Industry Insights
| Proposed Regs: E-Filing Panel Requests; More Litigation Faster! | 10/06/2014 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Department of Workers’ Compensation has posted proposed regulations to get the ball rolling on replacing the live-person Medical Unit with an automated system that would take online submissions. Your humble blogger is all in favor of technology and progress, but let&r...Read More | |||
| Pharmaceuticals in the News | 09/25/2014 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Alzheimer’s brings me to medication and litigation this morning. At first blush, the connection of Alzheimer's to workers’ compensation seems tenuous, but the connection comes back to pharmaceuticals, and everyone knows that from muscle relaxants and pain inhibitors ...Read More | |||
| Protesters should be Given a little more Time at CHSWC Meetings | 08/21/2014 | ||
| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On Aug. 13, the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) met in Oakland. If there was little policy drama in the policy presentations, other aspects of the meeting had drama. Apparently concerned that protesters or rowdy commenters would d...Read More | |||
| Patrick Harran and D.A. Reach Deal in Sheri Sangji Case | 07/17/2014 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| We've talked about the gruesome lab death of 23-year-old research assistant Sheri Sangji in a University of California, Los Angeles, science laboratory in ...Read More | |||
| Payment for Adaptive Housing and Transportation | 06/11/2014 | ||
| By: Teague Campbell | |||
| State: NC | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Santos Tinajero was rendered quadriplegic after sustaining an admittedly compensable injury. His condition required 24-hour attendant care, and he was initially transferred to a rehabilitative center. Tinajero was subsequently transferred to an assisted living facility, which he contended was not a ...Read More | |||
| PDMPs: From Data Collection to Meaningful Action | 05/16/2014 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| There has been a lot of discussion regarding Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs lately and the steps that states (other than Missouri) are taking to implement programs and collect prescription data. This is a great step in the right direction and we at Prium believe that data collection is instru...Read More | |||
| Premium Audit Disputes and Collection Agency Warning | 01/24/2014 | ||
| By: James J. Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Since the first of the year, we have received a large number of inquiries from employers with premium disputes. I am not sure if insurance carriers by contract can do this - but a large number of disputed bills are being forwarded to collection agencies for final collection. This seems to be an ever...Read More | |||
| Patient Handling: Another Big Log on the Health Care Fire | 12/05/2013 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Musculoskeletal (MS) injuries to nurses and nursing aides have become an epidemic in America. At least, according to the American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) recent "Safety Culture in Healthcare, The $13 Billion Case," a peer-reviewed feature in the October issue of "Professional Safety,...Read More | |||
| Pennsylvania's Workers' Comp 3rd-Party Dispute | 10/25/2013 | ||
| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: PA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| If you think the recent Congressional civil war over cutting entitlements and spending, raising the debt ceiling (again) and funding ObamaCare was a melee, welcome to the ongoing dispute in Pennsylvania over whether a workers’ compensation carrier can initiate the filing of a third-party lawsu...Read More | |||
| Professional Mediation Institute Education Program | 08/12/2013 | ||
| By: Workers Compensation Institute | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Editor’s Note: The 68th annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference (WCEC) will be held Aug. 18-21 at the Orlando World Center Marriott. This article is part of a series highlighting some of the upcoming sessions....Read More | |||
