Industry Insights
| A Lot of White Noise | 12/24/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungThe coming weeks will be interesting in California workers' comp. We'll see what the Schwarzenegger administration does to fill the seat on the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board that is soon to be vacated by Commissioner Ronnie Caplane. Caplane is...Read More | |||
| Another Method to Cut WC Costs: Companywide Wellness Programs | 12/07/2009 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeSynopsis: We aren’t just going to tell you about this one, we are bound and determined to do it. Consider a company-wide Voluntary Corporate Wellness Program to save health care and workers' comp costs, folks. Editor’s comment: As we approa...Read More | |||
| A Surprise in the COLA Decision? | 12/02/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungGet CE credit for reading this column, click here.There's been a lot of speculation as to how the law of cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) will develop.I'...Read More | |||
| Appellate Court Requires Disparate Treatment to Support 132 Award | 11/19/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard M. "Jake" JacobsmeyerThe 2nd District Court of Appeals has reversed a WCAB award of benefits under Labor Code § 132a, holding the board did not apply the correct standard enunciated by the California Supreme Court in Dept of Rehabilitation v WCAB (Lauher). ...Read More | |||
| A Foolish Gambit | 11/06/2009 | ||
| By: Judge Tom Leonard | |||
| State: OK | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Judge Tom LeonardWhen it comes to workers' compensation reform, why or why can't we be more like Texas. . .or Kansas. . .or Missouri. . . or this time, Arkansas? Well, take your pick, because yet another state by state scorecard for workers' compensation has been published...Read More | |||
| Appeals Court Applies Reasonableness Test in Esquival | 10/20/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard M. JacobsmeyerThe 4th Appellate District (San Diego) has upheld a WCAB decision that denied benefits to an employee who sustained injury while traveling to a medical appointment where the employee’s route was much longer than the usual trip from home or work to the medic...Read More | |||
| Ability to Work Assessment | 10/15/2009 | ||
| By: Terri L. Herring-Puz | |||
| State: WA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Terri L. Herring-Puz A referral for an Ability to Work Assessment is used to determine if an injured worker should receive vocational rehabilitation plan development services. Ideally, the referral for assessment services is not made until your permanent restrictions or limitations ha...Read More | |||
| A Good IME Should Include Good Investigation | 10/02/2009 | ||
| By: Eugene F. Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. Keefe Synopsis: Beware the "Garbage-in, Garbage-out" independent medical exam Editor's comment: As insurance carriers and third-party administrators (TPAs) struggle to control costs for their accounts, they are pushing the responsibility to...Read More | |||
| A Letter of Protection May Not Always Work | 09/23/2009 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzI've written about the three-day rule and the five-day rule located in section 440.13, but there is also the self-help provision that Employer/Carriers must worry about. Now the First DCA just reinforced section 440.13(2)(c), otherwise known as the self hel...Read More | |||
| A Lawyer Laments about EAMS | 09/16/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Anthony AbbotI am 71 years old and I have been plain-spoken my whole life, and now at this age, after having practiced law for almost 40 years, I figure there is very little that anyone can do to me and my office in the field of workers' compensation that is more devastating than ...Read More | |||
