Industry Insights
|
Geaney: Supplemental Benefits for Surviving Dependents of Essential Workers | 04/29/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last week, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill co-sponsored by Sens. Troy Singleton and Dawn Addiego. The bill...Read More | |||
|
Grinberg: Statute of Limitations Bars MVA Claim | 04/28/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It is a rare enough event to have the statute of limitations bar a claim. To start off, it is generally a “disfavored” defense because of the preference to have disputes resolved on the merits. ...Read More | |||
|
Burns: AOE/COE and After-Hours Industrial Injuries | 04/27/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Michael P. Burns | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In today's COVID environment, many employers have provided a large degree of flexibility for their employees to work from home or, alternatively, return to the office on a part-time basis. ...Read More | |||
|
Lynch: Nursing Has Always Been Tough, but Now It's Even Harder | 04/26/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's incidence rate of work injuries (cases per 10,000 workers) for nurses is 12.7; for all o...Read More | |||
|
Rosenberg: Fixing MPN System a Humanitarian Issue | 04/23/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: Daniel Rosenberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| WorkCompCentral published a blog post by workers’ compensation defense attorney Gregory Grinberg critiquing AB 1465, a bill that would expand access to medical care by creating a statewide medical provider network. ...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: A Really Bad Idea | 04/22/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 3 | |||
| A long list of real and very difficult problems faces California’s legislators. Nowhere on that list is workers' compensation. ...Read More | |||
|
Geaney: High Court Settles Jurisdiction, Medical Marijuana Cases | 04/21/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We are a few weeks into April, and already the New Jersey Supreme Court has considered two extremely significant issues for workers’ compensation practitioners, employers and carriers. ...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: Care Managers vs. Cost Centers | 04/20/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| All “discounts” are not bad. Joe P...Read More | |||
|
Alves: Lifetime Jurisdiction: Not Just for Asbestosis | 04/19/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Ryan T. Alves | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most professionals working within the California workers’ compensation system for any period of time are familiar with the fact that asbestos claims may continue well beyond the usual five years, after which the WCAB will typically lose jurisdiction. ...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: Why Are You Using That Metric? | 04/16/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I’ve had several conversations with claims and managed care folks over the last few months about measuring performance, outcome metrics versus process metrics, and the challenges of data collection, aggregation and analysis. ...Read More | |||
