Industry Insights
| The Humana-Concentra Deal: This isn't Hard to Figure out, People | 12/07/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesWe've all had a few days to digest the recently announced Humana-Concentra deal, and perhaps think through what this means for Humana, why they did the deal, and if this gives any insight into what other health plans may do....Read More | |||
| The Indefensible Big Five | 12/06/2010 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| 10By Eugene KeefeKeefe Campbell & AssociatesSynopsis: Trying to have the Illinois state senators better understand why work can’t be “a” cause of an injury or deleterious condition that “appears” while one has a job.Editor’s comme...Read More | |||
| The Costs and Risks of Postponing Retirement | 12/01/2010 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The U.S. Government Accountability Office has issued an interesting report on the implications for increasing the retirement age. As the American workforce ages (the Insider is all over that one), and as the pressures on retirement funding increase, the various payers are all looking for ways to shi...Read More | |||
| Tiptoeing Around Obesity | 10/25/2010 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesObesity as a health problem is not going away, nor is the issue of whether obese people are considered disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The latest iteration of this saga involves the late Lisa Harrison, a morbidly ...Read More | |||
| The Nuts and Bolts of Prevailing on Good Faith Personnel Actions | 10/14/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Aaron HemmingsGrancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Reubens & ThomasOften a claim of a psychiatric injury arising out of and in the course of employment (AOE/COE) is disputed or denied based upon a good faith personnel action defense. However, in order to prevail on this affirmative ...Read More | |||
| The Tolls of Bell: Corruption in California | 10/05/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesMost of us associate a determination of disability with the inability to perform some or all aspects of a job. But most us do not work in Bell, Calif.When former Bell Police Chief Randy Adams agreed to leave his job as chief in...Read More | |||
| Three Ways Claimants Can Get PTD | 10/04/2010 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerAt the Florida Workers' Compensation Institute conference in August, one of the panelists at the Case Law Update remarked how the 1st District Court of Appeal has been putting on educational primers on Chapter 440 all this past year; on ...Read More | |||
| The Trend to Exclude Distracted Driving from WC Coverage | 09/28/2010 | ||
| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon GelmanThe trend nationally is to prohibit the use of cell phones in motor vehicles. Such a ban would make use of a cellphone while working a deviation from employment and accidents involving cell phone use at work would then be considered a deviation from employment and excluded f...Read More | |||
| The Guzman Decision | 08/31/2010 | ||
| By: Mullen & Filippi | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Mullen & FilippiThe long awaited Court of Appeal decision in the Guzman case was issued Thursday, August 19, 2010. We provide our perspective on the decision in this special edition of the Bulletin. WCAB Affirmed, But . . . The 6th District Cou...Read More | |||
| The Aftermath of the Conn. Tragedy | 08/16/2010 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: CT | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julie Ferguson Lynch Ryan & Associates Aug. 9 was a day of remembrance for the victims of last week's horrifying shootings at Hartford Distributors in Connecticut our hearts go out to the family, friends, and coworkers of the deceased. Their lives will be fore...Read More | |||
