Industry Insights
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Wroten: State's Workers' Comp Crisis a Stark Contrast to National Stability | 05/23/2025 | |
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| By: Jon Wroten | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A recent article in WorkCompCentral, titled “Comp Is a Cash Cow, but Insurers Want Higher Rates,” suggests that California's workers' compensation system is t...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Comp Is a Cash Cow, but Insurers Want Higher Rates | 05/21/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau voted to ask California’s Insurance Commissioner to increase workers’ comp insurance rates by 11.2%. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Credible Negotiation | 05/19/2025 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Let's say you’ve decided to initiate settlement negotiations even though the other side hasn’t shown any interest at this point. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The State of Work Comp | 05/16/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance's 2025 "State of the Line" report says: ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Two Opposing Views on Litigation Management | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| For decades, I have encouraged parties to evaluate early and often with a view to closing cases to minimize the expenditure of time, money and stress. I was recently surprised by the published contrary view of a litigation management expert. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: City Pays Doctor $32 to Treat Injured Employee | 05/12/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Across the nation, providers struggle to treat injured workers without financially damaging their practices. The problem is especially ugly in California, where extreme reimbursement discounting is rampant. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Medical Reports Matter | 05/09/2025 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The U.S. District Court recently vacated and remanded a decision by the commissioner of Social Security, emphasizing the critical importance of considering all relevant medical evidence, particularly reports generated within the context of a workers' compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Rand Gets $300K for UR Study. What's the ROI? | 05/05/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Department of Industrial Relations plans to address the state’s broken utilization review system by paying frequent contract recipient Rand Corp. $300,000 to study UR data on injured workers’ access to care during the first 30 days of a claim....Read More | |||
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Salem: Respondent Who Is Not Employer May Not Owe Filing Fee | 05/02/2025 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A respondent in a workers’ compensation claim may not be taxed with the filing fee at the conclusion of the case unless that respondent has admitted, stipulated or acknowledged being the “employer” or is adjudged by the court as the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: When Credibility Crumbles | 04/30/2025 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The New Jersey Appellate Division recently affirmed the dismissal of workers' compensation claims brought by Dorothy Makins against Premier Cadbury LLC. ...Read More | |||
