Industry Insights
Sams: Inaction by Lawmakers Not Always a Partisan Divide | 06/26/2017 | ||
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Single-party rule clearly is no guarantee that government will find solutions to the problems at hand. ...Read More | |||
Sams: Clickbait News Is Still News | 06/12/2017 | ||
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Joe Paduda asserted a familiar theme in his ManagedCareMatters blog last week; that is, ...Read More | |||
Sams: Formularies Grow in Popularity, but Which One to Use? | 05/22/2017 | ||
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
A familiar labor vs. management battleground has sprung around the latest cost-control trend in workers’ comp: drug formularies. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Decision Does Significant Damage to Work Comp Subrogation | 05/09/2017 | ||
By: Gary Wickert | |||
State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
In Nevada, when a workers’ compensation carrier is subrogated to the rights of the worker under § 616C.215(5), the carrier has a lien on the “total proceeds” of any third-party recovery. ...Read More | |||
Sullivan: January 2017 Case Law Update | 01/06/2017 | ||
By: Michael Sullivan | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Jurisdiction and subrogation In Lee v. West Kern Water District (2016) 81 CCC 966, the 5th District Court of Appeal held that an employee's civil claim for assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress was not barred by the exclusive remedy rule when she wa...Read More | |||
Sullivan: December 2016 Case Law Update | 12/05/2016 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Business of insurance In Corona v. Koosharem, doing business as Select Staffing, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 542, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of an arbitrator's decision dismissing California Insurance Guarantee Association ...Read More | |||
Sullivan: November 2016 Case Law Update | 11/03/2016 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Business of insurance In Farias v. Able Building Maintenance, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 440, the panel majority upheld an arbitrator's decision that an applicant was entitled to self-procure treatment at the employer's expense from the date the claim was den...Read More | |||
Stack: 5 Steps When Favorite Employee's Work Comp Claim Is Denied | 10/20/2016 | ||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The foundation of workers’ compensation is the employer-employee relationship. Depending on the injury and the relationship, this can mean an awkward scenario if your favorite employee’s workers compensation claim is being denied. Your employee is coming to you for help, but you ...Read More | |||
Sullivan: September 2016 Case Law Update | 09/09/2016 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The business of insurance In Robles v. The Estate of Vicky Bleazard, dba Bleazard Co., 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 330, the WCAB held that a WCJ erred when it denied an applicant's petition to join deceased employer's estate and the Uninsured Employers Benefit...Read More | |||
Sullivan: August 2016 Case Law Update | 08/02/2016 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Medical treatment In Bissett-Garcia v. Peace and Joy Center, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 174, the WCAB held that a defendant's UR decision was timely when the request for treatment initially was sent only to the defense attorney, and that attorney immediatel...Read More | |||