Industry Insights
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Montgomery: San Fran City Official Stole $627k From Workers' Comp Division | 12/10/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| In the latest example of how indefensibly corrupt California’s workers’ compensation system has become, a former San Francisco city official pleaded guilty to embezzling $627,118 from municipal coffers by paying a fake company to “audit” workers’ ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: State's First Responders May File Comp Claims for Trauma | 11/14/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| As of Oct. 30, 2025, Pennsylvania first responders may file a workers’ compensation claim for post-traumatic stress injuries (PTSIs) that result from certain qualifying events. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: DIR to Blow $1.25M on Another Questionable Comp Study | 11/03/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation is set to waste $1.25 million in taxpayer dollars on a faulty “study” of nonexistent data. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: DWC's MPN List Disappears Yet Again | 10/08/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Leave it to the California Division of Workers’ Compensation to fumble a relatively straightforward (but essential) task, over and over and over. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Stop Blaming Doctors for High Costs | 09/12/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California’s Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, recently increased the advisory pure premium rate by 8.7%, to $1.52 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation policies incepting after Sept 1, 2025. ...Read More | |||
| Montgomery: New DOL Billing Requirements | 08/22/2025 | ||
| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Effective Aug. 9, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs requires that group medical practices include the rendering provider’s National Provider Identifier when billing for a professional claim. The ren...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: State's Mandatory E-Billing Process Arrives | 08/04/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| It’s official: As of Aug. 1, New York State providers are required to start billing electronically for workers’ comp patients. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Were We Right About Comp in 2022? | 07/23/2025 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Recently, I was interviewed on my workers' comp opinions. The same reporter interviewed me in 2022 on a few workers' comp issues. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Will DWC Ignore New Law? | 06/18/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| On June 2, the California Assembly unanimously passed Assembly Bill 1293, which aims to improve the state’s medical-legal process for resolving disputes between injured workers and claims administrators. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: DIR Director Reportedly Resigning | 06/11/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| According to a report, California Department of Industrial Relations Director Katrina Hagen is stepping down after five years. ...Read More | |||
