Industry Insights
| Why the New Law Favors 'Applicant' Med Legals | 10/23/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The following article was originally posted in the WorkCompCentral Forums. Authored by York McGavin, it is republished in this section as the editors felt it would be of interest to the workers' compensation community at large. Mr. McGavin argues in this piece that the appeal process for objecting t...Read More | |||
| Work Comp for Employers - Speak the Speak, Walk the Walk | 08/29/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| I received a call from the claims adjuster on a workers' comp claim at a company where I was the HR Director. The conversation went something like this: Mary: Hello, this is Mary Appleton from ABC Workers' Comp Insurance. I want to discuss claim # 666-666, John Fakem. Vie: ...Read More | |||
| Why Can't We Control Drug Expenses? | 08/15/2004 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| WHY CAN'T WE CONTROL DRUG EXPENSES? BY JOSEPH PADUDA Health care costs in workers' compensation have grown significantly over the last few years, and now amount to well over 50 percent of the claims dollar in Florida. One of the primary contributors to this unhappy situ...Read More | |||
| Why Workers' Comp Reform Is Not the Solution - Part 2 | 05/08/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Why Workers' Comp Reform Is Not the Solution - What You Can Do Now, if I was only clear on what it meant! By Brent Heurter In the first article in this series we took a look at how the California workers' compensation system ended up the way it is, cost...Read More | |||
| Why Workers' Comp Reform Is Not the Solution - Part 1 | 04/25/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Why Workers' Comp Reform Is Not the Solution - What You Can Do Now, if I was only clear on what it meant! By Brent Heurter Chapter 1: How Did We Get Into This Mess? The California workers' compensation system has been in a sta...Read More | |||
| Working With What We Know | 02/14/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| As of January 1, 2004, the vocational rehabilitation benefit for injured workers was eliminated for injured workers with dates of injuries subsequent to 1/1/04 and a job displacement benefit was signed into law under AB 227. Specifics regarding the implementation of the voucher are presently being...Read More | |||
| Wilkinson & Parker: A Review of Multiple Disabilities | 02/01/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When can different injuries be combined on the Multiple Disabilities Table?Assume the following fact pattern: On one specific date (we'll call it February, 2002) the claimant sustained a specific industrial injury to his left knee. He underwent surgery in and returned to work in October 2002...Read More | |||
| What Does Repeal of Voc Rehab Mean to Physicians? | 02/01/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Now that Voc Rehab has been "repealed" what are the practical effects for the Primary Treating Physician? This question was recently posed in the WorkCompCentral Forums, and there seems to be debate as to just how much the workers compensation physician is required to comment on relative...Read More | |||
| What Would You Do? Part 2 | 10/25/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The first part of this article series posited three different scenarios for the small business owner in a "what would you do?" format. While an experienced claims person could...Read More | |||
| Will Lien Filing Fees Increase WCAB Costs? | 10/11/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| SB 228 adds Labor Code section 4903.05 to the California Labor Code, effective 1/1/04, providing for a filing fee of $100 for each initial lien: "(a) A filing fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall ...Read More | |||
