Industry Insights
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Montgomery: City Pays Doctor $32 to Treat Injured Employee | 05/12/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Across the nation, providers struggle to treat injured workers without financially damaging their practices. The problem is especially ugly in California, where extreme reimbursement discounting is rampant. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Medical Reports Matter | 05/09/2025 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The U.S. District Court recently vacated and remanded a decision by the commissioner of Social Security, emphasizing the critical importance of considering all relevant medical evidence, particularly reports generated within the context of a workers' compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Rand Gets $300K for UR Study. What's the ROI? | 05/05/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Department of Industrial Relations plans to address the state’s broken utilization review system by paying frequent contract recipient Rand Corp. $300,000 to study UR data on injured workers’ access to care during the first 30 days of a claim....Read More | |||
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Salem: Respondent Who Is Not Employer May Not Owe Filing Fee | 05/02/2025 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A respondent in a workers’ compensation claim may not be taxed with the filing fee at the conclusion of the case unless that respondent has admitted, stipulated or acknowledged being the “employer” or is adjudged by the court as the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: When Credibility Crumbles | 04/30/2025 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The New Jersey Appellate Division recently affirmed the dismissal of workers' compensation claims brought by Dorothy Makins against Premier Cadbury LLC. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: More States Move to Expand Workers' Comp PTSD Coverage | 04/28/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Across the U.S., lawmakers are reconsidering their approach to mental health coverage under their workers’ compensation systems, particularly for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: The Toll of Neglect | 04/25/2025 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Every year, the AFL-CIO releases its "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect" report, a sobering account of workplace fatalities and injuries across the United States. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Fraud in the Workers' Comp System | 04/23/2025 | ||
| By: CAAA Communications Team | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Two recent criminal cases out of Southern California spotlight the ongoing problem of employer workers’ compensation premium fraud and the harm it causes to both injured workers and law-abiding businesses. In San Diego County, the owner of GPS Plumbing pleaded guilty to underreporti...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Broken Medical Promises | 04/21/2025 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Like the broader U.S. system, workers' compensation in New Jersey promises to protect employees injured on the job by ensuring timely and adequate medical care. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Never Give Up, Never Surrender | 04/18/2025 | |
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| By: Judge David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| There is a potential for delay and redundancy in workers' compensation litigation. Periodically, there are litigants who are very reluctant to stop litigating. ...Read More | |||
