Industry Insights
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Kamin: Gig Economy Workers' Status Headlines Newsom's First Legislative Session | 04/29/2019 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The first few months of the 2019 legislative session opened with bills that would expand the definition of “employees” to include Uber and Lyft drivers, attempt to nullify utilization review, make nonindustrial apportionment more difficult to obtain, and investigate the large number o...Read More | |||
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Moore: Golden Rule for Reporting Work Injuries Keeps It Simple | 04/26/2019 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Employers not having a rule for reporting work Injuries to the workers’ compensation carrier has caused many employers to end up paying very large claims on what should have been small ones. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Gallagher Bassett Uses Data to Improve Care for WC Patients | 04/25/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What passes for predictive modeling today is like Google maps, except the app tells you when to turn a half hour after you’ve passed the intersection. ...Read More | |||
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Luna: Turning the Clock Back on State's Workers' Compensation System | 04/24/2019 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Applicants’ Attorney Association is promoting Assembly Bill 1107 to California legislators in hopes of materially modifying utilization review exemptions for medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Cozy Doctors | 04/23/2019 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Center for Investigative Reporting recently published another revealing story on questionable workers’ comp claims handling at the Tesla factory in Fremont. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Cost-Shifting and Personal Decisions | 04/22/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a memorable Dilbert cartoon (April 30, 1995), Dilbert is introduced to a new vice president of his company. She asks about his day and he explains he was just emailing a coworker who is near a window to see if it is raining. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Buyer-User Disconnect, aka the Shiny Object Problem | 04/19/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Had a very interesting conversation with a work comp services exec earlier this week that got me thinking about “portals,” those internet entry points where payer staff can access bills, reports, notes, alerts, and other documents and messages about their claims. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Will AB 1107 Trim the Claws of UR? | 04/18/2019 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Under current law, employers are obliged to establish utilization review panels whose purpose is to review, approve, modify or deny diagnostic and/or treatment recommendations. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Employer Must Accommodate Off-Hours Use of Medical Marijuana | 04/17/2019 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An employee licensed to use medical marijuana under the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act may proceed with a New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) action ageist his employer for unlawful termination. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Defendant, not Applicant, Has Duty to Provide RTW Form to QME | 04/16/2019 | |
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| Source: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The workers’ comp system is a strange beast. So often we get interpretations of the law that are, well, unexpected. ...Read More | |||
