Industry Insights
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Geaney: Requirements of New Supplemental Benefits Law for Dependents of Public Safety Workers | 11/18/2019 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Effective June 17, 2019, N.J.S.A 34:15-95.6 became law in New Jersey. This law applies to dependents of public safety workers, who are defined as officers of a paid, partially paid or volunteer fire or police department, force, company or district, including the State Police or a first ...Read More | |||
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Lakshmikanthan: Automation Makes Time for Scalable Compassion | 11/15/2019 | |
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| By: Jayant Lakshmikanthan | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The modern workers’ compensation system was devised to provide a guarantee of care and medical treatment to injured workers from their employers. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Opioids and Work Comp Premiums | 11/14/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Two seemingly unrelated papers hit the inbox yesterday: the California Workers’ Compensation Institute's just-completed analysis of opioid usage in California, and the National Council on Compensation Insurance's report on 2019 workers’ comp financials. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Mediation Opening Statements | 11/13/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Times have changed. Teddy Snyder ...Read More | |||
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Anders: CMS Releases Version 3.0 of WCMSA Reference Guide | 11/12/2019 | |
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| By: Dan Anders | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released Version 3.0 of its WCMSA Reference Guide, what we informally call the “MSA bible.” The reference guide provides most CMS policy and procedures relating to its review of workers’ compensation Medicare set-aside...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Company's 'Fun Day' Was Not a Work Event | 11/11/2019 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Any decision from the Appellate Division on recreational or social activities is welcome precisely because there have been so few decisions since the 1979 Amendments. The case of ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Intent to Injure | 11/08/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On Sept. 5, 2019, the New York Appellate Court decided Delacruz v. Village of Freeport. The appeal was from a decision by the Workers' Compensation Board (an administrative appellate review body simil...Read More | |||
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Moore: 24-Hour Workers' Comp and Health Insurance Policy Fades Away | 11/07/2019 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In 2006, the buzzword (flavor) of the year pointed out that a 24-hour workers' comp and health insurance policy answered the round-the-clock coverage concerns. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Counsel's Failure to Comply With Rules Leads to Order for Petitioner | 11/06/2019 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Motions for medical and temporary disability benefits are urgent matters that are treated as such by judges of compensation. Because injured workers are not receiving benefits, motions for medical and temporary disability benefits require all parties to work swiftly to prepare for court hear...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: AB 749 and 'No Rehire' Provisions | 11/05/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here’s something you may or may not have heard of, but that I’ve been getting several inquiries about: Assembly Bill 749. ...Read More | |||
