Industry Insights
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Snyder: The Biases You Don't Know You Have | 04/12/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| At the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, there are two entrance doors to the exhibits, marked "Prejudiced" and "Unprejudiced." ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: What We Found: The Audit Results | 04/11/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Our report on the audit of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act work comp pharmacy program is now public. ...Read More | |||
| Bowers & Luna: Rerouting State's Workers' Compensation Claims Outcomes | 04/10/2023 | ||
| By: Sue Bowers & Carlos Luna | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| In the California workers’ compensation world where presumption and AOE/COE standards are ever-changing along with statutes and regulations, industry experts are making a case for the need to improve health and claims outcomes. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: The Case for Increased Counsel Fees | 04/06/2023 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Long-overdue legislation has been introduced in the New Jersey Assembly to increase workers' compensation counsel fees for petitioners and claimants' attorneys. ...Read More | |||
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Walls: The Latest Data on Fatal Workplace Injuries | 04/05/2023 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The fatal work injury rate increased to 3.6 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers for 2021 in the U.S., the highest annual rate since 2016. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Three Rx Networks Everyone Can Use | 04/04/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Prescription networks (also known as pharmacy networks) have evolved over the years due to tech and the internet. In most posts, I do not recommend companies unless I have used them myself. A few years ago (2015), I recommended the prescription network BidRx. I will ...Read More | |||
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Young: Another Gig Company Victory | 04/03/2023 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| On March 17, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit published its opinion in a challenge to Assembly Bill 5 filed by Postmates, Uber and two driver plaintiffs. This is a critical juncture in the gig worker legal wars. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rejects AME's Apportionment Analysis | 03/30/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Nothing ruins my day more than reading about yet another apportionment finding by a medical evaluator being rejected by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB: May I Have Your Autograph? | 03/28/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Aside from another storm getting ready to pound the Bay Area, there’s a smaller storm a-brewin’ in our beloved swamp of workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: COVID Sick Pay a Thing of the Past | 03/27/2023 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Thanks to expiring legislation and Cal/OSHA regulations, COVID-19 sick pay is no longer available for California employees. ...Read More | |||
