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	Grinberg: IC Defense Fails for Deceased Truck Driver Claim		08/24/2017
	By: Gregory Grinberg
	State: CA | Segment: Top | 458 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Reform after reform, legislative session after legislative session, trial after trial, the workers’ compensation community has the same issue come up over and over again: employee versus independent contractor. And, to date, the ...Read More

	Wickert: The 'Domtar Paper' Chase Continues		08/23/2017
	By: Gary L. Wickert
	State: PA | Segment: Top | 516 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	It seems that there are no lengths parties won’t go to in order to destroy what they perceive as the evil known as “subrogation.” ...Read More

	Luna: Removing Friction From California's Workers' Compensation System		08/22/2017
	By: Carlos Luna
	State: CA | Segment: Top | 1060 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The California workers’ compensation system has been buzzing with activity since the passage of AB 1124 in 2015, requiring the administrative director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation to establish a drug formulary as part of the state’s Medical Treatment Utilization Sche...Read More

	Langham: A Recent 'Real' Fraud Discussion		08/21/2017
	By: David Langham
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 500 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Workers' compensation is a topic that evokes strong emotions sometimes. Back in June, Joe Paduda penned a short piece on fraud that generated a fair amount of discussion, titled The Real Fraud in Workers' ...Read More

	Young: WCIRB Releases 2017 State of the System Report		08/18/2017
	By: Julius Young
	State: CA | Segment: Top | 700 | 0
	The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has now issued its 2017 report on the state of the California workers’ comp system. ...Read More

	Paduda: Health Care Reform Implications for Workers' Comp, Part 1		08/17/2017
	By: Joe Paduda
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 323 | 0
	With Congressional efforts to repeal/replace/revise the Affordable Care Act behind us for now, it’s time to consider what all this means for workers’ comp. ...Read More

	Langham: Communication and Activation		08/16/2017
	By: David Langham
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 391 | 0
	Medical News Today (MNT) recently published "Did I understand you correctly, doc?", an expose of communication between patients and physicians. It is a worthy subject for the workers' compensation indu...Read More

	Weinmann: Opioid Prescribing and Panic		08/15/2017
	By: Robert Weinmann
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 613 | 0
	The mechanism of opioid action is through a receptor mechanism that we all have, namely, mu, delta and kappa receptors. ...Read More

	Gelman: The Facts Don't Change Because You Try a Case		08/14/2017
	By: Jon Gelman
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 307 | 0
	In my early days in the practice of law, when I was eager to try every case, my dad, a lawyer, used to remind me that, "The facts don't change because you try a case." ...Read More

	Langham: Surgery Could Be b-b-b-b-b-Bad		08/11/2017
	By: David Langham
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 800 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	A Texas story in 2017 documented a tragic situation in which Dr. Christopher Duntsch performed some surgeries. Several patients did not enjoy the outcomes they sought. Two were rendered wheelchair-bound and others died.  ...Read More