Industry Insights
| A Scientifically Credible Approach to Impairment Ratings | 09/10/2010 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Robert J. Barth, Ph.D. and Christopher Brigham, M.D.Impairment ratings are an important issue for claims professionals. In state workers’ compensation systems they drive more than $20 billion of costs. In addition, they are routinely used in other arenas, including federal cases...Read More | |||
| An IME can Counter a Request for a Diagnostic Test | 08/09/2010 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerLast February, I wrote about the common misplaced notion that a request for a diagnostic test by an authorized doctor must accompany proof that the test is for a compensable body part. There is a slew of case law that says otherwise (see Cha...Read More | |||
| Average Wholesale Price: Not Dead Yet | 07/07/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaWolters-Kluwer, publisher of the Medi-Span pharmaceutical pricing database, just announced it will not stop publishing that database at the end of 2011, or any other date certain.The reasoning behind the decision appears to be the lack of consensus around a repla...Read More | |||
| Appellate Case of the Quarter: Esquivel v. WCAB | 07/06/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Andrea EscalanteGrancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Reubens and ThomasRecently, the District Court of Appeal granted review to address the issue of whether there is a reasonable geographic limitation on an employer’s risk of incurring liability under the Act with respect to new i...Read More | |||
| Appellate Court Clarifies Voc-Rehab Appeal Rights | 06/01/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard M. "Jake" JacobsmeyerThe California 2nd District Court of Appeal published a decision on May 26 that advances our understanding of the impact of the repeal of Labor Code § 139.5 (vocational rehabilitation) effective 1/1/09 on cases pending on appeal. The court, while upho...Read More | |||
| Arizona Gets it Right | 05/25/2010 | ||
| State: AZ | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesArizona has been getting a lot of criticism lately. Frustrated by the federal government's inability to confront the undocumented worker problem, they took matters into their own hands and passed their own law. Now police are required ...Read More | |||
| An Ounce of Prevention | 05/07/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonMy momma taught me that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.Surely that's true for California.Occupational health and safety enforcement has been in free fall in California. In November 2009, Federal Occupatio...Read More | |||
| A Summary of Concerns about the Illinois Judiciary | 04/06/2010 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe, Campbell & AssociatesWe have been asked by a number of readers to summarize our thoughts on their concerns about where our judiciary is going in the workers’ comp sphere in this state. Well, here are some of our thoughts. Please reme...Read More | |||
| AMA Guides and Impairment Determinations: A Rater's Point of View | 03/04/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Luis Pérez-CorderoDespite recent conflicting messages within the industry, the importance of using the AMA Guides in determining impairment in California Workers’ Compensation cases is fundamental for objective evaluation and rating. We continue to...Read More | |||
| Analyzing the Myths of Illiniois WC Law and Practice | 01/07/2010 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeWe have all heard one or the other WC myth or urban legend across the years. As we begin the New Year, we truly feel analysis in an open forum is a great idea. A. Whatever is good for the plaintiff-petitioner bar is goo...Read More | |||
