Industry Insights
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Young: Setting the Agenda | 12/27/2018 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What is the likely 2019 agenda at the California Division of Workers’ Compensation? ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Louisiana's Medical Claim Process Upheld | 12/26/2018 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In October 2018 the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal rendered its decision in Barber v. Louisiana Workforce Commission, et. al. The case has not been released f...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Watch Out for Facility Costs | 12/24/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Pharmacy costs are dropping, imaging is not an issue, physician expenses are growing modestly, and while PT payments are going up a bit, much of that is fee-schedule driven. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: Court Opens Door to Employee Intervention After Statute of Limitations Runs | 12/20/2018 | |
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| Source: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Illinois Supreme Court has somewhat clarified an injured employee’s rights to pursue a third-party case by intervening into a third-party subrogation suit filed by the workers’ compensation carrier, even after the personal injury statute of limitations runs. ...Read More | |||
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Insisoulath: Litigating Modern Psyche Claims | 12/21/2018 | |
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| By: Julie Insisoulath | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| While we all may have a general understanding of workers’ compensation claims alleging physical injury, some of us are not completely comfortable handling psyche claims. ...Read More | |||
| Morrisroe: Between a Rock and a Hard Place | 12/19/2018 | ||
| By: Sean Morrisroe | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It’s a bad place to be: between a rock and a hard place. Mick Jagger has sung about it. You’ve seen defense counsel stuck there at the board. At a hearing, an aggressive applicant's attorney demanding a penalty for delayed or refused payment of some benefit post-...Read More | |||
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Slyngstad: How to Reduce Litigation Costs in Your Claims Process | 12/18/2018 | |
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| By: Colleen F. Slyngstad | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Attorney involvement has been steadily driving up workers' compensation claims costs over the past decade, and research reveals the problem has never been worse. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Written Mediation Disclosure Agreements | 12/17/2018 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Effective Jan. 1, 2019, California attorneys must provide a written mediation disclosure statement to clients or face potential disciplinary consequences. ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Court Reverses WCAB on Apportionment Causation Standard | 12/14/2018 | |
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| By: Jake Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The 1st Appellate District Court of Appeals has reversed yet another WCAB opinion in which the board has applied the post-SB 899 rules on apportionment too restrictively. ...Read More | |||
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Fein: Choosing the Right Drug-Testing Courses | 12/13/2018 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A drug-free workplace is a safer place to work, provided the drug testers themselves have passed the test; provided they have done the coursework; provided they have taken the right courses to do their jobs with accuracy and ease; provided the provider of the coursework is himself an expert &mdas...Read More | |||
