Industry Insights
| Thoughts for the New WC Advisory Board as they Pick Arbitrators | 07/29/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe, Campbell & AssociatesThey fire the old and quickly name a new Workers' Compensation Advisory Board in Illinois. Can we give the new Advisory Board members their first assignment: Find a way to close the "Tunnels of Illinois" and make sense of the...Read More | |||
| TAW and the Real Cost Driver | 07/28/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By David J. DePaoloWorkCompCentralRecently appointed California Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker says that an increase in permanent disability indemnity benefits is forthcoming, but not until a corresponding offset in either frictional or medical costs ha...Read More | |||
| The Trouble with Tribbles | 07/22/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Howard StevensMcDermott & Clawson"The Trouble With Tribbles" is a second-season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast on Dec. 29, 1967 and repeated June 21, 1968. The "trouble" with the Tribbles is that they reproduce far too quickly and are capable of e...Read More | |||
| Those Horrible People at State Compensation Insurance Fund | 07/19/2011 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesFrom our friends on the West Coast comes a story that demands much more discussion the California State Fund's decision to change its contracts with treating physicians in its Medical Provider Network. To read the response ...Read More | |||
| The Cost of Narcotics in Workers' Comp | 07/01/2011 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesI'm in Washington, D.C. for a couple of meetings focused on the use, abuse, and impact of narcotics in workers' comp. To say this is starting to get major traction would be an understatement; payers, policymakers, employ...Read More | |||
| The not so Underground Economy | 06/24/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonAn L.A. Times article caught my eye recently, "Illegal Vending: Unlicensed Businesses Flourishing in L.A. Area."The article, by Alexandra Schmidt, details the growing number of front-yard household supply businesses, driveway taquerias, ...Read More | |||
| The 2011 Florida Legislature | 06/13/2011 | ||
| By: Florida Workers' Compensation Institute | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By the Florida Workers' Compensation InstituteIn a legislative year marked significantly by the measures that failed, the Florida Legislature nonetheless passed some significant bills affecting workers’ compensation in 2011. Senate Bill 2132 addresses return-to-work issues in s...Read More | |||
| There is a Medical Expert for Everything | 05/17/2011 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerOne key in defending workers’ comp claims is to properly assess your medical evidence. Without it, you have little chance for success. So, it is paramount for claims professionals to understand what an “expert” ...Read More | |||
| The Nurses | 05/16/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonThere are few groups other than firefighters who are as popular as nurses.In California, nurses have become an important political force.Nurses were one of the groups who took the lead in Democratic party efforts to challenge...Read More | |||
| The Illusion of WC Reform and Corporate America | 04/25/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Leonard T. Jernigan Jr. The Jernigan Law FirmThe book, Confessions of a Union Buster, gives us insight into the active national agenda of corporate American to redesign the nation's workers' compensation system through a conspiracy employing the use of smoke and mi...Read More | |||
