Workers' Compensation News
| Are Injuries Sustained While Driving From AME Exam Compensable? | 01/19/2018 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 884 | 1 | |||
| Minarik v. Del Taco is a somewhat recent panel decision, and now writ-denied claim, in which a workers' compensation judge and the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board held that injuries sustained en route to an agreed medical evaluator exam on an accepted case were compensa...Read More | |||
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Alves: The Six-Month Rule | 11/30/2017 | |
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| By: Farai M. Alves | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1690 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| This article addresses the infamous six-month rule, what exactly the rule is, how far it can be taken and how to stop it from being taken too far. It is not the purpose of this article to delve into whether, and to what extent, a psyche claim can still be alleged post-January 2013. ...Read More | |||
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Anders: Accurate Section 111 Reporting of ORM Vital to Avoiding Repayment Demands | 07/27/2017 | |
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| By: Dan Anders | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1467 | 0 | |||
| While the Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) has faced some valid criticism over the past year and a half over its recovery efforts on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), not all problems start with the CRC. CRC’s recovery efforts are driven by the data ...Read More | |||
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Anders: MSAs, Professional Administration Provide Much Needed Assurances | 03/21/2017 | |
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| By: Daniel Anders | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 912 | 0 | |||
| These first few of months of 2017 have been, to put it mildly, volatile in national politics. ...Read More | |||
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Anderson: Stereotypes Won't Help Florida's Workers or Produce Real Reform | 10/14/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 980 | 0 | |||
| As the chair-elect of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, I believe it is important to correct misconceptions and misstatements made by the head of the Florida Chamber of Commerce regarding Florida’s workers’ compensation system and the attorneys who represent ...Read More | |||
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Aurbach: Recalibrating Resilience, Part 1 | 07/05/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 831 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series on resilience. The second and third parts will post on Wednesday and Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Aurbach: Recalibrating Resilience, Part 2 | 07/06/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 716 | 0 | |||
| Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series on resilience. The third part will post on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Aurbach: Recalibrating Resilience, Part 3 | 07/07/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 705 | 0 | |||
| Editor's note: This is the third of a three-part series on resilience. The first and second parts were posted on Tuesday and Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Allen: Compounding Concerns in Texas | 06/15/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 959 | 0 | |||
| The Texas Closed Formulary is constructed such that any compounded medication containing all “Y” ingredients (contrasted with “N” drugs) will process as presumptively approved and thus be subject only to retrospective review. The exception is a non-FDA approved or exp...Read More | |||
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An Interesting Analysis of Compensability | 04/12/2016 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 618 | 0 | |||
| In the 1985 board game-inspired movie "Clue," we are treated to a summation of the crimes by Wadsworth (Tim Curry, who may or may not have been the butler). The movie is known for its four alternative endings, each as plausible, and ridiculous, as the last. In one, Wadsworth notes "...Read More | |||
