Industry Insights
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Rocca: One Small Voice | 02/01/2022 | |
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| By: Sandy Rocca | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| No one in the California Applicants' Attorneys Association is so self-unaware that we think our voice is bigger than it is. But having a small voice doesn’t mean we don’t have important things to say. And it doesn’t mean that no one is listening. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Emergency QME Regulations in Effect; Med-Legal QME Exams to Continue | 01/31/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Back in March, the Department of Industrial Relations issued new rules in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the time limits of qualified medical examiners to produce reports and schedule exams, and also providing guidance on how to conduct (or object to) QME e...Read More | |||
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Kamin: CDC Says COVID-19 Unlikely to Spread by Touching Surfaces | 01/28/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| During a recent doctor deposition, a well-renowned internist and pulmonologist told me he was skeptical about whether COVID-19 could be transmitted by touching a surface that was previously touched by a sick person. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: What Ever Happened to Prop. 22? Oh, Yeah. | 01/27/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Everyone has their favorite saga. For some, it’s "Lord of the Rings." For others, it’s "Star Wars," and for a shrinking few out there, it’s even "Game of Thrones." But for workers’ comp nerds like me, there’s always r...Read More | |||
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Paduda: (Most) Private Insurers Aren't Controlling Costs | 01/26/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The prices private insurers have paid to hospitals and physicians have increased much faster than prices paid by Medicare and Medicaid. And it’s not because providers are cost-shifting. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: NFIB v. Department of Labor, OSHA in a Few Sentences | 01/25/2022 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In my first reading of the opinion, I conclude that all the Supreme Court said in the big National Federation of Independent Business vs. OSHA case is that the Occupational Safety and Health Admini...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: What's New in 2022? | 01/24/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We’re going strong through the first month of 2022, but I just have to ask: Have you updated all your pay rates for the new year? ...Read More | |||
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Young: 2022 Workers' Comp Quiz | 01/21/2022 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Where is California workers’ comp headed in 2022? That’s the subject of the 2022 Workers Comp Zone quiz. Each year I kick off the year with a quiz for workers’ comp savants. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Drugs and Overdose | 01/20/2022 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A publication recently reported disturbing numbers for "unintentional overdoses from nonmedical use of drugs." ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: So, About Those New Regs ... | 01/19/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here we are in 2022 and ready to bravely face all the new fun and adventure that awaits us. ...Read More | |||
