Industry Insights
| Performance Disincentive Programs | 04/09/2010 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesPerformance incentive programs are a good idea except when they aren't. The Insider has always viewed such programs with ambivalence: yes, it's a good idea to reward employees for safe performance over a given time period. The pro...Read More | |||
| Progress in Revamping the MSA Process? | 03/22/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaMedicare set-asides are one of those narrow but very deep niches in the workers' comp (and other insurance lines) business that look simple at first glance, but are anything but.The federal government, more specifically the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Se...Read More | |||
| Political Developments: Duncan at DWC Educational Conference | 03/19/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungThe Director of California's Department of Industrial Relations, John Duncan, gave a headliner address in Los Angeles and Oakland recently at the Division of Workers' Compensation's 17th annual conference.Duncan's comments are an important indic...Read More | |||
| Pay Cuts on the Horizon for WCAB and DWC Staff? | 01/14/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungGov. Arnold Schwarzennegger's budget proposal was Jan. 8.He's shifting his strategy from furloughs to proposed pay cuts.A recent ruling by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch found that many of the furloughs of state workers wer...Read More | |||
| Pure Premium Rate Whac-a-mole | 11/16/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungI love arcade games.Show me a skeeball machine and I'm a happy camper. It's worth the drive to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk just for that.Pac Man? Say no more. A good pinball machine is heaven. Table shuffleboard? Spent many hours playing at a l...Read More | |||
| Prescription Monitoring: A New Concept for WC Defense Attorneys | 11/06/2009 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeSynopsis: New concept for everyone in the Illinois WC defense industry to consider for all major claims—prescription monitoring. Editor’s comment: Illinois’ Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) presents new web technology that will help ...Read More | |||
| Pinnacol Committee Recommendations | 10/29/2009 | ||
| State: CO | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Sen. Morgan CarrollThe interim committee on the state compensation workers comp carrier of last resort in Colorado has concluded its oversight hearings and made its final recommendations. We have a responsibility for oversight of all governmental and non-governmental entities.&n...Read More | |||
| Private Option Would Help Us Out of Worker Comp Mess | 10/07/2009 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard S. DavisNobody wanted this. The state Department of Labor and Industries last week announced a proposed 7.6% average increase in workers' compensation premiums for 2010. It's the equivalent of a $117 million tax hike on employment.As Labor and Industries (L...Read More | |||
| Part-Time Workers Mean Lower Wage Loss Claims | 10/05/2009 | ||
| By: Eugene F. Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. KeefeSynopsis: Wage loss claims are certain to force educated Illinois employers to start hiring on a half-time basis whenever and wherever possible. Editor's comment: The numbers don't lie and in fact, we think they are sending a compe...Read More | |||
| Providing a WPI for the Most Accurate Reflection of Impairment | 09/28/2009 | ||
| By: Dr. Steven D. Feinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Dr. Steven FeinbergOn Sept. 3, 2009, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board provided Almaraz-Guzman II. This article will discuss how the AME/QME/treating physician might respond when queried about Almaraz-Guzman II. I urge you to read the full Almaraz-Guzman II WCAB En Banc Deci...Read More | |||
