Industry Insights
| Fixing Comp by Fixing Errors | 10/06/2007 | ||
| By: Peter Rousmaniere (Featured Columnist) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Peter Rousmaniere For four years, the time I have been writing this column, I have failed to address head-on a problem right at the heart of managing workers' comp claims. The problem is the high error rate in decision-making involving medical professionals. Some errors are made by doc...Read More | |||
| Florida Supreme Court Opinion Day | 08/25/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Mark Zientz Each Thursday while the Supreme Court of Florida is in session, at about 11 a.m., the court posts opinions on the court website. June 1 was no exception. Although most opinions concern death or disbarment, there was one opinion today of interest to students of...Read More | |||
| Foreign Assignments Raise WC Exposures | 06/16/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eric Belk Businesses that send their employees outside the country must take extra steps to protect themselves and their workers against gaps in workers' compensation coverage. When an employee goes abroad, depending solely on their state workers' comp system for death a...Read More | |||
| Fear of AIDS' Award Vacated by Majority | 05/19/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Mark Fass The Appellate Division, 1st Department's 3-2 decision to vacate a jury's $75,000 post-traumatic stress award in a "fear of AIDS" case has drawn a scathing dissent from Justice James M. Catterson. Justice Catterson criticized the majority for adhering to a judicial...Read More | |||
| Flavoring Workers' Lungs | 05/05/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By David Michaels Labor health advocates in California are supporting legislation banning diacetyl, the flavoring chemical implicated in numerous cases of bronchiolitis obliterans, a debilitating lung disease, among workers in the food industry. The ban may never occur, but by demanding i...Read More | |||
| Fla. Workers' Compensation Legislative & Regulatory Update | 04/07/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Florida Hospital Association and the Society of Ambulatory Surgical Centers filed rule challenges that have effectively blocked the implementation of the latest reimbursement manuals approved by the Three-Member Panel. The rule challenges were expected after representatives of the tw...Read More | |||
| Fight Fraud Like Running a Business | 03/24/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Fight Fraud Like Running a Business By David J. DePaolo I wrote several months ago that this industry needs to stop the hypocrisy, and bust the white collar criminals who are the real culprits behind skyrocketing premiums and inequitable treatment of injured workers. I got quite a bit...Read More | |||
| Fla. Hotel Suit Dismissed for Lack of N.Y. Connections | 02/10/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Editor's note: While this topic is not workers' compensation specific, the editors at WorkCompCentral felt that the substance of the article about jurisdictional issues was important in the context of subrogation and other civil matters arising out of a work comp injury. By Larry Rogak ...Read More | |||
| Fla. 1st DCA Approves a 'Treat' for Claimants | 11/04/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Remington v. City of Ocala/United Self Insured Case No.: 1D05-6038, (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) On Oct. 31, 2006, the 1st District Court of Appeal approved a "treat" for claimants: reimbursement of transportation expenses for travel to and from the pharmacy of their choice (within...Read More | |||
| Failure to Provide MPN Notices Allows Employee to Treat Outside MPN | 10/21/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jake Jacobsmeyer The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board issued an en banc decision that arrives at the very understandable conclusion that where a defendant fails to notify the applicant of the existence of a medical provider network and to give the required notices under Labor Code S...Read More | |||
