Industry Insights
| WCAB Issues Significant Panel Decision on Activation Fee Procedures | 04/11/2013 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Array | |||
| The WCAB has issued a “Significant Panel Decision”(1) for only the second time in the past six years on an issue of widespread, but time limited, application to workers’ compensation practitioners and participants at WCAB proceedings.In ...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp Act, in Part, Determined to be Unconstitutional | 03/12/2013 | ||
| By: James N. McConnaughhay | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Florida 1st District Court of Appeals in its decision Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg, Case No. 1D12-3563, filed Feb. 28, 2013, determined that the 1994 amendments to the workers’ compensation law as found in Section 440.15(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2009) which limits temporary benefits ...Read More | |||
| WCAB Declines Jurisdiction over Out-of-State NFL Player | 01/21/2013 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has issued a decision in what can best be called a niche case involving professional sports, specifically professional football.In McKinley v. Arizona Cardinals, the WCAB has issued an en banc decision specifically declining to exercise jurisdi...Read More | |||
| WC Liability Challenges Town's Ability to Remain within Tax Cap | 01/09/2013 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Each year, as New York’s municipalities prepare their budgets, they must account for the increasing cost of unfunded mandates. Since these expenses are mandatory, they cannot be deferred. Since they are unfunded, municipalities must budget for increases while remaining within the 2...Read More | |||
| What's New with Corvel | 12/27/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| It’s been a while since we last looked in to see what’s going on at the managed care company/third-party administrator. Back in May, Chief Executive Officer Dan Starck left to go back to his previous employer, leaving a hole at the top.Senior staff welcomed former CEO Gordon ...Read More | |||
| Waiver of the Statute of Limitations | 12/21/2012 | ||
| By: Timothy L. Pagel | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Insurance companies often engage in settlement negotiations with claimants and/or tortfeasors, right up to the statute of limitations. When an adjuster is negotiating settlement of a claim with a third-party claimant or is attempting to negotiate recovery of a subrogation interest from a tortfeasor ...Read More | |||
| WC Relief Hard to Come by for 4 out of 5 Municipalities | 12/07/2012 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Four out of five municipalities that responded to a new survey said their workers’ compensation costs have increased in the past year. More than half said their costs had gone up more than 5%, and nearly 30% said their costs had gone up more than 10%.The Workers’ Compensation...Read More | |||
| WCAB Powerless to Redact PTP Reports | 12/05/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Sit back, dear readers, and hear a wonderful story – one that will warm your hearts and soothe your hurts after another week of the senseless mayhem that is California workers’ compensation.Imagine a worker sustaining an injury and receiving an award for future medical treatm...Read More | |||
| WCAB Provides Teeth to Lien Litigation | 11/26/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After going virtually the entire calendar year without a substantive en banc decision, the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has issue a new opinion which provides significant guidance to the workers compensation community in one of the emerging battleground areas that is likely to ...Read More | |||
| Work Comp Medical, OneCall and the Future of Workers' Comp | 11/13/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Something struck me during the bloggers' speak session on Thursday – at a time when medical costs are heading up, driven by over-utilization, opioids, crappy networks, and percentage-of-savings-based networks, there are few medical experts in positions of real authority in claims organizat...Read More | |||
