Industry Insights
| News from the Workers' Comp Pharmacy World | 05/01/2008 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
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| By Joe PadudaHere, in no particular order, are some findings gleaned from my wanderings around the show floor at Risk Insurance Management Society conference in San Diego.MSC has rebounded nicely from the loss of Liberty Mutual's pharmacy business last year (awarded entir...Read More | |||
| North Dakota Compared to Louisiana: Insuring Volunteer Firefighters | 04/30/2008 | ||
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| By the AASCIF Standing Committee -- LawSignificant challenges arise in insuring known groups of workers. Those difficulties are multiplied when insuring unknown groups of workers.In North Dakota, volunteer firefighters are “employees” and are, therefore, covered b...Read More | |||
| North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance Needs Urgent Fixes | 02/26/2008 | ||
| State: ND | Segment: | 0 | |||
| There have been few issues that have grabbed the headlines more than the turmoil at North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI). As a state legislator, I have been focused on bringing political accountability to WSI and restoring a system meant to help North Dakotans injured on the job...Read More | |||
| New developments in pain management. | 12/06/2007 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Steven Feinberg, MD The following are all relatively new and interesting developments in pain treatment. Some represent possible successes in pain treatment, and others provide new information about possible problems or side effects from certain treatments.It is important ...Read More | |||
| N.Y. Appellate Court Narrows Carrier's Liability for Fees, Costs | 09/22/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Burns v. Varriale, 820 N.Y.S.2d 655 (N.Y.A.D. 2006). Workers' compensation subrogation in New York has always been accompanied by the obligation of a workers' compensation carrier to equitably share in litigation costs and attorney's fees incurred by the worker. Kelley v. State ...Read More | |||
| No-Fault Insurer Can Recover Payments Made to Fraudulently Incorporated Provider | 08/25/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Editor's Note: While the discussion below by New York attorney Larry Rogak is about no-fault benefits for acupuncture services, his discussion is relevant in the workers' compensation setting and we felt the discussion was worthy of consideration. By Larry Rogak St....Read More | |||
| New Standard of Proof for Surgery Facility Fees? | 06/30/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon C. Brissman I find the thrust of a WCAB panel's Decision After Reconsideration in the Francisco Jiminez v. Galaxy Shade Systems case (2007; WCAB Case No. ANA 0377538) to be troubling. The decision appears to spin the WCAB En Banc decision in Kunz v. Patterson Floor Cover...Read More | |||
| N.Y. 3rd: Illegal Aliens Do Not Qualify for 'Additional Compensation' | 06/30/2007 | ||
| By: Larry Rogak | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Larry Rogak Ronnie Ramroop v. Flexo-Craft Printing et al., No. 501026 (decided 6/21/07) (3d Dept 2007) In a decision which may be one of first impression, the Appellate Division has held that an illegal alien who is injured on the job does not qualify for "additiona...Read More | |||
| New SAWW Figures Available from DOL | 06/16/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jake Jacobsmeyer The U.S. Department of Labor posted its 2007 1st Quarter statistics for earnings reported for Unemployment Claims for the preceding four quarters. The information contained in these statistics will be used to determine increases in several workers' compe...Read More | |||
| No Proof of Claim Needs to be Filed if Company is Insolvent | 05/19/2007 | ||
| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By John H. Geaney The New Jersey Self-Insurers Guaranty Association steps in when a self-insured company goes bankrupt. The case of Morella v. Grand Union, A-0056-05T3, is now the most important New Jersey reported case dealing with the procedures in making a claim against the Guar...Read More | |||
