Industry Insights
| Morbid Obesity: What Should Employers Do? | 10/21/2006 | ||
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| By Jon Coppelman We recently blogged a ruling in the U.S. 6th District Court, in which the judges determined that morbid obesity is generally not a disability. The judges' thinking in this particular case appears to have powerful implications for the ADA and for all employers with obese w...Read More | |||
| More Penalties Won't Improve Claims Administration | 09/23/2006 | ||
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| By Dennis Knotts The administrative director of the California Division of Workers' Compensation has once more released the utilization review penalty regulations for public comment. The reason for this re-release is the number of complaints received in a June 9 public hearing in Oakland....Read More | |||
| Medical-Legal Procedure: A Whole New World | 08/12/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Medical-Legal Procedure: A Whole New World By Michael Sullivan, Esq. Ed. Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles. The prior two articles can be accessed by clicking on the titles in the side bar at right. For a long time...Read More | |||
| More Organizational Changes at DWC | 06/03/2006 | ||
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| On May 16, 2006, Workers' Compensation Commissioner Albert Betts took additional steps in his on-going re-organization of the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC). Betts made several significant changes to the organization structure of the DWC. The DWC will have the following program ...Read More | |||
| Med Legal Fees; Miceli Update | 05/20/2006 | ||
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| By 'Jake' JacobsmeyerThe DWC has sent its most recent proposed regulations on the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule to the Office of Administrative Law for approval with a proposed effective date of 7/1/06. These regulations provide the first increase in the Medical Legal payments to phy...Read More | |||
| Medicare and Denied Treatment | 05/20/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The following was recently posted in the Injured Workers' section of the WorkCompForums. The editors felt the information was important and have republished it here, edited for readability, grammar and spelling ...Read More | |||
| My Name is York and I'm a Business Owner | 03/25/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| by York McGavin Initially, I am not an attorney, nor do I have any formal legal training. Accordingly, my posts here are to be construed as nothing more than my personal lay opinions, not legal advice. I own a company that provides durable medical equipment as well as su...Read More | |||
| Medicare and HMOs: A Discussion | 01/29/2006 | ||
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| The following discussion recently appeared in our California Professional Forums. The editors felt this discussion was instructive and informative regarding the role of Medicare and managed care. The post has be...Read More | |||
| Medicare Set Asides & Prescription Drugs | 01/14/2006 | ||
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| On December 30th, 2005, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their internal policy addressing Medicare Part D benefits and its impact on Workers' Compensation Medicar...Read More | |||
| More Leno on SJDB Vouchers | 12/31/2005 | ||
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| Proposed SJDB Voucher Penalties Insurers, employers, and third party administrators who fail to provide a Notice of Potential Rights, the SJDB voucher, or payment for supported voucher training may find the oversight expensive if the proposed DWC penalty regulations are implemented. The...Read More | |||
