Industry Insights
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Kamin: How to Get Apportionment From Older Awards | 06/01/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | |||
| When defending against an applicant with a prior award under an older permanent disability rating schedule, practitioners should take a few extra steps to ensure that they get Benson apportionment to the prior award. ...Read More | |||
| Zachry: Collateral Requirements for Workers' Compensation | 05/31/2023 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| This paper provides insight into workers’ compensation insurance collateral requirements and collateral processes affecting employers that are self-insured or that retain risk associated with their workers’ compensation program. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Grant for Study Decision Looms | 05/30/2023 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | |||
| The 2nd District Court of Appeal has now completed oral arguments and is considering final briefing in the dispute over whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s “grant for study” process is constitutional. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Patient Satisfaction Does Not Equal Quality of Care | 05/26/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 1 | |||
| Health care quality is a huge issue in the United States. Despite claims that we have the best health care in the world, the reality is far different. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Majority Adopts App Voc. Rehab Opinion | 05/25/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Today’s post is on the split panel decision in Hernandez v. Ventura Post Acute. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Three Things About Work Comp Drugs | 05/24/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| After a long and litigious delay, myMatrixx has been awarded the contract to manage pharmacy benefits for the coal and energy programs run by the Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). Details of the case, which involved a protest by rival Opt...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: CWCI Reports on IMR Stats From 2022 | 05/23/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| What is a pirate’s favorite part of California workers’ compensation? ...Read More | |||
| Grinberg: WCAB: Maybe Roommates Can Be Compelled to Sit for Deposition | 05/19/2023 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Your humble blogger has the misfortune of reliving, frequently and without reason, some of his more awkward moments. Some as early as my formative years, some more recent. It’s never a pleasant experience and I would rather not — but awkward is as awkward does. ...Read More | |||
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Warden: Artificial Intelligence Enhances Self-Insureds' Advantages | 05/17/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| As the landscape of workers’ compensation evolves, self-insured companies are increasingly turning to cutting-edge technologies to maintain a competitive edge. In this article, we explore how artificial intelligence offers significant opportunities for self-insured organizations to enhance ...Read More | |||
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Zachry: Using Your Actuary to Improve Claims Outcomes | 05/12/2023 | |
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| By: Bill Zachry | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Many frontline claims handlers do not understand the actuarial process and, as a result, they do not appreciate the impact that the claims administration and reserving processes have on the financials of the insurance company or of self-insured employers. ...Read More | |||
