Industry Insights
| Annals of Fraud: Pickells in a Pickle | 08/18/2011 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Kevin and Bob Pickell ran KDN Lanchester Insurance Agency in Sinking Spring PA. It's not just the spring that's sunk. The not-so-kissing cousins (bad day photos here) have been convicted of diverting workers comp premium payments from area school systems into their own pockets.As...Read More | |||
| August Case Law Update | 08/05/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| By Michael Sullivan Michael Sullivan & Associates, P.C. The following is a summary of important updates to California workers' compensation law. JURISDICTIO...Read More | |||
| A Claimant IME can Impose Work Restrictions Retroactively | 06/27/2011 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerWith the state of independent medical examiners these days, it’s always wise to consider using one for your defense. After all, the limitations on how many you can have are lifted.But, its important to also present evidence...Read More | |||
| Against the Grain: OSHA Puts Bin Operators On Notice | 06/17/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesAs we noted in a blog earlier this year, the number of fatalities in grain bins reached record levels in 2010. There were 51 grain bin accidents last year, up from 38 in 2009 and the most since tracking began in 1978. Twenty-five people di...Read More | |||
| Annals of Disability: A Bridge Worker with a Fear of Heights | 06/09/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesDarrell Miller worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) as part of a crew that maintained bridges. He worked without any problems for five years, but then encountered some difficulty with the job related to a fear of hei...Read More | |||
| Avoiding the Big Crunch | 05/26/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonCosmology is so fascinating.If the universe (?ur universe?) was created with a big bang, will it expand forever? Or like an expanded balloon, will it deflate into a big crunch?Is our universe closed, or open? Will things disi...Read More | |||
| AWP is not Going Away | 05/25/2011 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesAverage Wholesale Price the much-declaimed pharmaceutical pricing metric is not going away anytime soon.Certainly not this fall, and very likely not next fall either.AWP is published by several firms, i...Read More | |||
| Are Idiopathic Injuries Real Workers' Comp Injuries? | 05/23/2011 | ||
| By: Rebecca Shafer | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Rebecca ShaferAmaxx Risk SolutionsThe recent Alabama Supreme Court case that held an idiopathic injury occurring in the workplace is not a compensable injury is another example of how the various states differ in what is and what is not workers' compensation. A few states cover...Read More | |||
| A New Life Line for Group Workers' Comp Funds in N.Y. | 04/07/2011 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Mike FergusonSelf Insurance Institute of AmericaIn the wake of several high profile group workers’ compensation funds (SIGs) failures a few years ago, the future for other SIGs operating in that state has been looking bleak.With the state on the hook for unpaid...Read More | |||
| Annals of Medicine: Refuse to Fuse? | 02/25/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesDr. Trang Nguyen has some serious doubts about the effectiveness of spinal fusions, especially in workers' comp. In his study of 1,450 cases of chronic lower back pain in the Ohio comp system, Dr. Nguyen focused on an outcome near and ...Read More | |||
