Industry Insights
Murray v. Mariner Health/ ACE USA | 07/10/2008 | ||
By: McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope & Weaver | |||
State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
By McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope & WeaverIn the 2003 reforms, lawmakers eliminated all claimant attorney hourly fees with one exception, that being a $150 hourly fee up to a maximum of $1,500 for one medical claim per accident.It was the legislative intent as confir...Read More | |||
Medicare Recovery Made Simple | 05/23/2008 | ||
By: Jon Gelman | |||
State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Jon GelmanNavigating the Medicare recovery system just became a whole lot easier with the deployment of the new website launched by the new national MSP Recovery Contractor (MSPRC). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has consolidated all of the function...Read More | |||
Medicare is to Workers' Comp as Yin is to Yang | 04/17/2008 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Joe PadudaWhy do regulators base workers' compensation reimbursement on Medicare? It's easy, simple, and already familiar to legislators and regulators alike. It is also a big mistake.Medicare is a program for America's elderly -- over-65, mostly sedentary, and...Read More | |||
Mississippi Verdict Could Erode Employer Protections | 03/28/2008 | ||
State: MS | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Foster WelburnThe Mississippi's Workers' Compensation Act generally guarantees to employees the right to receive pre-determined compensation benefits for workplace accidental injuries without the need to prove the employer's fault. In exchange for guaranteed benefits...Read More | |||
Minor schism follows newest Labor Code Section 4660(d) opinion | 01/31/2008 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Yet another decision from the Court of Appeals, this time the 2nd District, has upheld the WCAB's interpretation of Labor Code Section 4660(d) in Pendergrass II, rejecting a WCAB decision that issue prior to that en banc decision applying the 1997 Permanent Disability Rating Schedule (PDRS) base...Read More | |||
Malingering in the workers' compensation setting. | 01/18/2008 | ||
By: Dr. Steven D. Feinberg | |||
State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Dr. Steven D. FeinbergFor many individuals that sustain an injury, there is a close correlation between subjective complaints and objective pathology. Since most physicians are trained in treating physical pathology, the outcome of treatment is usually satisfactory for all concerned....Read More | |||
Measuring work comp savings the wrong way. | 10/10/2007 | ||
State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
--By Frank Pennachio Throughout much of the United States, declining workers' compensation rates are music to employers' ears. After all, that seems like long-awaited good news, particularly since workers' compensation is more often than not viewed as a necessity and a signif...Read More | |||
Much Ado About 'I Do': Viability Of Common Law Marriage and Its Effect on Work C | 09/08/2007 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Mark S. Royster The Commonwealth Court recently examined, yet again, the viability of common law marriages, an issue which has caused a flurry of judicial and legislative activity in recent years. Interestingly, matrimonial law plays a significant role in workers' compensation, partic...Read More | |||
Minimum Wage Hike to Increase Insurance Premiums | 06/30/2007 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
The 2007 Texas Legislature recently ended its regular session and nonsubscriber interests survived numerous attacks. Bills were defeated that would have: * Prohibited voluntary or mandatory arbitration agreements, waivers of jury trial, and certain settlement agree...Read More | |||
Maimed at Work, Then Deported | 06/30/2007 | ||
By: Julie Ferguson | |||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Julie Ferguson The Providence Journal featured a troubling story this past Sunday, which was just brought to our attention. For those of us who work in workers comp, the terrible story of Edgar Velazquez: Maimed at work, then deported is one that is played out all too frequently in th...Read More | |||