Industry Insights
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Keefe: Court Spells Out Employer's Liability Limits | 01/24/2018 | |
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| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court, Workers' Compensation Division, ruled an Illinois employer's liability for an injured worker’s medical benefits was limited to the amount actually paid to the treatment providers, even if they were paid at a discounted rate negotiated by ...Read More | |||
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Wingenroth: The CRC Dark Days Are Coming | 01/23/2018 | |
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| By: Jessica M. Wingenroth | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The highly anticipated Commercial Repayment Center contractor transition from CGI Federal to Performant Recovery was discussed in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services town hall presentation Thursday. The stated goal: seamless, painless and efficient transition, with zero impac...Read More | |||
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Moore: Workers' Comp Insurance Crisis Comes From Outside U.S. — or Does It? | 01/22/2018 | |
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| Source: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I have written often that China’s banking crisis could cause quite large rumblings in most of the domestic financial markets, including insurance. Where would the crisis be the most devastating? ...Read More | |||
| Are Injuries Sustained While Driving From AME Exam Compensable? | 01/19/2018 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Minarik v. Del Taco is a somewhat recent panel decision, and now writ-denied claim, in which a workers' compensation judge and the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board held that injuries sustained en route to an agreed medical evaluator exam on an accepted case were compensa...Read More | |||
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Young: 2018 California Workers' Comp Quiz | 01/18/2018 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Every new year I kick off January with a quiz on likely developments in California workers’ comp. Readers can test their insight into probable 2018 happenings in the comp world by taking the following test. ...Read More | |||
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West: When Is Communication not Communication? | 01/17/2018 | |
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| By: Jeremy P. West | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When is communication not communication? When it’s information. ...Read More | |||
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Biery: Difficulty Increases When Claimant Doesn't Take Initiative | 01/16/2018 | |
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| By: Shawn Biery | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We advise our clients, law students and seminar attendees to always pay attention to subrogation issues and to ensure close awareness, sometimes even intervening after a petitioner files a third-party claim. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: Medical Billing, Insurance Write-Offs and the Collateral Source Rule | 01/15/2018 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| To recover damages for past medical expenses in a personal injury lawsuit, a plaintiff must present evidence and prove that the medical expenses incurred were both “reasonable” and “necessary.” ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Mediation Cost in Florida Is Value | 01/12/2018 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In Florida workers’ compensation most petitions for benefits (PFBs) must be mediated before they proceed to final hearing. In an effort to provide greater detail regarding mediation efforts of the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims, a Settlement and Mediation Statistics Report was ...Read More | |||
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Young: Special Deal | 01/10/2018 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Should California extend special workers’ comp protections to day laborers? ...Read More | |||
