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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
 
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