Industry Insights
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Paduda: Drug Rebates, Technology and What's Next | 06/14/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Two years ago, brand-drug manufacturers paid out $127 billion in rebates, and other discounts and fees. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: 90-Day Presumption Defeats Going-and-Coming Rule | 06/13/2018 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Did you know, before members of the defense community go to sleep, we check underneath our beds for the most terrifying monster of all — the 90-day presumption? ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: Identifying the Source of Recent Constitutional Challenges | 06/12/2018 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a new article, the articulate chair of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission discusses the unprecedented number of constitutional challenges we have seen the last two years or so surrounding state worker...Read More | |||
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Young: Another Rate Decrease | 06/11/2018 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Advisory California workers’ comp rates are set to decline effective July 1 per a recent decision by Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. Jones has adopted a May 29 recommendation by Department of Insurance attorney Patricia Hein for a “pure premium” rate of $1.74 per $100 of...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: No Ogilvie Rebuttal for Non-Industrial Factors | 06/08/2018 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Today I bring you the panel decision in the case of Sandoval v. Waterproofing Associates. Therein, applicant sustained an injury in 2011 while working as a roofing journeyman, and in 2016 the matter was brought to trial. The injuries were orthopedic in nature. ...Read More | |||
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Walls: Carrier's Perspective on Large WC Claims | 06/07/2018 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| High-dollar workers’ compensation claims are rare, but they can be extremely costly and have a significant impact on an employer’s workers’ compensation costs. The rarity of these claims makes studying them challenging. Safety National recently completed a review of our large cl...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Health Insurance Status and Workers' Comp | 06/06/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The ...Read More | |||
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Moore: 10 Ways to Cause Huge Reserves | 06/05/2018 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most workers' compensation reserve increases can be controlled by employers. Let us see how employers cause huge ones. Some of these come from the Six Keys to Saving on Workers...Read More | |||
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Duff: Murphy Oil and an Even Slipperier Slope of Forced Arbitration | 06/01/2018 | |
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| Source: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Supreme Court’s May 21 ruling in Murphy Oil/Epic Systems/Ernst & Young may be read narrowly as an opinion holding that the National Labor Relations Act d...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Effort to Add Transparency to MSP Reporting Information | 06/04/2018 | |
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| By: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Recently, Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-Florida) and Ron Kind (D-Wisconsin) introduced legislation (HR 5881) in the House of Representatives to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act, specifically in an effort to provide for transparency of Medicare Secondary Payer reporting information. ...Read More | |||
