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McFaul and Doornink: Would You Like to Share Attorney Fees? 11/07/2018
Source: Anna McFaul and Christy Doornink
State: WA | Segment: Top | 0
Typically, parties are responsible for paying their own attorney’s fees. There are some exceptions to this, such as when a person is forced to litigate to recover an award or when other persons or entities who want to share in the award must also share the responsibility for the attorney fe...Read More
 
 

Lakshmikanthan: Payoffs for AI in Commercial Insurance 11/06/2018
By: Jayant Lakshmikanthan
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
The commercial insurance industry is in an early and exciting stage of adopting artificial intelligence. With widespread acceptance, AI is slated to provide a large source of value and a be key driver of competitive advantage going forward. ...Read More
 
 

Anders: Apparent Change in CMS Policy Expands Inclusion of Lyrica in MSAs 11/05/2018
Source: Dan Anders
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
Lyrica is a brand name-only medication that costs $8.91 per pill at 150 milligrams. Over a 20-year life expectancy, this is close to $200,000 in an Medicare set-aside allocation. ...Read More
 
 

Paduda: Workers' Comp Claim Counts Are Down … Right? 11/02/2018
Source: Joe Paduda
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
A recently released analysis of workers’ comp claim frequency tells us what we’ve known for years: The percentage of workers who get hurt on the job has been ...Read More
 
 

Fein: Adopting New Standards of Safety 11/01/2018
Source: Lewis Fein
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
The duty of insurers is not to deny the need for new standards but to dedicate themselves to standardizing new — and superior — levels of safety. ...Read More
 
 

Young: An Interesting Approach 10/31/2018
Source: Julius Young
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
Recently I became aware of an interesting experiment by State Compensation Insurance Fund. ...Read More
 
 

Weinmann: Duty of Care vs. Utilization Review 10/30/2018
Source: Robert Weinmann
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
Worker's Malpractice Action Against UR Doctor Comes to an End is WorkCompCen...Read More
 
 

Langham: I Am Not Available 10/29/2018
Source: David Langham
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0
I had a recent inquiry that returned my attention yet again to the notice of unavailability. ...Read More
 
 

Paduda: Who's Investing in Work Comp Services Now? 10/26/2018
By: Joe Paduda
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
Several years ago it was smaller private equity firms who bought companies for $75 million to $200 million, built them up and sold them off. Then it was the bigger PE firms that put together a couple of these and hoped to sell them for more than they paid, and were mostly successful....Read More
 
 

Goldstein: Hikida and the Importance of a Good Doctor 10/25/2018
By: Benjamin G. Goldstein
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
For many years now, employers have been able to rely on the holdings on Brodie v. WCAB and Benson v. Workers&rsqu...Read More
 
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