Industry Insights
| Conditional Indemnification Against Contractor | 08/12/2006 | ||
| By: Larry Rogak | |||
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| by Larry RogakSerrano v St. James Episcopal Church, 2006 NY Slip Op 51511(U) (Decided on July 31, 2006) (Supreme Court, Kings County) (Lewis, J.) (Index no. 7680/03) In 2001, plaintiff was engaged in a construction project at St. James Episcopal Church in Manhattan, New York. Defe...Read More | |||
| CMS Issues New Memorandum Concerning Part D and Work Comp Set Asides | 07/29/2006 | ||
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| MEMORANDUM DATE: July 24, 2006 FROM: Director Financial Services Group Office of Financial Management SUBJECT: Questions and Answers for Part D and Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-aside Arrangements TO: All Regional Administrators This memo...Read More | |||
| Capitalism Is Not Dead; Profiteering at Whose Cost? | 07/15/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The following was adapted from a post in the California Work Comp Professional Forums and provides an opinion on the regulation of medical costs in workers' compensation.Capitalism is not dead, nor is making a healthy profit unreasonable or unconscionable. As an example, being as the OMFS fo...Read More | |||
| Continuing Saga of Apportionment - CAAA Presentation Outline | 07/01/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Continuing Saga of Apportionment Panel Presentation CAAA Summer Convention 6/23/2006 Recent Case Law and Future Trends David J. DePaolo, esq. President, WorkCompCentral For a PDF copy of this outline, click her...Read More | |||
| Change in CMS Low Dollar Threshold | 05/06/2006 | ||
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| On April 25th, 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a policy memorandum addressing the Low Dollar Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Threshold for Medicare Beneficiaries (Class I Beneficiaries). This...Read More | |||
| Commentary: Carriers Profit at the Expense of Workers | 04/22/2006 | ||
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| By David N. Rockwell Contrary to recent claims from the Schwarzenegger administration, SB 899 has been a disaster for California's working men and women. For injured workers, SB 899 has caused the delay or outright denial of needed medical care, and severely reduced already inadequate in...Read More | |||
| Commentary: Comp Reform Lacks Controls | 04/22/2006 | ||
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| By Mark Hayes The statements from Governor Schwarzenegger's Labor Agency Secretary, Ms. Victoria Bradshaw, on workers' compensation issues typify the story of blind mice describing different parts of an elephant. She sees the drop in costs and the resulting positive impact on business an...Read More | |||
| Commentary: Comp Reform a Boon to California | 04/22/2006 | ||
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| By Business, Transportation & Housing Agency Secretary Sunne Wright McPeak and Labor & Workforce Development Agency Victoria Bradshaw Gone are the days of runaway workers' compensation costs, runaway jobs and runaway budget deficits. And back are the days of punctual treatment for...Read More | |||
| Clarification on Electronic Billing, and Other Updates | 04/22/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) has clarified the billing and reimbursement of chiropractic treatment. The clarification, which was included in the February 2006 edition of the DWC's Healthcar...Read More | |||
| Casillas, ACOEM, Mercy and ODG | 04/08/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The following discussion from the WorkCompCentral Professional Forums started out as a review of the recent WCAB panel decision in Casillas (see side bar) but then shifted towards a critique of medical treatment guidelines. The discussion is republished here, edited for clarity, succinctness,...Read More | |||
