Industry Insights
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Grinberg: DIR Considering New EAMS Regs | 11/08/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I bring to your attention today a topic so exciting, so thrilling, so prone to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, that I almost thought it appropriate to get a rating on this blog post before publishing it. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Appellate Division Vacates Penalties, Fees Against Employer Pending New Hearing | 10/28/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In Saiti v. Garden Homes, the petitioner received an award for $66,074 on Sept. 3, 2020. The terms of the settlement were memorialized in an order signed by the judge of compensation and both parties. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Booting Up Computer Is Considered 'Work' | 10/26/2022 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendant Customer Connexx LLC and remanded for further proceedings in a collective actio...Read More | |||
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Geaney: New Law Lowers Cost of Obtaining Medical Records | 10/14/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We are living through a period of sharp inflation in almost everything from food and gasoline to automobiles and airfare, but one area where costs are sharply declining in New Jersey pertains to the cost of getting copies of medical records. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: DIR Moves to Extend Emergency Telemedicine Regs | 10/13/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| If you’ve been waiting for the emergency telehealth rules to expire, I have some rather bad news for you. While the current 8 CCR 46.3 rules are set to expire on Tuesday, the Division of Workers' Compensation intends to extend the regulations another 90 days. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: SB 1127 Signed Into Law | 10/06/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| On Sept. 29, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1127 into law. As my readers may recall, this blog touched on earlier versions of the bill, but the one sig...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Division of Workers' Comp Has Its First Woman and Hispanic Director | 09/30/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Few readers of this blog may know that the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation achieved a number of notable firsts this year with the appointment of Judge Maria Del Valle Koch as director of the division in June 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: A Humble Wish for MPN Reform | 09/22/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| I have often thought that if I were given unlimited power and control over California’s workers’ compensation system, there are a lot of changes I would make. ...Read More | |||
| Grinberg: Good News from SCIF! | 09/19/2022 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Who is ready for some good news for once? ...Read More | |||
| Grinberg: About Those No-Submit MSAs | 09/15/2022 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Your humble blogger is returned alive and mostly well from the WCRC in Dana Point! The conference was wonderful and good times were had. After so many years in workers’ compensation it’s nice to have such a positive and welcoming community and a lot of fun to see familiar faces again ...Read More | |||
