Industry Insights
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Moore: Closing Out a Workers' Comp Year | 12/13/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| When closing out a workers' comp year as an employer, agent or adjuster, three things may make one think otherwise. Let us look at three things that make workers' comp close out on a calendar-year basis. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: What We've Learned in 4 Years of Remote Video Mediation | 12/11/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| In October 2000, I created a presentation for Continuing Education of the Bar entitled "Quelling Fear of Video Mediation." Since then, mediators and participants have become mor...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Legal Help Boosts Workers' Compensation Benefits | 12/09/2024 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| A recent study about the impact of legal representation on workers' compensation benefits found that having an attorney representing an injured worker increases benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Telehealth Workers' Comp Guide (Part 1) | 12/04/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Telehealth is an increasingly important component of medical treatment, including for workers’ comp patients. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Recusal and Essential Employee Rights | 11/27/2024 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The recent New Jersey Appellate Division decision in Amato v. Township of Ocean School District offers crucial insights into two important legal principles: judicial recusal and ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Providers Routinely Stiffed for IBR Filing Fee | 11/25/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| As reported last week, California providers' filing fee to request independent bill review will increase from $180 to $195 in 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: High Court Asked to Settle Subrogation Issue | 11/22/2024 | |
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| By: Lee R. Wickert | |||
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A federal court has asked the Maryland Supreme Court to sound off on an issue regarding the apportionment of attorneys’ fees and costs between a workers’ compensation insurance company and an injured employee following a large third-party settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Dietz: Working Under the Influence | 11/20/2024 | |
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| By: Ryan M. Dietz | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The consumption of illicit substances, such as alcohol, marijuana and prescription narcotics, before or during work hours is on the rise among American workers, thus giving rise to more workers’ compensation claims involving the intoxication defense. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Pertinent Questions | 11/18/2024 | |
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| By: Judge David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| I get some intriguing emails from time to time. I received one recently in which the inquirer expressed some questions for the good of the community. The writer laid claim to the role of "sounding board" and suggested that dissemination of information would benefit the workers' comp...Read More | |||
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Kamin and Larres: Best Remedy for OTOC Is Removal, Not Reconsideration | 11/14/2024 | |
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| Source: John P. Kamin and Louis A. Larres | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A petition for reconsideration is an inappropriate remedy to a judge’s order taking a matter off calendar, according to a new significant panel decision from the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
