Industry Insights
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Wagner: Race to the QME Specialty | 08/16/2019 | |
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| By: Kimberly R. Wagner | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An ongoing hot button issue in California workers’ compensation remains the specialty selected for the panel qualified medical evaluator, as it is generally the defense’s opportunity to have the injured worker evaluated by a neutral medical-legal physician after being referred to his ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Bad Faith Changes to Regulations Have Good Chance of Passage | 07/12/2019 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When a defendant objects to a bill for a medical-Legal expense, it must do so in compliance with LC 4622. Regulation 10451.1 is operative. Some defendants find the rules particularly onerous and want to tilt the process so ...Read More | |||
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Walls: Addressing PTSD in the Workplace | 06/07/2019 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The occurrence of school shootings, store robberies and job-related fatalities have all contributed to the increase in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the workplace. A session at the recent RIMS 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition discussed the need to address the is...Read More | |||
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Walls: Is Telemedicine the Last Frontier for WC? | 05/31/2019 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Telemedicine makes it possible for injured employees to reach a qualified clinician from home or the work site, providing a promising alternative that ensures early treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Walls: Taking Aim at Workplace Violence | 05/24/2019 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workplace violence can happen any time and anywhere. A session at the recent RIMS 2019 Annual Conference & Exhibition reviewed a spectrum of workplace violence risk management tactics, including red flags that can foreshadow an event, and training on what to do if it does occur. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Reneging on AB 1107 | 05/20/2019 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | |||
| In its original form, Assembly Bill 1107 was supposed to give relief to injured workers who were being wrongly denied access to treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Will AB 1107 Trim the Claws of UR? | 04/18/2019 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Under current law, employers are obliged to establish utilization review panels whose purpose is to review, approve, modify or deny diagnostic and/or treatment recommendations. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: High Court Applies Nebraska Law in Conflict-of-Law Case | 03/26/2019 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One year ago, the Arizona Court of Appeals announced that A.R.S. § 23-1023 was not a statute of limitations under state law, with regard to the requirement that an employee must file a third-party action within the first year after an accident or obtain a “reassignment” from the ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: All Is Not Well in California and Hawaii | 02/14/2019 | |
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| Source: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Duty of care (King v. CompPartners) was reviewed in this column in October. The case involved the sudden discontinuation by a utilization review physician of patient Kirk King's klonopin. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: State Adopts 'Frye Standard' for Experts | 01/07/2019 | |
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| Source: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Florida’s tug-of-war between its courts and its Legislature regarding the appropriate standard for a judge to use to assess the admissibility of an expert’s opinion testimony has finally been settled. ...Read More | |||
