Industry Insights
| Do Penalties Apply to Late Payment of VRMA? | 10/08/2005 | ||
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| Do penalties apply to late payments of vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance (VRMA)? This question was recently raised in the WorkCompCentral Professional Forums, and the following were the responses...A1: My answer has always been NO, however, someone brought to my attention an en...Read More | |||
| Dear Claims Adjuster - Part 3 | 09/24/2005 | ||
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| Dear Claims Adjuster, A claims adjuster that I've known for years made a comment at a recent graduation we both attended. As one young graduate performed some nutty antics in front of the huge crowd, the friend leaned over and said: "I know what that kid will be someday."...Read More | |||
| Dear Claims Adjuster - Part 2 | 08/27/2005 | ||
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| Dear Claims Adjuster - Part IIby Peggy Sugarman, VIAW Have you ever heard of the Stanford Prison Experiment? If you haven't, I strongly encourage all of you to take a few minutes and go through the researcher's slides and discussions of this ground-breaking experiment on human be...Read More | |||
| Dear Claims Adjuster - Part 1 | 08/13/2005 | ||
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| By Peggy Sugarman, Executive Director, VIAW As the first person who deals directly with injured workers about their claim, you have a lot of influence on the course of the claim; whether it goes smoothly and how quickly things get resolved. For of you who have entered this profession rec...Read More | |||
| Determining Diminished Earning Capacity: 'SEDEC' 2 | 04/23/2005 | ||
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| Ed Note: Though this article deals with specific California laws, some of the concepts are universal thus we have chosen to publish this article for all states. The SEDEC Method - Part Two In the first part of this article, the author provided the background for the ...Read More | |||
| Determining Diminished Earning Capacity: 'SEDEC' | 04/10/2005 | ||
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| Ed Note: Though this article deals with specific California laws, some of the concepts are universal thus we have chosen to publish this article for all states. Background This article will describe a method for determining "Diminished Earning Capacity". I have named t...Read More | |||
| Determining ROI in Early RTW Programs - Part 2 | 03/12/2005 | ||
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| This is the third in a series of articles that reviews return to work (RTW) programs, and how to measure returns on investment in such programs. This article reviews specific investment return measuring techniques. The first article reviewed the benefits of RTW programs, and the last article looked ...Read More | |||
| Disability Retirement and the Nolan Decision | 02/26/2005 | ||
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| A recent California Supreme Court decision, Nolan v. City of Anaheim, has substantially impacted the CalPers retirement process. For those making application for a disability/industrial disability retirement, the burden of proof will now rest on the CalPers member to show that he/she is sub...Read More | |||
| Determining ROI in Early RTW Programs | 02/26/2005 | ||
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| In my first article in this series on Early RTW programs some key program elements of Early RTW programs were discussed. This article will outline some measures for determining "Value" or Return on Investment (ROI) in Early RTW programs. To reinforce some of the points from my prior articl...Read More | |||
| Doctrine of Unintended Consequences; LC 4903.5, 4903.05 | 11/21/2004 | ||
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| Once again the doctrine of unintended consequences has reared its head. The 1999-2000 Annual Report issued by The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHWSC) determined that "statutory limitations be established on the filing of lien claims on workers' compensation cases." (C...Read More | |||
