Industry Insights
Young: Appealing IMR | 05/17/2016 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Under what circumstances can a Maximus Independent Medical Review Determination be appealed? ...Read More | |||
Young: Shifting Tides | 05/12/2016 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The tides of the California’s workers’ comp system always come and go. ...Read More | |||
Young: The Supreme Court Steps In | 04/27/2016 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Could utilization review physicians and UR provider companies face liability lawsuits filed by injured workers alleging they were damaged by the administration of the UR process? ...Read More | |||
Young: Holes in Oversight | 04/08/2016 | ||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Does California’s workers’ comp system lack sufficient tools to deal with abuse by avaricious medical providers? ...Read More | |||
Young: DWC Enforcement on Tardy Medical Records is Overdue | 03/24/2016 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
It’s overdue, but the California DWC has finally begun cracking down on claims administrators who fail to provide medical records for independent medical review in a timely manner. ...Read More | |||
Young: An Overdue Crackdown | 03/15/2016 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
It’s overdue, but the California DWC has finally begun cracking down on claims administrators who fail to provide medical records to IMR in a timely manner. ...Read More | |||
Young: Let's Regulate | 03/04/2016 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
It’s time for stakeholders to give serious consideration to regulating “signing services” in California workers’ comp. That’s been my opinion for some time, and it was reinforced by reading a recent article (from March 1) by WorkCompCentral’s Greg ...Read More | |||
Young: IMR in Winter | 02/24/2016 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Now we know that the California Supreme Court will not be granting review of the Court of Appeals' decision in Frances Stevens v. Outspoken Enterprises. The issue regarding the constitutionality of ...Read More | |||
You Want me to Send the Check Where? | 11/07/2014 | ||
By: Nanci C. Freeman | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Every now and then a circumstance occurs that shocks the conscience and sensibilities of even the most sophisticated and savvy insured. I could not avoid noticing the utter dismay of an employer when I advised them that yes, the applicant may really be entitled to benefits despite his arrest for ...Read More | |||
Yes, Virginia, You May Fire a Workers' Comp Claimant | 12/11/2012 | ||
By: Gerardyne M. Drozdowski | |||
State: MI | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Michigan’s Legislature enacted significant changes to our Workers’ Disability Compensation Act (the Act) in 2011. The amendments, which became effective on Dec. 19, 2011, include a provision disentitling an injured worker from receiving wage-loss benefits when terminated for cause or &ld...Read More | |||