Industry Insights
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Montgomery: Athens Halts Processing 99 Cents Stores Bills | 06/21/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| In April, 99 Cents Only Stores LLC declared bankruptcy, leaving the self-insured employer with no way to pay its third-party administrator, Athens Administrators, for handling its injured employees’ claims. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin and Larres: En Banc Decision Clarifies Kite Rebuttals | 06/20/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin and Louis A. Larres | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has issued a new en banc decision clarifying how applicants’ attorneys may rebut the Permanent Disability Rating Schedule to add PD and get higher monetary values. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Cal Fire Battles More Than Flames | 06/18/2024 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Legislature has maintained a laser focus on combating wildfires, in part because of the breathtaking cost to suppress them: In the last 10 years, Cal Fire has pulled $7.5 billion from the state emergency fund to fight fires, including about $1.2 billion in 2022. Despite the...Read More | |||
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Moore: Workers' Comp Budgeting After the Pandemic | 06/17/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| One of the most difficult tasks for employers in the post-pandemic era requires a large amount of data analysis. Workers' comp budgeting adds more complexities to the mix. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: OSHA Makes Progress on Heat Exposure | 06/14/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| In a key step to help protect workers from excessive heat, OSHA’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) met to review a draft rule’s initial regulatory framework....Read More | |||
| CAAA: SB 1299's Heat Presumption Is Critical | 06/13/2024 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Late last month, the California Senate voted 29-9 to pass SB 1299, by Sen. Dave Cortese, D-Campbell). The bill now moves to the Assembly Insurance Committee. SB 1299 would create a presumption that heat-related injuries and illnesses arose out of employment for outdoor agri...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Tolstoy on Mediated Settlements | 06/12/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| All successful mediations are alike. Each unsuccessful mediation is unsuccessful in its own way. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Class Code 5606: Who's the Boss? | 06/11/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Over the last decade, workers' comp class code 5606 has generated so many questions from insureds. ...Read More | |||
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Switzer: Smoothing Those Bumps in the Road | 06/10/2024 | |
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| By: Judge Kenneth M. Switzer | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| In March, I authored an article entitled “Important Change Coming Soon.” The gist of the article was to report that beginning on March 25, all mediations would end in the issuance of a...Read More | |||
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Paduda: What's Up With Optum Workers' Comp? | 06/06/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Tuesday's non-announcement that ExamWorks bought Optum’s Settlement (MSA) business should not have been a surprise. ...Read More | |||
