Industry Insights
| Workers' Comp May be Headed for Another Tough Ride in Calif. | 08/18/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By John KabateckNational Federation of Independent Businesses California's workers' compensation system frequently defies common sense.Case in point: A recent Wall Street Journal analysis found Americans are utilizing less health care, including fewer doctor vis...Read More | |||
| Work Comp Cost Drivers - NCCI's Update and Implications | 08/06/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaHealth Strategy AssociatesThe good folks at the National Council on Compensation Insurance just released a report detailing workers comp medical cost drivers. There are two 'headline' findings: Severity is increasing at a slower rate, and the price of medical s...Read More | |||
| Workplace Violence can Put Your Company at Risk | 06/30/2010 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Teresa LongInstitute of Work Comp ProfessionalsTraditionally, the workplace has been thought of as a safe environment, the place where we often spend more time with our co-workers than our own families.But that perception changed dramatically on a hot August day in 1...Read More | |||
| Why Don't Comp Payers Change? | 06/22/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaHealth Strategy AssociatesI was talking at length with a good friend who works for a large payer last week, discussing the process of getting the organization to make significant, and very much needed, improvements to their managed care program.This got me ...Read More | |||
| WCAB Holds Limitation on Defendant's Obtaining QME Report Invalid | 06/07/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard M. "Jake" JacobsmeyerShaw, Jacobsmeyer, Crain, Claffey & NixThe WCAB, in surprising and welcome en banc decision, has held the recently adopted administrative director regulation commonly known as Rule 30 [Administrative Director Rule § 30(d)(3)] is invalid in t...Read More | |||
| When Employers Purposely Put their Employees in Harm's Way | 05/17/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Sam Gold Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Chamber of Commerce and insurance industry allies changed the way worker’s compensation works in California when they rammed through Senate Bill 899 in the middle of the night one April day in 2004. Was it a reform? Of course not; anyone in...Read More | |||
| Workplace Injury Coverage Denied Due to Home Office | 05/13/2010 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Brett A. Burlison The Law Office of Brett A. Burlison As reported by the Austin Statesman, on March 21, 2003 Liana Leordeanu was a successful sales person. And like so many sales people in the modern economy she worked out of her home. On that day, on the way...Read More | |||
| Workers' Compensation Results | 04/26/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Scott HaugeSmall Business CaliforniaThe Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau released April 14 the summary of insurer experience for 2009. The total written premium was $8.9 billion, down from $10.7 billion for 2008. The average rate per $100 of payroll was down sli...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp will not be Federalized. Period. | 04/07/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaHealth Strategy AssociatesThere are some folks in the greater 'workers comp' world who are speculating that the 'Feds' are going to take over workers' comp, or words to that effect.This is idle speculation based on connecting unconnectab...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp Reform: The Next GOP Talking Point | 03/25/2010 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Adam DosterFor months now, Illinois Republicans have criticized Democrats for proposing tax reform plans before undertaking "fundamental economic reforms," like forcing Medicaid beneficiaries into a private managed care system and cutting (already-reasonable) public employee pension b...Read More | |||
