Industry Insights
Work Comp Reform - Spurring National Changes | 08/14/2005 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Michael Weinper, MPH, PT Trends that start in California often spread to the rest of the country. That may be the case with the state's recent workers' compensation reforms, which seem to be producing significantly lower medical costs. Both employers and insurers there are ge...Read More | |||
Work Comp History 101 | 07/04/2005 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Why Things Are the Way they Are - an opinion by an experienced claims examiner The following commentary first appeared in the WorkCompC...Read More | |||
Why CA Fraud Funding Critieria is Flawed | 07/04/2005 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
The following commentary was submitted by Mr. Barry Goldhammer, a consultant, in response to a recent news item published 6/23/05 in WorkCompCentral:After reading Mr. Sams article entitled, L.A.Co DA Loses $1M in Fraud Fighting Money, with great interest, two issues became very appare...Read More | |||
Walls vs. Turner Construction and Strict Liability | 05/08/2005 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER WHO MONITORED SAFETY CONDITIONS HAS STRICT LIABILITY FOR WORKER'S FALL FROM LADDER Timothy Walls v Turner Construction Company, NYLJ 5/06/05 (Court of Appeals 2005) Turner Construction Com...Read More | |||
When (and to whom) Does the RTW Incentive Apply? | 05/07/2005 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Often the WorkCompCentral Professional Forum will provide insight into some of the more timely, and difficult, issues confronting professionals in the system - and the following concerning the new "Return to Work Incentive" created so many different interpretations on a seemingly straight forward qu...Read More | |||
What Would Your Employees Say About You? | 03/12/2005 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
by Brent Heurter, Chief Solutions Officer, ClearComp A new study by Harris Interactive for Age Wave and the The Concours Group provides business leaders with some pretty devastating feedback. More than half of the almost 8,000 workers surveyed question the basic morality of their organizati...Read More | |||
Will Chiropractice & PT Restrictions Be Upheld? | 01/20/2005 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
The 24 visit cap on chiropractic visits has our chiropractor's knickers in a knot. Although I am not a chiropractor, I've been wondering if the 24 visit rule can withstand constitutional scrutiny. Naturally, the defense side will say "Yes, the legislature made the labor code and they have plenary au...Read More | |||
Watch Your Classifications | 01/08/2005 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
If you're in business, you must be concerned with the bottom line. You cannot afford to overlook anything, including worker's compensation. There are many businesses, municipalities, etc., that are being overcharged for their premiums due to unintentional insurance errors, and they don't even know i...Read More | |||
WorkCompCentral Holiday Schedule | 12/25/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
The crew at WorkCompCentral wish to thank YOU for making 2004 a huge success and we look forward to an even better 2005! No news will be published from 12/24/2004 and 1/2/2005 - our regular publication schedule will resume on 1/3/2005. Our business office will be open regular hours during this perio...Read More | |||
Why Settle Rehab for Pennies on the Dollar? | 12/19/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Why Settle Rehab Out for Just Pennies on the Dollar? DWC Form RU-122When an injured worker (IW) with a date of injury prior to 2004 is not interested in going to school to enhance their employability, you may want to ask if s/he has thought about starting a small business. If so, the RU-12...Read More | |||