Industry Insights
| The Federalization of Workers' Comp: Seriously? | 03/22/2011 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesThis afternoon I was a lunch time speaker at the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions Conference in St Louis, where I was asked to opine on the chances of a major federal incursion into the (mo...Read More | |||
| The Outliers | 03/16/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonA few doctors doing an outsized share?Where have we heard this before?In 2010, the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation taught us that 3.9% of qualifed medical examiners, often with sham "o...Read More | |||
| Temporary Total after Termination For Cause: To Pay or Not To Pay? | 03/08/2011 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By James M. GallenEvans & DixonIllinois employers have long been confronted with the problem of what to do with the employee who has work restrictions resulting from an injury that is the subject of a workers' compensation claim. The general rule applied by the Il...Read More | |||
| Texas Hold 'Em in Illinois Workers' Comp Reform | 02/04/2011 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| We truly feel the workers' compensation reform process in this State is getting weirder and weirder. It has the feel of a poker game; please read on and see if you agree.There is no question in our minds the hole cards are being dealt with the Illinois labor and plaintiff/petitioner ...Read More | |||
| The Ticking Time Bomb of Auto-Termination Programs | 01/31/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe and John Campbell | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene Keefe and John CampbellKeefe Campbell & Associates We define "Auto-Termination Program" to mean you terminate your employees without further question, appeal or inquiry after a defined period of absence, usually six months or twelve months.The main id...Read More | |||
| The Not-So-Hidden Cost of Obesity | 01/26/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesThe National Council on Compensation Insurance has published an interesting study on the relationship between obesity and the cost of workers compensation claims. To no one's surprise, the study concludes that medical costs for the sam...Read More | |||
| The Unsual Coalition | 01/19/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonCompound drugs will be a hot California legislative and regulatory item in 2011.At the Jan. 5 Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation meeting, Barbara O. Wynn of the Rand Institute for Civil Justice and Rand Health ...Read More | |||
| The Calif. Lien Problem: Cure the Disease, Not the Symptoms | 01/10/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By David J. DePaoloWorkCompCentralThe issue of liens clogging the Workers Compensation Appeals Board District Offices, particularly in Southern California, is vexing and difficult to tackle. Recently the Commission on Health Safety & Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) is...Read More | |||
| The Irrelevancy of Comp | 01/05/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By David J. DePaoloWorkCompCentralThe two paragraphs below are borrowed from an editorial about general aviation by Rich Davidson in AeroNews Network, published on Tuesday. While the context is aviation, I felt that the general sentiment is applicable to my arguments that follow re...Read More | |||
| The Top Work Comp Stories for 2010 | 01/03/2011 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesMergers, acquisitions, and buyoutsThis has been a very busy year for the financial folks. OneCall Medical, Intracorp, Sedgwick, SRS, Concentra, and CS Stars were all bought/acquired/recapitalized in 2010, and there m...Read More | |||
