Industry Insights
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Montgomery: Sedgwick Tries PPO Discount for Med-Legal (Again) | 04/19/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| We’ll say it as often as we have to: Preferred provider organization discounts do not apply to bills for medical-legal services. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: More Policy Exclusions Would Reduce Losses | 04/18/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Insurance carriers could be saving millions of dollars by properly using exclusions to bar coverage for staffing agencies, thanks to a published decision from 2019. ...Read More | |||
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Phillips: It's All Settled | 04/17/2024 | |
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| By: Judge Allen Phillips | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| One of the goals of the 2013 Reform Act was an efficient and timely system for resolution of claims. Settlement by agreement furthers that goal by getting employees their benefits more quickly and by allowing employers to avoid undue litigation expenses. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Public Benefit Rules Have Changed, but It Might Not Make a Difference | 04/12/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In July 2022, I alerted readers about a new Medi-Cal eligibility law, California Welfare and Institutions Code §14005.62, which removed the asset limit test. As of Jan. 1, 2024, there is no asset limit. ...Read More | |||
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Headrick: Clearing Up a Common Misconception | 04/11/2024 | |
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| By: Judge Audrey Headrick | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Merriam-Webster defines misconception as “a wrong or mistaken idea.” ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Litigation Guidelines Should Define Four Settlement Triggers | 04/10/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Civil litigators tend to observe certain guideposts as mediation triggers, such as the closing of discovery, setting of a trial date, or an order from the court to use mediation. Because about 95% of civil cases settle before trial, mediation is the norm for almost every area of civil ...Read More | |||
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Kirsch: Depositions of Comp Carrier Employees After Intervening in Third-Party Actions | 04/09/2024 | |
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| By: Ashton T. Kirsch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Thin skin and subrogation do not go hand-in-hand. We are the crashers at every party and the uninvited guests that nobody wants to see show up when a personal injury suit has been filed. ...Read More | |||
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Wilson and Bennett: Could AI Have Prevented the Opioid Crisis in Workers' Comp? | 04/08/2024 | |
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| By: Heather Wilson and Chris Bennett | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The U.S. has been experiencing an opioid crisis since the mid-1990s, and opioids have had a significant effect on public health and the nation’s economic and social outcomes. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Pandemic Effect Over in March 2027. Really? | 04/05/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| March 1, 2023, would have been the end of the COVID-19 emergency. I am assuming that California was the last state to remove the emergency. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: A Brief History of Our State's Workers' Compensation Act | 04/04/2024 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| For those who do not like workers’ compensation, blame Otto von Bismarck. ...Read More | |||
