Industry Insights
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Montgomery: More States Move to Expand Workers' Comp PTSD Coverage | 04/28/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Across the U.S., lawmakers are reconsidering their approach to mental health coverage under their workers’ compensation systems, particularly for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Changes to Workers' Comp DME Authorization | 04/02/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Attention, New York medical providers: The Workers’ Compensation Board changed how it handles some requests for durable medical equipment for injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Critical Workers' Comp Business Change Reporting Requirement | 03/31/2025 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| A critical workers' comp business deadline occurs when an ownership change happens. One area that many businesses forget in the process of changing — for example, buying another company — originates with not letting the agent or rating bureau know about the change....Read More | |||
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Mussack: AMA Guides, State PDRS Can Differ on Rating Instructions | 03/28/2025 | |
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| By: Tim Mussack | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment and the California Permanent Disability Rating Schedule feature subtle differences in rating instructions that can cause confusion about how to rate permanent disability. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: $300K to Study Nonexistent UR Data | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Division of Industrial Relations has outdone itself in bureaucratic absurdity, proposing to spend $300,000 on a study without any data to study. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: How California's Rigged Workers' Comp System Cheats Providers | 03/03/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The 2024 data are in, and they paint a grim picture for every California provider treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Martin: How to Compel the Depo Transcript to a PQME | 02/21/2025 | |
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| By: Rebecca M. Martin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| When an applicant's attorney objects to a proposal to send a qualified medical evaluator a deposition transcript, filing a petition to compel the deposition transcript to the QME can be a useful tool to getting more objective testimony in front of the evaluator’s eyes. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: How to Bill the DOL | 02/05/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| In daisyBill’s experience, the United States Department of Labor is a model workers’ comp claims administrator (aka payer or carrier), consistently paying providers accurately and rapidly for injured worker treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Comp Insurance Still Required for Remote Workers | 01/13/2025 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| We received this workers' comp insurance question from a reader. The company considered keeping 40% remote-workers level even though the trend recently leaned toward returning employees to in-office work: ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Experience Mod Disputes Start With Unknown Department | 01/10/2025 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| An employer question came in over the holidays that I thought needed to be addressed to lower the confusion on experience mod disputes. ...Read More | |||
