Industry Insights
| Wolken: Zombie Liens, Round Two | 04/13/2018 | ||
| Source: James Wolken | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We all remember the notion of "zombie liens" from a few years ago, which the Legislature tried to combat by enacting regulations to allow dismissal of liens for failure to prosecute a lien (8 CCR § 10582.5), and enacting legislation requiring payment of the controversial lien activ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: What Happens When Mistakes Are Signed Into Law? | 04/05/2018 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Physicians who accept injured workers as patients know that adverse utilization review (UR) decisions can devastate well-planned diagnostic and therapeutic programs. Some major facilities won't tolerate this risk and refuse to accept injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: Recovering Workers' Compensation Lien Out of Legal Malpractice Award | 03/27/2018 | |
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| Source: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There is little law in California regarding the subrogation/reimbursement and/or future credit rights of an employer or workers’ compensation carrier when an employee makes a third-party recovery because of legal malpractice in the handling of the employee’s attorney. ...Read More | |||
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Wilson: What Do Medicare Part D, Medicare Set-Asides and Parenting Have in Common? | 03/15/2018 | |
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| Source: Rita Wilson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For those who have raised children or are in the process of doing so, one of our biggest challenges is to instill in our children some sort of positive decision-making paradigm. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: Temps Who Don't File Comp Claim Can Sue Special Employers | 02/20/2018 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It seems that in Wisconsin, the exclusive remedy rule, which prevents an employee from suing his employer in tort, isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. ...Read More | |||
| When it Stinks | 02/12/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The workplace can be a challenge. There is work to be done, deadlines to meet, and challenges to face. And, there are coworkers. Sometimes they assist with the tasks and sometimes they can add to the challenges. Over the years, the subject of perfume and cologne has become the subject of sarcasm ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: Texas Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Waiver of Subrogation Case | 02/05/2018 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On Jan. 26, the Texas Supreme Court refused to review the July 14, 2016, decision by the Texas Court of Appeals in Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania v. Roberts. Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer S.C. had filed an amicus brief on behalf the National Association of Subrogation Pro...Read More | |||
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Wingenroth: The CRC Dark Days Are Coming | 01/23/2018 | |
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| By: Jessica M. Wingenroth | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The highly anticipated Commercial Repayment Center contractor transition from CGI Federal to Performant Recovery was discussed in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services town hall presentation Thursday. The stated goal: seamless, painless and efficient transition, with zero impac...Read More | |||
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West: When Is Communication not Communication? | 01/17/2018 | |
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| By: Jeremy P. West | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When is communication not communication? When it’s information. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: Medical Billing, Insurance Write-Offs and the Collateral Source Rule | 01/15/2018 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| To recover damages for past medical expenses in a personal injury lawsuit, a plaintiff must present evidence and prove that the medical expenses incurred were both “reasonable” and “necessary.” ...Read More | |||
