Industry Insights
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Grinberg: Revisiting Utilization Review and Temporary Disability | 03/27/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I was talking workers’ comp as I often do (and all the cool kids always do) when someone offered an opinion: Utilization review denial of further treatment does not preclude a finding of temporary disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: High Court Applies Nebraska Law in Conflict-of-Law Case | 03/26/2019 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One year ago, the Arizona Court of Appeals announced that A.R.S. § 23-1023 was not a statute of limitations under state law, with regard to the requirement that an employee must file a third-party action within the first year after an accident or obtain a “reassignment” from the ...Read More | |||
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Fish: High Court Upholds Record-Setting Retaliatory Discharge Verdict | 03/25/2019 | |
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| Source: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On March 1, the Alabama Supreme Court issued its opinion regarding the largest retaliatory discharge jury verdict ever recorded in the state. ...Read More | |||
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Gunn: Real or Fake? Revealing Workers' Compensation Fraud | 03/22/2019 | |
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| Source: Stacey Gunn | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Security cameras in a company cafeteria recently captured a brazen attempt to fake a workers’ compensation injury. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: Settlement Alternatives for Claims Involving Medicare Beneficiaries | 03/21/2019 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What are your options when an Medicare set-aside has derailed your settlement discussions or complicated resolution of a claim with a Medicare beneficiary? ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Is That Lien Stayed? | 03/20/2019 | |
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| Source: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Keeping track of which lien claims are stayed or subject to special lien proceedings is a full-time job, thanks to the plethora of criminal proceedings in California. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Democracy, Deodands and the British Birth of the Grand Bargain | 03/19/2019 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| While I generally accept Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor’s narrative holding that workers’ compensation arose in the U.S. as a grand bargain among multiple stakeholders, around 1911, the labor law professor/historian in me has doubted organized employee partic...Read More | |||
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Anders: April 1 Brings Electronic Payment Option to MSPRP | 03/18/2019 | |
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| By: Dan Anders | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a March 13 webinar, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provided a high-level overview of the electronic payment option to be added to the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) effective April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Thompson: AI for WC Claims: Humble Pie in the Sky | 03/15/2019 | |
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| By: Barry Thompson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Let’s slice pie from the sky and seriously consider artificial intelligence's role in workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Burns: The Myths of Lifetime Medical Benefits | 03/14/2019 | |
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| By: Michael P. Burns | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Whether settlement is via stipulated award or compromise and release, one of the most common impediments for defendants is valuing exposure for lifetime medical care. ...Read More | |||
