Industry Insights
Geaney: New Law Lowers Cost of Obtaining Medical Records | 10/14/2022 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
We are living through a period of sharp inflation in almost everything from food and gasoline to automobiles and airfare, but one area where costs are sharply declining in New Jersey pertains to the cost of getting copies of medical records. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: DIR Moves to Extend Emergency Telemedicine Regs | 10/13/2022 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
If you’ve been waiting for the emergency telehealth rules to expire, I have some rather bad news for you. While the current 8 CCR 46.3 rules are set to expire on Tuesday, the Division of Workers' Compensation intends to extend the regulations another 90 days. ...Read More | |||
Snyder: 3 Logic Skills to Favorably Settle Your Case | 10/12/2022 | ||
By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Most of the cases I mediate are fact-dependent. The law is settled; it is up to the parties to correctly apply the law to these facts. Yet, lawyers sometimes show up with little understanding of what the relevant law is. ...Read More | |||
Young: Winners and Losers in Legislative Session | 10/11/2022 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Which California workers and stakeholders were winners and who were losers in the recent legislative session? ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Drug Profiteering Rampant in Certain States | 10/07/2022 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The Workers Compensation Research Institute's webinar on interstate variations in drug payments reminds us that lax regulations and absent legislators cost taxpayers and employers millions. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: SB 1127 Signed Into Law | 10/06/2022 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
On Sept. 29, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1127 into law. As my readers may recall, this blog touched on earlier versions of the bill, but the one sig...Read More | |||
Salem: C-32s: Law, Cases and Practice Pointers | 10/05/2022 | ||
By: Jane Salem | |||
State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
What if there were an easy way to get a physician’s opinion into evidence? ...Read More | |||
Moore: Are Lower-Cost Standard Exceptions Disappearing for Insureds? | 10/04/2022 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
One of the most common questions I receive now from risk managers concerns the lower-cost standard exceptions disappearing now. Let us first cover the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's definition of a standard exception class code: ...Read More | |||
Langham: Thoughts on Safety | 10/03/2022 | ||
By: David Langham | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
We pause and think about safety periodically. There is a vast assortment of challenges out there in the world that may result in an accident. Workers' compensation is built for such instances and remains focused on safety after about 100 years (in some jurisdictions a bit more, in others a bi...Read More | |||
Geaney: Division of Workers' Comp Has Its First Woman and Hispanic Director | 09/30/2022 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Few readers of this blog may know that the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation achieved a number of notable firsts this year with the appointment of Judge Maria Del Valle Koch as director of the division in June 2022. ...Read More | |||