Industry Insights
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Young: Which Bills Failed? | 09/09/2022 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In the next few weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom will likely sign a raft of workers’ comp bills that were passed by the California Legislature. More on that in posts to come. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp Pharmacy Week, Part 2 | 09/08/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Wednesday, we kicked off workers’ comp pharmacy week with a quick review of the latest findings from the Workers Compensation Resea...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp Pharmacy Week | 09/07/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| There’s been a lot of news around work comp pharmacy of late. Time to dive into what’s happening, why, and the implications thereof. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Workers' Comp LinkedIn Gripes, Plus One Secret | 09/06/2022 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I first noticed LinkedIn changing when Microsoft purchased it in 2016 for $26.2 billion cash. ...Read More | |||
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Bailey: Why Law Firms Should Use Technology to Expedite Workers' Comp Claims | 09/01/2022 | |
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| By: Jerrod Bailey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Like health care and government, the legal industry suffers from too much paperwork. Reliance on snail mail, faxes and other antiquated methods insulates litigation from many of today's cyber threats but increases lawyer workload and reduces client participation. This holds true in worke...Read More | |||
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Paduda: On Chronic Pain and Opioids, State Fund Is Getting It Done | 09/02/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has made impressive progress in the quest to reduce inappropriate opioid use, progress that has undoubtedly saved countless lives, helping thousands of workers regain their livelihoods while protecting their families. ...Read More | |||
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Burk: A Guide to Interrogatories and Their Importance in the Workers' Compensation Practice | 08/31/2022 | |
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| By: Maura Burk | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Under NJAC 12:235-3.8, interrogatories are allowed in the following types of cases without motion (meaning, neither party is required to file a motion for leave to serve interrogatories with the court): dependency cases (see NJAC 12:235-3.8(a)), re-opener cases (see ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Allows Applicant to Self-Administer Over Defense Objections | 08/30/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Imagine you’re in a particular situation: Applicant wants to compromise and release a claim, and neither you nor the applicant can know with certainty what the cost of lifetime medical care will be. Pretty common, right? ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Why I Skip the Subject of Comp Fraud | 08/29/2022 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I am sometimes asked during presentations, at conferences or just in general conversations why I rarely cover workers' comp fraud in the 2,000 articles on this website, but I have covered fraud in a few instances over the last 15 years. ...Read More | |||
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Kwong and Mendoza: Steps to Prevent and Combat Poorly Written Med-Legal Reports | 08/26/2022 | |
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| By: Joanna Kwong and Jesse Mendoza | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board must ground its decisions in substantial evidence. We practitioners must review medical-legal reports and any doctor’s depositions to ensure the medical record, when read as a whole, constitutes substantial evidence. ...Read More | |||
