Industry Insights
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Christmas: S.C. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Injured Worker | 03/17/2017 | |
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| By: Gary Christmas | |||
| State: SC | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The South Carolina Supreme Court recently ruled that a retail employee was entitled to a permanent and total disability (PTD) award despite being able to return to work at his old position. ...Read More | |||
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CAAA Misrepresents AB 206 and its Impact on Homeowners | 02/06/2017 | |
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| By: James Britt | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| San Diego Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher proposes Assembly Bill 206 as an end to the “day laborer exemption” in the labor code. This is apparently s...Read More | |||
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Chahal: Utilization Review and Timeliness | 05/06/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| SB 863 attempted to improve the delivery of medical benefits to applicants by mandating the use of evidence-based medicine via utilization review (UR) and independent medical review (IMR). ...Read More | |||
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Clingman: Insurance Con | 05/03/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This week Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak once again has joined other elected officials and others in the continued assault on Oklahoma’s working families. ...Read More | |||
| CWCI: Supreme Court Denies Review of Stevens | 02/23/2016 | ||
| By: California Workers’ Compensation Institute | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Last Wednesday, the State Supreme Court declined to review the 1st District Court of Appeal’s October 2015 ruling in Stevens v. WCAB (Outspoken Entertainment) which found that: 1) The California Workers’ Compensation Independent Medical Review (IMR) process is not u...Read More | |||
| Constant or Persistent "Non-Trauma?" | 01/15/2016 | ||
| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In workers' compensation, we have seen an evolution. I recently heard Frank Neuhauser speak about the future of workers' compensation. He appeared at the Southern Association of Workers...Read More | |||
| Cleansing | 11/13/2015 | ||
| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Array | |||
| Making headlines this week is another high-profile indictment in California workers’ comp. The federal charges allege a fraudulent kickback scheme among various Southern California medical providers, including doctors, chiropractors and durable equipment providers. This indi...Read More | |||
| California Case Law Update | 10/15/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| NEW! Treatt USA v. Superior Court, B263117, (10/08/2015): A California appellate court ruled that a worker suffering from a chronic and disabling lung condition as a result of his occupational exposure to diacetyl and acetyl propionyl waited too long to file a personal injury suit against th...Read More | |||
| California Case Law Update | 09/24/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| NEW! Matute v. Los Angeles Unified School District, ADJ984305, (09/17/2015): The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, sitting en banc, ruled that a party wishing to appeal from an adverse independent medical review determination gets 35 days to file a petition for review with the board....Read More | |||
| Cyber Threats and WC: An Industry Confab May Be Needed | 09/08/2015 | ||
| By: Nancy Grover (Featured Columnist) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Are cyber attacks really a threat to the workers' comp industry? Should payers start reserving for this? How can the industry "model" for this risk? After speaking recently with a couple of workers' comp security/tekkie types who scared the bejesus out of me, my ans...Read More | |||
