Industry Insights
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Thompson: AI for WC Claims: Humble Pie in the Sky | 03/15/2019 | |
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| By: Barry Thompson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Let’s slice pie from the sky and seriously consider artificial intelligence's role in workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Burns: The Myths of Lifetime Medical Benefits | 03/14/2019 | |
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| By: Michael P. Burns | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Whether settlement is via stipulated award or compromise and release, one of the most common impediments for defendants is valuing exposure for lifetime medical care. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Fear of Better Options | 03/13/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most of us have seen, and maybe used, the acronym FOMO. It means "fear of missing out." FOMO is the fear of making the wrong decision about how to spend your time, particularly after you've seen internet stories about others doing better. ...Read More | |||
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Young: A QME Program Audit | 03/12/2019 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| So far 2019 has been a sleepy year for California workers' comp developments. But that may be changing. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: The Odd Lot Doctrine and Work Search | 03/11/2019 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A common problem in workers’ compensation is the partially incapacitated worker who is unable to return to the “injury employment” as a result of an unambiguously work-related injury. ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: Cutting Through the Clutter | 03/08/2019 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| More than 2,500 bills were introduced in the Legislature before this year's deadline. As usual, there are a number of bills related to workers' compensation. And, as usual, California Applicants' Attorneys Association has jumped into the fray with our own ideas for fixing the system....Read More | |||
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Lakshmikanthan: AI in Claims Operations: Lessons Culled From the Early Innings | 03/07/2019 | |
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| By: Jayant Lakshmikanthan | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| While there are many different segments of the commercial insurance industry, they often share a similar story. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Efforts to Streamline Conditional Payment Recovery Process Continue | 03/06/2019 | |
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| By: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced two upcoming webinars aimed at addressing payment functionalities within both the Medicare Secondary Payment Recovery Portal (MSPRP) and Commercial Repayment Center Portal. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Watered-Down Supplemental Benefits Bill Heads to Governor | 03/05/2019 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A watered-down version of the original New Jersey supplemental workers’ compensation benefits bill has been approved by the Legislature. It now heads to Gov. Phil Murphy for review. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rejects Efforts to Block Subpoena of Applicant's Employment Records | 03/04/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Are you seeing more cases where applicants' attorneys start fighting subpoenas for prior records? ...Read More | |||
