Industry Insights
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Uribarri: Best Practices for MSCs | 12/30/2024 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| When we see a mandatory settlement conference on the calendar in the next few weeks, we generally set a little mental note that says, “Oh yeah, I need to get ready for that hearing.” ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: In COVID Claims, Follow the Symptoms | 08/23/2023 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| PQME evaluations in workers’ compensation cases can be tricky. With limited time, and sometimes limited records, a PQME must interview an applicant, make an evaluation and issue an opinion on a wide range of topics outlined by lawyers in very long joint letters. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: WCAB Tackles NFL Claims | 05/01/2023 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| After a brief timeout, out-of-state NFL teams have returned to defending injury claims at the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: End of an Era: Rescission of COVID Emergency Impacts Rules and Regs | 03/06/2023 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Tuesday marked the end of the COVID-19 state of emergency in California, as the executive order of March 4, 2020, has now been officially rescinded. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: DWC Issues New QME Regs | 02/24/2023 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued revised PQME regulations that permanently incorporate some of the pandemic-era rules allowing for remote evaluations and longer scheduling time frames. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: Causation of Injury | 01/26/2023 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Causation of injury, while not the most exciting challenge in the California workers’ compensation system, is an all too important threshold question that often relies on a doctor’s opinion on the cause of injury. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: AB 5 Still Creating Headaches for Trucking Industry | 01/10/2023 | |
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| By: Jemma S. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| While California has a long history of extending new rights to employees, not all legislation has the overall intended effect. The passage of Assembly Bill 5 in 2019 is a prime example. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri and Uribarri: WCAB Provides Guidance on COVID-19 Presumption | 09/29/2022 | |
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| By: Jemma S. Uribarri and Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A recent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel decision stating that the “executive order” presumption did not apply to a probation officer’s alleged COVID-19 infection is worth taking note of, according to one of the leading legal research services in the Californi...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: What's Left After Total Knee Replacement? QME Clarifies: Almost Everything | 11/01/2019 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Have you ever considered just what the phrase “total knee replacement” means? It seems so self-explanatory that any answer must be, “Well, it means the whole knee has been replaced.” ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: Settlement Alternatives for Claims Involving Medicare Beneficiaries | 03/21/2019 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What are your options when an Medicare set-aside has derailed your settlement discussions or complicated resolution of a claim with a Medicare beneficiary? ...Read More | |||
