 | ||
| By: Janis Skiljo-Haris | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Janis Skiljo-HarisAs certified Medicare set-aside (MSA) consultants since 2005, MedLink has been dealing with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) settlement issues in workers’ compensation and prepared MSAs utilizing a dynamic and interactive process. During our s...Read More | |||
| Strengthen Relationships to Improve Workers' Comp | 03/11/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Frank LucchettiOur workers’ compensation system was put into place to better the lives of our workers, to support them through unexpected times of hardship caused by their labors. Unfortunately, it is often the case that the system focuses on issues other than the well-being of ...Read More | |||
| SJDB Voucher FAQs | 01/13/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By Allan LenoThese are answers to frequently-asked questions about California's Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits.Are we required to send the Job Offer Notice to the employee if there was no TD benefit paid? Applicant’s attorney has requested that I pa...Read More | |||
| Sunset Process Progresses | 12/28/2009 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Albert Betts Jr.The mission and performance of the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) and Office of Injured Employee Counsel (OIEC) are currently being reviewed by the Texas Sunset Advisory Committee as provided for by the Texas Sunset Act. The House and Senate member...Read More | |||
| State Rankings: Why is Massachusetts on Top? | 11/25/2009 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Tom LynchRecently, in one of his Risk & Insurance columns, our friend and colleague, Peter Rousmaniere, wrote a piece examining workers’ compensation costs and benefits among the various states. (See story in sidebar.) There are a few organizations that do this annually. In ...Read More | |||
| Schwarzenegger Signs SB 313 | 11/11/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius Young Gov. Schwarzenegger has now signed SB 313, a bill which increases penalties for failure to provide workers' comp coverage.Sponsored by State Senator Mark DeSaulnier, SB 313 will allow penalties of double the monies that would have been paid as premiums by ...Read More | |||
| Spending Money | 11/04/2009 | ||
| By: Mullen & Filippi | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Mullen & FilippiThis is Halloween week, when many of us spend money on fun things like costumes and candy. Next week, the stores start putting out Christmas displays to encourage us to spend money on gifts for the holidays. Here, we discuss recent legal developments, most of ...Read More | |||
| States Can Deliver Low Work Comp Premiums and High Benefits | 11/04/2009 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A few states deliver high levels of benefits to injured workers at low premium rates, and a few deliver low benefits at high premium rates. Peter Rousmaniere's assessment of each state's work comp system not only tells us which states fall into which categories, but provides insights into th...Read More | |||
| Seeking Balance | 09/30/2009 | ||
| By: Mullen & Filippi | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Mullen & FilippiIn the spirit of the fall season, we look at recent developments in workers' compensation law with a view toward how the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and the Department of Industrial Relations are doing in creating a balance between the interests of ...Read More | |||
| Study Reveals Massive Labor Law Violations for Low-Wage Workers | 09/15/2009 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julie FergusonAccording to the Department of Labor's site on the history of Labor Day, the holiday is a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. But for low wage workers, there wasn't much to cel...Read More | |||
