Industry Insights
Anders: New Year Brings New Enhancements to MSPRP | 01/16/2019 | ||
By: Daniel Anders | |||
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Over the past year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been enhancing its web-based Medicare Secondary Recovery Portal, which has improved its usefulness in identifying and resolving Medicare conditional payments. ...Read More | |||
Snyder: The Ingredients of Effective Mediation | 01/15/2019 | ||
By: Teddy Snyder | |||
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What are the attributes of effective mediation? These four principles are integral: ...Read More | |||
Fish: Reform Proposal's Chances Look Slim | 01/14/2019 | ||
By: Mike Fish | |||
State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In November of 2017, the Alabama State Bar appointed a task force to review the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act and make recommendations for improvement. ...Read More | |||
Moore: Workers' Comp Judicial Hellholes Report, 2018 Version | 01/11/2019 | ||
Source: James Moore | |||
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The workers' comp judicial hellholes was taken from the American Tort Reform Foundation’s Judicial Hellholes for 2018-2019. The Judicial Hellholes ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: WCAB Rejects 'Every Specific Injury Is a Violent Act' Theory | 01/10/2019 | ||
Source: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I have repeatedly expressed my frustration with the interpretation of Labor Code Section 4660.1(c)(1) and the “violent act” definition. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Predictions for Workers' Comp in 2019, Part 2 | 01/09/2019 | ||
Source: Joe Paduda | |||
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I'm continuing my predictions for workers’ comp in 2019. The first five were Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Predictions for Workers' Comp in 2019, Part 1 | 01/08/2019 | ||
Source: Joe Paduda | |||
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If there were ever an impossible-to-predict year, 2019 is it. ...Read More | |||
Wickert: State Adopts 'Frye Standard' for Experts | 01/07/2019 | ||
Source: Gary L. Wickert | |||
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Florida’s tug-of-war between its courts and its Legislature regarding the appropriate standard for a judge to use to assess the admissibility of an expert’s opinion testimony has finally been settled. ...Read More | |||
Fitzpatrick: Petition for Credit: the Easy Part and the Hard Part | 01/04/2019 | ||
Source: Peter V. Fitzpatrick | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
After settlement or judgment of a third-party civil case, the employer is entitled to a credit based on the employee’s net recovery in the civil action. ...Read More | |||
Duff: 6th Edition of AMA Guides, Legislative Supremacy, and the 2018 That Wasn't | 01/03/2019 | ||
Source: Michael C. Duff | |||
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Despite protestations to the contrary, workers’ compensation has everything to do with “fault.” ...Read More | |||