Industry Insights
Medical Providers Aren't to Blame for Rising Workers' Comp Premiums | 03/10/2007 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Debbie Kobold Montana workers' compensation insurers pay medical providers in this state far less than private health insurers, and in most cases, less than even what Medicare and Medicaid pay for the same services. Many people don't realize that medical providers in this state don't ...Read More | |||
Mandatory Arbitration: Stupid Employer Trick | 03/10/2007 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Jay Shepherd A growing number of employers are making employees sign agreements that require any disputes to be heard by an arbitrator instead of a court. (Usually the agreements say "any and all" disputes, even though once you say any, you've got all covered. Lawyers: "Why use one (...Read More | |||
Major Study of Low Wage Immigrant Workers in California | 10/21/2006 | ||
By: Peter Rousmaniere (Featured Columnist) | |||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Peter Rousmaniere The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, a highly visible state agency, released its study of "Barriers to occupational health services for low-wage workers in Califo...Read More | |||
Morbid Obesity: What Should Employers Do? | 10/21/2006 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Jon Coppelman We recently blogged a ruling in the U.S. 6th District Court, in which the judges determined that morbid obesity is generally not a disability. The judges' thinking in this particular case appears to have powerful implications for the ADA and for all employers with obese w...Read More | |||
More Penalties Won't Improve Claims Administration | 09/23/2006 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Dennis Knotts The administrative director of the California Division of Workers' Compensation has once more released the utilization review penalty regulations for public comment. The reason for this re-release is the number of complaints received in a June 9 public hearing in Oakland....Read More | |||
Medical-Legal Procedure: A Whole New World | 08/12/2006 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Medical-Legal Procedure: A Whole New World By Michael Sullivan, Esq. Ed. Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles. The prior two articles can be accessed by clicking on the titles in the side bar at right. For a long time...Read More | |||
More Organizational Changes at DWC | 06/03/2006 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
On May 16, 2006, Workers' Compensation Commissioner Albert Betts took additional steps in his on-going re-organization of the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC). Betts made several significant changes to the organization structure of the DWC. The DWC will have the following program ...Read More | |||
Med Legal Fees; Miceli Update | 05/20/2006 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By 'Jake' JacobsmeyerThe DWC has sent its most recent proposed regulations on the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule to the Office of Administrative Law for approval with a proposed effective date of 7/1/06. These regulations provide the first increase in the Medical Legal payments to phy...Read More | |||
Medicare and Denied Treatment | 05/20/2006 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
The following was recently posted in the Injured Workers' section of the WorkCompForums. The editors felt the information was important and have republished it here, edited for readability, grammar and spelling ...Read More | |||
My Name is York and I'm a Business Owner | 03/25/2006 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
by York McGavin Initially, I am not an attorney, nor do I have any formal legal training. Accordingly, my posts here are to be construed as nothing more than my personal lay opinions, not legal advice. I own a company that provides durable medical equipment as well as su...Read More | |||