Industry Insights
| Ill. WC Medical Costs: The Times, they are A'Changing | 08/24/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The 2011 Amendments to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act were passed by both houses of our Legislature in late May and the governor signed the law on June 28. Here are some thoughts on the many changes coming at our readers: Section 8(d)(1) changes go into effect for injuri...Read More | |||
| Inadequate: Protections for Mental Health Workers | 08/22/2011 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Sometimes, system redress seems painfully inadequate.Such is the case with the $7,000 U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration penalty recently imposed for inadequate safeguards related to the case of murdered mental-health worker Stephanie Moulton. That $7,000 is the maximum f...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Case Law for Illinois | 07/29/2011 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Collins v. Town of Normal, 4-10-0694, (07/22/11): The one-year statute of limitations established by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act does not protect a city government from a lawsuit that alleges retaliatory discharge under the Workers' Compensation...Read More | |||
| Ill. WC Fraud may have Fallen into a Judicial Black Hole | 07/25/2011 | ||
| By: Arik D. Hetue and Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Arik D. Hetue and Eugene KeefeKeefe Campbell & AssociatesDid Ill WC Fraud just fall into a judicial "black hole"The Illinois 1st District Appellate Court issues one of the most confusing rulings we can remember. Is the Workers' Compensation Commission going t...Read More | |||
| Illinois Punishes Workers for Employer Deceit | 06/20/2011 | ||
| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon GelmanThe efforts by employers, insurance carriers and the Chamber of Commerce in Illinois, to take away the rights of injured workers and strip them of benefits may have all been based on Industry fraud. Recently obtained documents, secured under the Illinois Freedom of Informati...Read More | |||
| Ill. Adopts Impairment Guidelines: And this Means Exactly, What? | 06/16/2011 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesThe major changes in Illinois' workers' compensation system are stirring much conversation, modeling, and debate among stakeholders. One of the least-understood (at least by me) provisions of the reform legislation dealt...Read More | |||
| Ill. WC Reform is a Smashing Success | 06/10/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe, Campbell & Associates Firstly, we have to give credit where credit is due-the Illinois workers' compensation system has suddenly become waaaaaay more business-friendly. We assure all of our readers the enormous savings from the new bill, when it b...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Case Law for Illinois | 06/06/2011 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Raymond Moore v. Vitalproducts, 09-1527, 09-1537, (05/25/2011): An employee failed to provide evidence that he had been discriminated against racially, but there remained a question of fact of whether he had been fired in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim, rul...Read More | |||
| Illinois Workers' Comp: The Nuclear Option? | 05/20/2011 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanHealth Strategy AssociatesIllinois is struggling mightily with its bloated workers' comp system. Currently ranked third-highest for overall cost in the Oregon study, the governor and legislature are under intense pressure from the business community to lower the...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Case Law for Illinois | 05/10/2011 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Absolute Cleaning v. IWCC (Palazzolo), 4-10-0313WC, (04/28/2011): An injured worker's use of more than two doctors did not bar her from benefits because her original physician had good reason to make multiple referrals, an Illinois appellate court concluded. NEW! Elg...Read More | |||
