Industry Insights
| What a Blue America Means for Work Comp | 11/18/2006 | ||
| By: Jordan Barab | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jordan Barab Well, that couldn't have gone much better now, could it? First time since '98 I've waken on election morning without feeling like going back to sleep for the next two years. And, of course, although the pundits and prognosticators missed it totally, we know th...Read More | |||
| Work Comp Fraud; Stop the Hypocrisy | 11/18/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By David J. DePaolo It seems that fraud and workers' compensation just belong together. The sad part is that those who commit the most heinous criminal acts and cause the greatest civil damage always seem to be just out of reach of the "long arm of the law." What's worse, is that we as...Read More | |||
| Who Pays for Penalties? | 11/18/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By James Moore Who Pays for Fines and Penalties Incurred by the WC Carrier? Some state jurisdictions issue fines and penalties if state forms are not filed timely, if lost time benefits are not issued timely, or for frivolous litigation, etc. Many insurers charge these f...Read More | |||
| Why Repackaged Drugs Need Price Control | 11/04/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By David J. DePaolo The last vestige of physician profiteering in workers' compensation is in the cross hairs of the California Division of Workers' Compensation, and presages another national trend that physicians throughout the nation can expect -- the end of repackaged drugs. ...Read More | |||
| Wisc. Insurance Commissioner Made the Right Call | 10/21/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Milan Yager Wisconsin's small business owners who have come to depend on professional employer organizations (PEOs) can applaud a recent decision by Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance Jorge Gomez. Gomez has decided to hold off implementing new, overly restrictive rules gove...Read More | |||
| WCAB Upholds Order Disallowing Medical Exam Under Section 4064(d) | 10/07/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jake Jacobsmeyer The WCAB issued a "Significant Panel Decision[1]" addressing the use of Labor Code Section 4064(d) as means to evade the mandatory language in Labor Code Sections 4060 & 4062.2 to obtain an admissible medical legal report. The board concluded that the language in Labo...Read More | |||
| Why No Court Does Apportionment Right | 09/09/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By David J. DePaolo August will go down in workers' compensation history as Apportionment Month. California courts of appeal issued in quick succession a couple of decisions that has thrown an already arcane legal concept into complete disarray, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars of ...Read More | |||
| When Health Care Providers May File As Subclaimants | 08/12/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) has provided clarification regarding health care providers filing as subclaimants to compensability and extent of injury disputes. The clarification was provided in the April/May 2006 edition of the DWC's ...Read More | |||
| Worker's Compensation And The Inevitable Universal Healthcare | 07/29/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| by Jill Cohen Walker I've been trying to get some long overdue columns written, but for eight months I've been a wounded combatant in a dual workers' compensation battle involving upper and lower body injuries (making typin...Read More | |||
| Why HR-5309 Will Damage Workers' Compensation | 07/29/2006 | ||
| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon Gelman The proposed legislation is both conceptually flawed and substantively contrary to legislative intent of the workers' compensation system established throughout the United States. The enactment of this legislation will strip injured workers of benefits that they have been e...Read More | |||
