Industry Insights
| Commission, Heal Thy Self? | 01/07/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe Campbell & AssociatesFirst, to a person, the men and women of Keefe, Campbell & Associates join with many members of the Illinois WC defense bar to ask everyone on the other side of the workers' compensation matrix to stop "blaming" us (and this KC&...Read More | |||
| CRM: Wreaking Bi-Coastal Havoc in Self Insurance | 12/13/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesYou may recall the New York saga of Compensation Risk Managers (CRM), who single-handedly brought down the entire workers' comp self-insurance group (SIG) industry in the Empire State. Well, CRM is back in the news, this time in Califo...Read More | |||
| Commish's Parting Shot | 12/09/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonIf insurers were expecting some love from Insurance Commissioner Poizner, they got a bunch of dead roses instead.Twice in 2009 Poizner swatted down insurer requests for hefty increases in the advisory workers' comp rate, known as the...Read More | |||
| Cash Cow Case | 11/12/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Zachary SacksSacks & ZolonzA recent decision by a three-member panel of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board in California over a dispute involving just $56.25 could end up costing the defense industry countless thousands of times that sum annually, and embolden injur...Read More | |||
| Claimant can Get a $2,000 Advance Even if E/C may Never Recoup | 11/08/2010 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerA common misconception in Chapter 440 of Florida statutes is that, per Section 440.20(12)(c), a claimant cannot get a $2,000 advance from the employer/carrier if the claimant cannot pay the E/C back. For exampl...Read More | |||
| Cell Phone Safety and Workers' Compensation | 10/21/2010 | ||
| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon L. GelmanWorkers' Compensation benefits may soon be denied to employees involved in motor vehicle accidents because of the unauthorized use of cell phones while driving within the course of their employment. As the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) continues to e...Read More | |||
| Comp Monopoly at Risk with Initiative 1082 | 10/07/2010 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanIn November the voters in the Evergreen state have the opportunity to end one of the few remaining monopolistic systems for workers' compensation (the three others are North Dakota, Ohio and Wyoming). As you might expect, there is much fulminating and little rational ...Read More | |||
| Calif. Work Comp Part 2: The Hospitals, and What to do about them | 09/08/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharmaYesterday I discussed the ongoing debate about potential changes to California's work comp fee schedule.In case my position was too subtle, I've got grave reservations about using Medicare's Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) ...Read More | |||
| Calif. Work Comp: Part 1, the Fee Schedule Debate | 09/07/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharmaThere's a lot going on in California's workers' comp system medical costs zooming up and driving premium increases along the way, narcotic usage skyrocketing, a dramatic increase in scripts for medical foods and compounds, judges upholding contro...Read More | |||
| Calif. Compound Med Bill Half a Loaf is Worse than no Loaf at All | 08/17/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesThe California state Senate will be considering Assembly Bill 2779 today, a bill that would (among other things) require prior authorization of compound medications for work comp claimants. While there's no question compound...Read More | |||
