Industry Insights
| Cost Rating Exams Up Again: Get It Right the First Time | 03/18/2013 | ||
| State: NV | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Wcc | |||
| Effective Feb. 1, 2013, the Nevada fee schedule that governs health care providers under the Nevada workers' compensation system, raised the PPD (permanent partial disability) reimbursement to $718.96.If the rating physician is rating more than two body parts, he or she can charge an...Read More | |||
| Court of Appeals Decides Successive Disability Case | 03/01/2013 | ||
| By: Martin Ozga | |||
| State: IA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| In Hansen v. Snap-On Tools Manufacturing Co., No. 12-1038 (Iowa App. Feb. 27, 2013), among the issues addressed by the court was the questions of successive disabilities under Section 85.34(7)...Read More | |||
| Could be the Season? | 01/02/2013 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| 'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the statescompromise failing and we seem doomed to our fatesThe attention was focused on a cliff, we all knewIn hopes of compromise, the members worked throughThe nation was coasting, with Christmas in sightThe ...Read More | |||
| Co-Morbidities and the Cost of Claims | 12/10/2012 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance has issued a report on the impact of co-morbidities on workers' comp claims. While there are few surprises, the research is able to point toward a handful of specific conditions that are most likely to drive up the cost of a claim: hypertension, dru...Read More | |||
| Coming and Going, Going, Gone | 09/28/2012 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One of the most compelling issues in the compensability of workers' comp claims is determining the moment when coverage begins. For most workers, coverage begins at the work site, often in the employer's parking lot. Under the "coming and going" (or "to and fro") rule, the commute to and fro...Read More | |||
| Changing Landscape | 09/26/2012 | ||
| By: Mullen & Filippi | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| For those who live in colder climates, September is when the landscape starts to change from the lush green of summer to the spectacular autumn colors. While most of us in California experience more subtle seasonal landscapes, September is still a month for transitions, and this year marks a major o...Read More | |||
| Candidate for the Worst Claim-Handling Ever | 09/21/2012 | ||
| By: Rebecca Schafer | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A leading candidate for the worst claim-handling ever turned up in a workers' compensation claim file audit. A third-party administrator (TPA) was handling claims for a statewide government self-insurance pool. And yes, all of the following mistakes were on one file! Coverage...Read More | |||
| Chicago's WC Defense Program Now Facing Federal Subpoenas | 08/22/2012 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Chicago Tribune reports the City of Chicago’s $115 million-plus-per-year workers' compensation defense program is going to be the subject of a federal investigation. We assert there is no municipality on the planet that pays $115M per year in workers' comp benefits — if you k...Read More | |||
| Case Law Update | 08/06/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The following is a summary of important updates to California workers' compensation law.THE CALIFORNIA SYSTEMIn Garau v. WCAB, 2012 Cal. Wrk. Comp. LEXIS 74 (writ denied), the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board held that inactive members of the State Bar of Californi...Read More | |||
| Court Upholds Exclusion of Medical-Legal TD from LC 4656 Window | 07/03/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California 3rd District Court of Appeals has resolved a one of the issues that has been frequently discussed but almost never raised (at least in my experience) regarding payment of temporary total disability during the period between 4/19/2004 and 12/31/2007 when the first payment of TD t...Read More | |||
