Industry Insights
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Worley: Temporarily Unavailable | 04/19/2018 | |
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| By: Diane Worley | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California's Return-to-Work Supplement Program (RTWSP) is a benefit that was created with the passage of Senate Bill 863 for injured workers whose permanent disability benefits are disproportionately low in comparison to their earnings loss. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: A Fairly Common Misclassification in Arkansas | 04/18/2018 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: AR | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals rendered an interesting decision on March 7. The opinion caught my attention because of recent discussion about independent contractors and misclassification of workers. In ...Read More | |||
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Keefe: Understanding Medical Privacy Rights in Comp Claims | 04/16/2018 | |
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| Source: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act, became U.S. law way back in 1996. In my view, that was a game-changer for all workers' compensation claims handlers and risk managers. ...Read More | |||
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Young: The Opioid Study | 04/02/2018 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California workers’ comp prescription formulary took effect Sunday for pre-2018 injuries. Under the Division of Workers' Compensation regs, doctors are to have filed reports by April 1, 2018, detailing weaning and tapering plans for non-exempt, unlisted or compound drugs....Read More | |||
| Wolken: Zombie Liens, Round Two | 04/13/2018 | ||
| Source: James Wolken | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We all remember the notion of "zombie liens" from a few years ago, which the Legislature tried to combat by enacting regulations to allow dismissal of liens for failure to prosecute a lien (8 CCR § 10582.5), and enacting legislation requiring payment of the controversial lien activ...Read More | |||
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Nevarez: The Effect of Cannabis on Workplace Accidents | 04/12/2018 | |
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| Source: Dan Naverez | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| One of the hottest topics is the legalization of marijuana for adult (recreational) use. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: 919,400 People Aren't Working Because of Opioid Use | 04/11/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| My best guess is about a quarter of those are work comp patients. ...Read More | |||
| Grinberg: Hospital Worker Convicted of Fraud | 04/10/2018 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Your humble blogger has been frustrated to the point of shaking his head disapprovingly and judging silently by the relationship between workers’ compensation fraud and actual conviction and restitution. Being in the trenches, it is an unfortunate everyday occurrence that some...Read More | |||
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Langham: The Gig Economy Post Redux | 04/09/2018 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This blog recently focused on the "gig economy" in The Gig Economy: Can it Be Socialized? That post focuses in part on a New York innovation, a fund for drivers engaged i...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: What Happens When Mistakes Are Signed Into Law? | 04/05/2018 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Physicians who accept injured workers as patients know that adverse utilization review (UR) decisions can devastate well-planned diagnostic and therapeutic programs. Some major facilities won't tolerate this risk and refuse to accept injured workers. ...Read More | |||
