Industry Insights
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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 | |||
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Snyder: Will This New Medi-Cal Law Affect Your Settlement? | 07/13/2022 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| You might have read about a new law effective Jan. 1, 2022, amending California Welfare and Institutions Code §14005.62 to remove the asset limit to qualify for medical services under Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Psych Cases: Return to Work Should Lower PD | 07/12/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When conducting discovery in psych cases, it’s important to make sure that medical evaluators are completely aware of any return to work and attempts to return to the workplace after the initial date of injury when evaluating impairment. ...Read More | |||
