Industry Insights
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Duff: Is the Accident Element of Workers' Compensation Itself a Historical Accident? | 02/02/2021 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As I commence another semester teaching workers’ compensation law, blissfully if artificially abstracted from COVID contexts, I find myself befuddled by a fundamental and, I naïvely had imagined, simple question: Why did state workers’ compensation statutes ever in...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Assembly Committee Votes to Approve Hiring Preference Bill | 02/01/2021 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Employers need to be aware of an Assembly bill that would turn the workers’ compensation statute into an employment protection law. ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: The Fight for Gig Workers Continues | 01/29/2021 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The first official legal challenge to Proposition 22 has been filed with the California Supreme Court, and CAAA has joined in the effort in hopes of restoring access to workers’ compensation for thousands of gig workers throughout the state. ...Read More | |||
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Anders: CMS Releases Technical Updates to Section 111 User Guide | 01/27/2021 | |
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| By: Dan Anders | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has begun the new year with some updates to its MMSEA Section 111 NGHP User Guide. This guide provides everything and anything you ever wanted to know about mandatory insurer reporting by non-group health plans. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Panel Provides Guidance on TD Due After P&S but Prior to Surgery | 01/28/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Sometimes injured workers are faced with a daunting choice: undergoing surgery or having their temporary disability checks cut off. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Claims Adjusting: It's Over in 48 Hours | 01/26/2021 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers' comp claims adjusting for new claims is over in 48 hours. I know, it sounds like a bold statement. The old paradigm used to be 24 hours. I am giving the adjusters a break. ...Read More | |||
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Young: The 2021 Workers Comp Zone Quiz | 01/25/2021 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Each January, Workers Comp Zone begins the year with a quiz. The quiz gives soothsayers out there a chance to weigh in on likely events and trends we will see in California workers’ comp over the next year. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal of Occupational Tinnitus Claim | 01/22/2021 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There are not many Appellate Division decisions on occupational hearing loss and tinnitus, which is why the decision is of interest in Donzella v. SG Performance ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Comp Insurance for All Licensed Contractors | 01/21/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Please allow me to use the mighty soapbox to denounce the machinations of our friends in Sacramento once again. ...Read More | |||
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Forman: Facebook Friends and Conflicts of Interest | 01/20/2021 | |
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| By: Zachary T. Forman | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Many questions keep me up late at night and into the early morning. You know, those questions that circle around and around in your head searching for an answer. ...Read More | |||
