Industry Insights
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Young: Rand Posts Med-Legal Study Draft Report | 12/12/2018 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Rand Corp. has posted its draft report on medical-legal reporting in California workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Time Is Critical | 12/11/2018 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In October, the Mississippi Court of Appeals published Emmanuel Ridge Community Services Inc. v. Loggins. It is a case primarily about about time, and there are lessons to be learned from that aspect. It al...Read More | |||
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Duff: Supreme Court Affirms Full State Reimbursement for Air Ambulance Services | 12/10/2018 | |
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| Source: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: WY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Imagine the following (a simplification of Air Methods/Rocky Mountain Holdings v. Workers’ Compensation Division): ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: Recommendations for Holiday Workers' Compensation Book Giving | 12/07/2018 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I boldly offer here recommendations for holiday book giving for that special lawyer or judge in your life (or, for that matter, you or some other person) who is keen to enhance his knowledge about our field and/or those areas with which we often interface. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Should Workers' Comp Be a Litigious Industry? | 12/06/2018 | |
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| Source: Gregory Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers’ compensation was designed to reduce litigation by trading out the employee’s right to sue his employer for negligence in exchange for limited guarantee of care and compensation. This exclusive remedy “bargain” was the justification for why the system was created a...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Unfounded Optimism | 12/05/2018 | |
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| Source: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The fall of Atlanta “is not a calamity that endangers our cause.” — Montgomery, Alabama Advertiser, September 1864 ...Read More | |||
| Lynch: Violence in the ER: A Big Problem Getting Worse | 12/04/2018 | ||
| Source: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Men and women who yearn to follow in the footsteps of Hippocrates, Galen and Banting are taught many things in med school, but there is no course called "Violence in the ER, and What to Do When it Happens to You." Until recent times that hasn&rsquo...Read More | |||
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Moore: Who's Really to Blame for Rating Bureau Mistakes? | 12/03/2018 | |
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| Source: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most workers' comp rating bureaus are only as good as the data the organizations receive from the carriers. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp Services: Specialize or Generalize? | 11/30/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| WorkCompWire’s Leaders’ Speak column features a two...Read More | |||
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Wickert: Court Confirms Strength of Carrier's Subrogation Lien | 11/29/2018 | |
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| Source: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Subrogation professionals are duty-bound to maximize a workers’ compensation subrogation recovery for a WC carrier and its insured employer, which is eager to maintain a favorable experience rating. ...Read More | |||
