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Paduda: Predictions for Workers' Comp in 2019, Part 1 01/08/2019
Source: Joe Paduda
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
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
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
Despite protestations to the contrary, workers’ compensation has everything to do with “fault.” ...Read More
 
 

Gelman: Labor Department, OSHA Form Alliance to Better Protect Workers 01/02/2019
Source: Jon L. Gelman
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL), the New Jersey State Industrial Safety Committee (NJSISC) and the U.S Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed an agreement establishing an alliance to foster safer and mo...Read More
 
 

Goldstein: Changes to Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal Are Coming 12/31/2018
Source: Jean S. Goldstein
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently held a high-level overview webinar of the upcoming Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) enhancements. ...Read More
 
 

Moore: The Top 20 Issues for Workers' Compensation in 2019 12/28/2018
Source: James Moore
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
An Out Front Ideas 2019 webinar hosted by Mark Walls (Safety National) and Kimberly George (Sedgwick) will look forward to the emerging issues in 2019. This Jan. 8 webinar remains the most popular one they do every year.   ...Read More
 
 

Young: Setting the Agenda 12/27/2018
Source: Julius Young
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
What is the likely 2019 agenda at the California Division of Workers’ Compensation? ...Read More
 
 

Langham: Louisiana's Medical Claim Process Upheld 12/26/2018
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
 
 

Paduda: Watch Out for Facility Costs 12/24/2018
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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