Industry Insights
| Arbitrators Being Forced to Take Days Off | 09/15/2009 | ||
| By: Eugene F. Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. Keefe Synopsis: Ouch, Illinois' hard-working arbitrators and other IWCC staff are being told to take furloughs; some as early as this week. Editor's comment: Well, push may be coming to shove at the Illinois state level where budgets ap...Read More | |||
| Almaraz and Ogilvie II - New Limits on PD Determinations | 09/14/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Howard J. Stevens In a rare process, the WCAB en banc has reconsidered its own holdings in Mario Almaraz and Joyce Guzman v WCAB, and Wanda Ogilvie v City and County of San Francisco, seminal cases which significantly liberalized the permanent disability rating process placed int...Read More | |||
| Another Almaraz/Guzman II Perspective | 09/09/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Shawn M. KingAlmaraz II is here and, as promised, I'm ready to review the case.First off, I'm feeling very self-satisfied in terms of how we've addressed Almaraz to this point.As you'll recall, the position has been to stay within the AMA Guides...Read More | |||
| Almaraz/Guzman II & Ogilvie II Decisions Issued | 09/09/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard M. Jacobsmeyer The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has issued its anxiously awaited revised decisions in the Almaraz/Guzman and Ogilvie cases, upholding but significantly altering significant portions of Almaraz/Guzman and essentially upholding its pri...Read More | |||
| A Pair of Cases You Should Know | 08/26/2009 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Miller, Kagan, Rodriguez and SilverHerman Parodi v. Florida Contracting Co. Case No. 1Do8-4196, Fla 1st DCA 8/21/09. Unauthorized providers may give opinion testimony in certain circumstances (but there may be more circumstances than the court has foreseen.)WHAT ...Read More | |||
| Another Furlough Day Would Be Bad News | 06/30/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungThere's word that Governor Schwarzenegger is threatening a third state employee furlough day.Despite "user funding," only some SCIF employees are currently exempted from the current two-day furlough.Three days of furloughs (each month) wou...Read More | |||
| Another Trip to Intensive Care | 06/24/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungAs I sit to write this, I'm aware that a lot of the recent columns are about death.A requiem for the bill to increase permanent disability monies. An obit for California's vocational rehab.And today, the apparent death of Wilkinson. Wi...Read More | |||
| A Handout for the Private Insurance Industry | 06/23/2009 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaDetails of the Senate Finance committee's draft plan for health reform were recently obtained by Ezra Klein of the Washington Post.Here's how Ezra characterizes the draft: "The numbers tell the st...Read More | |||
| Almaraz-Guzman From the Perspective of a Physician | 05/27/2009 | ||
| By: Dr. Steven D. Feinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Dr. Steven D. Feinberg,Many of us have started to reflect on how to respond as an AME/QME/Treater to the Almaraz-Guzman WCAB en banc decision. Here are some initial thoughts, some of which are not completely original as I have received input from others.I urge you to...Read More | |||
| AIG Faces Suit for Allegedly Underreporting WC Premiums | 04/15/2009 | ||
| By: Eugene F. Keefe | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. Keefe Synopsis: AIG gets whacked with multibillion-dollar lawsuit for undervaluing premiums paid in state workers' compensation pools. Editors comment: Having already ponied up more than $170 billion to support AIG, will U.S. taxpay...Read More | |||
