Industry Insights
| Work Comp Bills Take Effect | 07/14/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Florida Workers' Compensation Reimbursement Manual for Hospitals is nearing approval after the Three-Member Panel on Workers' Compensation approved changes in inpatient per diem rates and settled on a method to calculate the cost of physical implants, orthotics, and prosthetics. The Florida Work...Read More | |||
| Work Comp Rollback Not Likely | 06/30/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Dan Walters Conservative Republicans may grumble about Arnold Schwarzenegger's being a RINO -- Republican in Name Only -- or even a closet Democrat, but the governor is a blood-red Republican when it comes to siding with business. His 2004 overhaul of workers' compensation is the prim...Read More | |||
| WCAB En Banc TTD Payment Commences 2 Year TTD Window | 06/16/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jake Jacobsmeyer The WCAB issued it first in what will undoubtedly be a number of decisions involving interpretation of Labor Code Section 4656 and the two-year cap on temporary total disability that was added as part of Senate Bill 899. In this first decision the WCAB has...Read More | |||
| Worker's Temporary Removal of Safety Harness No Defense | 06/16/2007 | ||
| By: Larry Rogak | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Larry Rogak Nane v. Dormitory Authority of the State of New York 100005/05 (Supreme Court, Richmond Co.) (McMahon, J.) On December 9, 2003, the plaintiff allegedly was injured on a construction site at 930 Willowbrook Road, Building 11, Staten ...Read More | |||
| Worker Entitled to Voucher, Not VR Services | 06/02/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Allan Leno There have been a number of questions about the status of training facilities and their certification if the Bureau for Private Post-Secondary Vocational Education (BPPVE) fails to obtain funding for the next fiscal year. At the present time, it does appear that BPPVE w...Read More | |||
| Workers' Compensation: A Grassroots Movement | 06/02/2007 | ||
| By: Peter Rousmaniere (Featured Columnist) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Peter Rousmaniere A coalition of advocates to transform workers' compensation and disability management is sprouting up across the country. It is now active in 10 states. If you seriously want workers' comp to serve employee and employer better, check this out. With more tha...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp Fraud Challenges | 05/19/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Kathleen M. Bonczyk Pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act, an injured employee's exclusive remedies against the employer are generally limited to such benefits as temporary total disability payments and reasonable and necessary medical expenses. The underlying legal theory is that...Read More | |||
| Work Comp System Should Be Abolished | 05/05/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Frank D. Russo The California Supreme Court just handed insurance carriers another windfall in the state's workers' compensation system a major victory in an interpretation of SB 899, the "reform" bill passed three years with a middle of the night hearing and next to no debate on the f...Read More | |||
| War on Lawyers Hits the Injured | 04/21/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Tom Blackburn Last time the Legislature "reformed" workers compensation, it should have satisfied the lobbyists who wanted to keep injured workers in Florida from getting anywhere with their complaints if their claims are denied. The plan was to starve out the lawyers who r...Read More | |||
| Work Comp Subrogation: Which Payments Can Be Recovered? | 04/21/2007 | ||
| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Gary L. Wickert In many respects it is as daunting and elusive as the search for the Holy Grail. All 50 states allow for recovery of workers' compensation benefits paid to or on behalf of a claimant injured in the course of his or her employment. Not a single one, however, enun...Read More | |||
