Industry Insights
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Kamin: Lawmakers' Initial Bills Show Interest in PTSD Presumptions | 03/23/2023 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California lawmakers have proposed a number of bills during the current legislative session that would make thousands more employees eligible for post-traumatic stress disorder presumptions. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: COA Upholds Prop. 22. Should Other Industries Follow? | 03/21/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| I hope you are staying dry and not being blown away by the crazy winds. It can be dangerous driving in these stormy conditions, especially when you are busy reading these blog posts or thinking of new ways to deny benefits. Accordingly, you might consider taking an Uber or Lyft to get f...Read More | |||
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Young: Court of Appeal Rules on Prop. 22 Challenge | 03/17/2023 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The legal wars about the gig economy continue. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Says Develop the Record on COVID-19 Claim | 03/16/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| You know what’s special about March? It’s been roughly three years since the lockdowns began. So what better way to commemorate three years since the world turned upside down than with a COVID workers’ compensation case? ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Whew! Our Jobs Are Still Safe From AI. | 03/15/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I recently attended a webinar where the speaker stated that as facts emerged in mediation, we would be able on the spot to turn to artificial intelligence for a case evaluation. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Huge Hidden Effect of Catastrophic Claims | 03/14/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Mark Walls of Safety National and the Work Comp Analysis Group on LinkedIn posted quite interesting articles over the last two weeks on the hidden effect of catastrophic workers' comp claims. Check out ...Read More | |||
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Zachry: Don't Let Workers' Comp System Be 'Silent Killer' | 03/13/2023 | |
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| By: Bill Zachry | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The four commonly designated “silent killers” are heart disease, prostate cancer, diabetes and hypertension. The one silent killer not listed is the failure to return to work after an industrial accident. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Why Your Facility Costs Are Increasing | 03/10/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Revenue cycle management. Joe Paduda ...Read More | |||
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Corder: Impact of a Slower Economy on Loss Control Programs | 03/09/2023 | |
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| By: Jeff Corder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| An economic recession is a widespread and prolonged downturn in economic activity. Economists use many factors to define when a country’s economy is in a recession, including two consecutive quarters of a negative GDP, industrial production and nonfarm payrolls. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Physical Medicine: the Adjusters' Bane | 03/08/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute's recent study and report on workers' comp physical medicine came as no surprise. After handling, consulting and performing studies on thousands of files, I noticed that when the cost of any medical treatment was reduced, the...Read More | |||
