Industry Insights
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Gelman: Employer Must Accommodate Off-Hours Use of Medical Marijuana | 04/17/2019 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An employee licensed to use medical marijuana under the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act may proceed with a New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) action ageist his employer for unlawful termination. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Defendant, not Applicant, Has Duty to Provide RTW Form to QME | 04/16/2019 | |
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| Source: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The workers’ comp system is a strange beast. So often we get interpretations of the law that are, well, unexpected. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: FDA Takes Interest in Compounded Medications | 04/15/2019 | |
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| Source: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On April 3, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, and Deputy Commissioner Anna Abram, issued a ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Nonsmokers Suffer From COPD | 04/10/2019 | |
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| Source: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Approximately 25% of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have never smoked, and workplace exposures likely contribute to much of their disease. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Automated Claims Handling? It's Coming | 04/05/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| You know, dear readers, our workers’ compensation system is darn near perfect. Really, it is. Stop laughing. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Revisiting Utilization Review and Temporary Disability | 03/27/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I was talking workers’ comp as I often do (and all the cool kids always do) when someone offered an opinion: Utilization review denial of further treatment does not preclude a finding of temporary disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Gunn: Real or Fake? Revealing Workers' Compensation Fraud | 03/22/2019 | |
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| Source: Stacey Gunn | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Security cameras in a company cafeteria recently captured a brazen attempt to fake a workers’ compensation injury. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Efforts to Streamline Conditional Payment Recovery Process Continue | 03/06/2019 | |
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| By: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced two upcoming webinars aimed at addressing payment functionalities within both the Medicare Secondary Payment Recovery Portal (MSPRP) and Commercial Repayment Center Portal. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Watered-Down Supplemental Benefits Bill Heads to Governor | 03/05/2019 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A watered-down version of the original New Jersey supplemental workers’ compensation benefits bill has been approved by the Legislature. It now heads to Gov. Phil Murphy for review. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rejects Efforts to Block Subpoena of Applicant's Employment Records | 03/04/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Are you seeing more cases where applicants' attorneys start fighting subpoenas for prior records? ...Read More | |||
