Industry Insights
| At the Time of Injury | 09/04/2008 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Nanci FreemanBlack is black and white is white. But then there is our beloved wonderland of workers' comp and its unique palate of shades of grey. In this world the phrase “at the time of injury” really has a whole life of its own. What appears to be a very strai...Read More | |||
| A Primer on Bill Review | 08/08/2008 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Barry D. Bloom Before the workers’ compensation system became as complex and costly as it is today, the payors (insurance companies, third party administrator’s (TPA’s) and self-administered employers) included the bill reviewing process in their normal claims handli...Read More | |||
| A Bad Day for Applicants' Attorneys | 06/06/2008 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungWas a crosswalk study required? Huh?Did chiropractors stage a major coup by hiring former California Supreme Court justice Armand Arabian to argue their argument that the 24-visit chiropractic treatment cap is unconstitutional?No and no....Read More | |||
| Are Second Injury Funds Going to be History Soon? | 05/14/2008 | ||
| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon GelmanSecond Injury Funds are now undergoing a critical evaluation as the economy continues to deteriorate. Originally created post-World War II, the SIFs encouraged employers to hire handicapped employees who with pre-existing disabilities. The concept afforded a shared responsib...Read More | |||
| A Few Facts About Pharmacy Management in Workers' Comp | 05/13/2008 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaI'm knee deep in my annual survey of pharmacy management in workers' comp, and if I look at one more column of data I'm going to need a few class 2's myself.So in the interest of my sanity, here are a few early findings from the survey....Read More | |||
| Aetna's Comp Network -- Struggles and Progress | 03/31/2008 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaMy post a few days ago complimenting Aetna on their progress in a number of areas struck a few nerves and elicited more than a few emails from ballistic providers (a couple of the printable ones are in the comment section of that post).There's a bit of confla...Read More | |||
| AB 2081: State Sponsored Corruption is Bad for Business | 03/10/2008 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Roger BachmanA growing number of California companies are joining the opposition to AB 2081 introduced by Assemblymember Joseph Coto (D-San Jose).While in favor of reasonable quantifiers for the so-called “owners’ exemption” from workers’ compens...Read More | |||
| AIG Takes a Bath | 02/15/2008 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungEver wonder if comp benefits paid out by carriers are only part of the insurance rate equation? What about the return on investments of insurers? Perhaps workers' comp payouts are only a sideshow in the three-ring circus of insurer finances?Food for thou...Read More | |||
| Analysis: AMA 6th Edition Would Reduce Benefits | 01/24/2008 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The AMA Guides to the Evaluation for Permanent Impairment, 6th Edition is now available from the American Medical Association. WorkCompCentral received its copy for review last Friday and has obtained feedback about this new edition from our WorkCompSchool faculty. Rene Thomas Folse, J.D., Ph.D.,...Read More | |||
| Around the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission | 11/26/2007 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Shake-up at the Commission level. Two of the nine Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commissioners have changed.Commissioner Susan Pigott, an employee representative, resigned from the Commission in June 2007. We welcomed her resignation. She was a staunch employee advocate to an exces...Read More | |||
