Industry Insights
| With Brock Gone, Is Hector Next in Florida or U.S. Supreme Court? | 01/07/2015 | ||
| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There is a fair amount of discussion in the news about Florida and "insurance fraud" or "workers' compensation fraud." Some of the discussion comes from the misclassification issue that is involved with independent contractors and employees alike. It has also been brought ...Read More | |||
| Who Represents this Party? | 11/26/2014 | ||
| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There seems to be great confusion about representation in Florida workers' compensation cases. Fortunately, not a great deal of attorneys are confused, but the few confused attorneys are causing a great deal of work. Here is the situation: an attorney leaves her or his firm and either starts ...Read More | |||
| WCAB Issues New, Modified Decision in Dubon | 10/08/2014 | ||
| By: Richard M. Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The divided California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has issued its long awaited en banc decision to the defendant’s appeal in Dubon v. World Restoration and substantially modified its pr...Read More | |||
| Watered Down | 09/19/2014 | ||
| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has now adopted a final version of medical provider network regulations. Worker protections have been watered down. These regulations are a shadow of what they should be. These regs, required by changes in the law under Senate...Read More | |||
| Waste, Fraud and Abuse | 09/18/2014 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A recent fraud conviction in Ohio made me think about the subject of medical billing in general. This was a significant case, in which a chiropractor pleaded guilty to workers' compensation fraud, a felony in Ohio. He was ordered to pay almost $400,000 in restitution. The break down was about...Read More | |||
| Was it Partisan Politics for Gov. Quinn to Fire all the Arbitrators? | 09/11/2014 | ||
| Source: Gene Keefe | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We recently saw a Chicago Sun-Times poll confirming what all of our readers should know — Gov. Quinn has completely discarded any hope of being a “reform” candidate with a goal of giving an independent and nonpartisan approach to Illinois taxpayers. If you aren’t sure, Gov...Read More | |||
| WCAB Rules on Gap between TTD Ending and PTD Commencing | 05/23/2014 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has issued an en banc decision addressing one of the consequential issues to the two-year limitation on payment of temporary total disability benefits contained in Labor Code § 4656(c).In ...Read More | |||
| When Should Lawyers be Drug Tested? | 04/28/2014 | ||
| By: Dr. Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| When should lawyers be drug tested?The correct answer is "when they are awake and can give consent." The next question is "why aren't they already tested when they go to court, especially when they represent known felons, drug traffickers, or persons indicted for murder?" The correct...Read More | |||
| Where's Aristotle when ABC Needs Him? | 04/24/2014 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| On April 18, ABC's "Good Morning America" shone its media arclight on Cathy Caswell as she spun the great big wheel on "The Price is Right," not once, but twice. But while do...Read More | |||
| Why Does Surgery Cost Double in Workers' Comp? | 04/16/2014 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| On Monday, this blog was about the disparity in the way medical procedures are reimbursed, and the delay in implementation of the sustainable growth rate (SGR). Interesting questions need to be answered about what the appropriate reimbursement is for medical procedures. We also need to be able to an...Read More | |||
