Industry Insights
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Fish: Licensing Requirements for Workers' Compensation Lost-Time Claims Handlers | 05/10/2021 | |
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| By: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Alabama Department of Labor requires all people handling lost-time workers’ compensation claims to complete eight hours of continuing education per calendar year. Medical-only adjusters are exempt from this requirement. ...Read More | |||
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Fruin: Where Are We With State's New IME rules? | 05/04/2021 | |
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| By: Shawna G. Fruin | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In 2020 and 2021, there was a lot of action in Washington’s Legislature surrounding the rules for when and how employers can obtain independent medical examinations in workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Fish: Workers' Compensation Act Provides Sole Remedy for Late Indemnity Payments | 03/03/2021 | |
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| By: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On Friday, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its opinions concerning three petitions for mandamus that arose out of an action for contempt. ...Read More | |||
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Forman: Facebook Friends and Conflicts of Interest | 01/20/2021 | |
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| By: Zachary T. Forman | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Many questions keep me up late at night and into the early morning. You know, those questions that circle around and around in your head searching for an answer. ...Read More | |||
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Fish: Attorney General Says Vaccination Side Effects Are Covered by Comp | 01/08/2021 | |
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| By: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| At least, that was the opinion of the Alabama attorney general on Feb. 3, 2003. ...Read More | |||
| Friedman: Telephonic Testimony at the WCAB — Pros and Cons | 06/26/2020 | ||
| By: Heywood G. Friedman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The COVID-19 Pandemic is necessitating significant changes to the procedures for adjudicating California workers' compensation claims. The impracticality of “social distancing” in a courtroom setting has required applicants and employers to use technology such as telephonic attorn...Read More | |||
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Fruin: How to Address Workers' Compensation Claims From Telecommuters | 04/17/2020 | |
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| By: Shawna G. Fruin | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Given Washington’s stay-at-home orders, many employers made quick arrangements to have a significant amount of their workforce telecommute from home. ...Read More | |||
| Friedman: 8 Rules to Know for Telehealth Medical Treatment Exams | 04/13/2020 | ||
| By: Heywood G. Friedman | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On March 19, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced rules for telehealth medical treatment for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic: ...Read More | |||
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Friedman: Strategies for Defense of Post-Layoff CT Claims in the Coronavirus Era | 04/01/2020 | |
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| By: Heywood G. Friedman | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It is an anticipated, unfortunate consequence of the COVID-19 health crisis that many employers in California will soon lay off a significant quantity of their workforce. Layoffs in the range of 80% are estimated in the retail, hospitality and construction fields. ...Read More | |||
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Fruin, Lam and Reinisch: Coronavirus and Workers' Compensation | 03/05/2020 | |
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| Source: Shawna Fruin, Vincci Lam and Steven Reinisch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The news of coronavirus spreading around the globe is alarming, prompting all of us at Reinisch Wilson Weier to think about how to plan and prepare for the unknown. ...Read More | |||
