Workers' Compensation News
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Wolken: Zombie Liens, Round Two
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04/13/2018
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Source: James Wolken
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 397 | 0
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We all remember the notion of "zombie liens" from a few years ago, which the Legislature tried to combat by enacting regulations to allow dismissal of liens for failure to prosecute a lien (8 CCR § 10582.5), and enacting legislation requiring payment of the controversial lien activ...Read More
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Grinberg: Hospital Worker Convicted of Fraud
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04/10/2018
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By: Gregory Grinberg
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 354 | 0
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Your humble blogger has been frustrated to the point of shaking his head disapprovingly and judging silently by the relationship between workers’ compensation fraud and actual conviction and restitution.
Being in the trenches, it is an unfortunate everyday occurrence that some...Read More
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Langham: The Gig Economy Post Redux
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04/09/2018
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Source: David Langham
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 201 | 0
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This blog recently focused on the "gig economy" in The Gig Economy: Can it Be Socialized? That post focuses in part on a New York innovation, a fund for drivers engaged i...Read More
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Weinmann: What Happens When Mistakes Are Signed Into Law?
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04/05/2018
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By: Robert Weinmann
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 415 | 0
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Physicians who accept injured workers as patients know that adverse utilization review (UR) decisions can devastate well-planned diagnostic and therapeutic programs. Some major facilities won't tolerate this risk and refuse to accept injured workers.
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Duff: Handyman Special or New Flavor of Opt Out?
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04/06/2018
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By: Michael C. Duff
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State: TN | Segment: Top | 308 | 0
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Tennessee recently passed a law that will undoubtedly make it significantly easier for companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees, thereby lowering their operating costs and creating a class of individuals with fewer legal protections when suffering on-th...Read More
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Kass: Suing Premium Schemers Earns Paycheck
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04/04/2018
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By: Dennis B. Kass
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 403 | 2
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A workers' compensation insurer’s audit reveals that the 10-person clerical business the insurer thought it covered actually is a 100-person window-washing firm, specializing in high-rise buildings. That can be dangerous work, high up on the scaffolding.
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Keefe: IME Background Letters in U.S. Work Comp Claims
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04/03/2018
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By: Eugene Keefe
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 182 | 0
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I have been in workers' compensation defense litigation almost four decades. One unusual trend that has developed in the last five years or so is the concept of IME providers that set up independent medical exams and take away such concerns from adjusters, nurse case managers and WC...Read More
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