Industry Insights
Mandatory Continuing Education for Claims Professionals | 12/20/2003 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
An important theme to the recent wave of California workers' compensation reform bills running through Sacramento is claims examiner continuing education and certification. SB 228 added to the Insurance C...Read More | |||
Medicare, Settlement, Set-Asides & Guidance | 10/25/2003 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Medicare and workers' compensation have conflicts in all 50 states. Medicare officials have indicated that money should be set-aside for possible future medical bills, and memorandum issued by Medicare officials provide clear guidance (albeit, perhaps unconstitutional though untested) on what Medica...Read More | |||
More Workers' Comp Reform? | 10/25/2003 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Insurance Commissioner Garamendi and a number of prominent legislators are indicating that workers' compensation will be a high priority item on the agenda when the Legislature re-convenes in early January 2004. Governor-elect Schwarznegger has also advised that he considers workers' compensation t...Read More | |||
Minimum TD Rates and Volunteers | 06/22/2003 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
The following question regarding TD rates for volunteer employees was posted to our Professional's Legal Forum. The editors at workco...Read More | |||
Medicare Set-Aside Trusts - Part 4 | 11/09/2002 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
This is the last of a four part series on Medicare Set Aside Trusts by expert attorney on the topic, Susan G. Haines. First was an introduction to the concept and reasons for it. ...Read More | |||
Medicare Set-Aside Trusts - Part 3 | 10/26/2002 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Two articles thus far have been presented in this series. The first introduced the concept and reasons for it. The ...Read More | |||
Medicare Set-Aside Trusts - Part 2 | 10/13/2002 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Our first article in this series introduced the Medicare Set Aside Trust and compared the application of Medicare in tort claims versus workers' compensation. This next article in the series will discuss applicable definitions and the difference between a commutation and a compromise and release as ...Read More | |||
Medicare Set-Aside Trusts - Part 2 | 10/13/2002 | ||
State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
Our first article in this series introduced the Medicare Set Aside Trust and compared the application of Medicare in tort claims versus workers' compensation. This next article in the series will discuss applicable definitions and the difference between a commutation and a compromise and release as ...Read More | |||
Medicare Set-Aside Trust Part 1 | 09/30/2002 | ||
State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
I. Introduction Over the last decade, much progress has been made in devising of preserving public benefits for disabled individuals. However, scant attention has been given to the special problems of preserving public benefits in the context of worker's compensation settlements. Sett...Read More | |||
Marketing Work Comp Legal Services - Part 2 | 09/15/2002 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Our first article discussed various methods to get your name out in front of decision makers and those that are going to hire a lawyer - what everyone otherwise recognizes as marketing. These techniques are very important for name recognition, but are not the complete answer. The legal professional ...Read More | |||