Industry Insights
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Burns: Removing a QME for Bias | 07/27/2022 | |
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| By: Michael P. Burns | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Defendants in the California workers’ compensation system tend to become accustomed to medical-legal reports that don’t go their way. Sometimes this takes several years, but it can often occur sooner. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Applicant Fails to Carry Burden on New-and-Further Petition | 07/26/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I don’t mind sharing with you that not much warms the cold, dark heart of a workers’ compensation defense attorney like the proper application of the statute of limitations. Isn’t it enough to bring a tear to one’s eye? This is particularly the case when a petit...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Is This Claim Complex? | 07/25/2022 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I recently saw an advertisement in a magazine for claims professionals proclaiming that there was no such thing as a complex claim. Hmmm. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Golden State's Med-Legal Mess | 07/22/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In the esoteric world of workers’ comp, California’s medical-legal problems rank near the top of issues bound to frustrate/infuriate. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Are We Loving the Med-Legal Fee Schedule Yet? | 07/21/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Let’s take a look at the current med-legal fee schedule. In a supreme bit of irony, the fee schedule went into effect on April Fools’ Day in 2021. Now that we’ve had it for over a year, what results can we see from this new system? ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Costs Are Heading Up | 07/20/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| First, a bit of background. Joe Paduda ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: The Importance of Clarity in Subrogation Stipulations and Agreements | 07/19/2022 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough once said, “Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it is so hard.” ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: ESA Not a Payment for Disputed Claim | 07/18/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The case of Donald Servais v. Ocean Wholesale Nursery LLC. presents an unusual legal issue in workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Guaranty Funds: Safety Nets for Injured Employees | 07/15/2022 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers' comp guaranty funds become one of the most critical areas for employers, employees and medical providers whenever the unthinkable happens in the claim process. ...Read More | |||
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Young: AB 5, Truckers and the Ports | 07/14/2022 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Trucking Association and various California owner-operator truckers have lost their battle to avoid application of AB 5 to their businesses. On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. ...Read More | |||
