Industry Insights
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Grinberg: New Copy Service Regs Are Out | 06/28/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Thank you so much for all the kind applicant attorneys who said “hello” during the California Applicants' Attorneys Association conference in Carlsbad over the weekend. And for those of you kind enough to share your rotten tomatoes and spoiled onions while I was on ...Read More | |||
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Fish: A Must Read for Workers' Compensation Practitioners | 06/27/2022 | |
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| By: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For those of you who follow national trends and hot issues regarding workers’ compensation, I highly recommend the 2021 LexisNexis book, “Workers' Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis.” ...Read More | |||
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Nagy: Coverage Issues and General Contractor/Subcontractor Allegations | 06/24/2022 | |
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| By: Keith E. Nagy | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A common issue arises when an employee works for an employer that does not maintain proper workers’ compensation coverage and alleges that there is a general contractor with coverage from whom it will seek benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Why Don't Loss Run Numbers Match X-Mod Sheets? | 06/23/2022 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the most frequent questions that we have received over the years is why the workers’ comp loss run numbers never match the info on the experience modification sheets. Let's look at three reasons why this happens during a loss run review. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Medical-Only Analysis: Little Claims That Wreck Budgets | 06/22/2022 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I have written about performing a medical-only claims analysis quite often in the past. Now that I am reviewing more loss runs, I still see a pattern that may make you rethink your workers' comp loss run reviews. Festering, tiny claims often fly under the radar. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Scaling Back | 06/21/2022 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the most controversial 2022 California workers’ comp bills is SB 1127. But that bill has now been considerably scaled back. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Single-Payer Health Insurance and Workers' Comp | 06/17/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Recently, the National Council on Compensation Insurance's Laura Kersey penned a piece about key legislative trends, one of which was single-payer health insurance. Good research work....Read More | |||
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Grinberg: No UR? No Problem — if There's no Material Change in Fact | 06/16/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I'm back with a blog post on yet another one of those favorite topics: utilization review. The case at hand is Holguin v. First United Methodist Church, a panel decision. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: The One Word to Keep Negotiation Going | 06/15/2022 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| How do you react when your negotiating opponent says something completely outlandish? Some negotiators walk out. Some blow up, screaming invective. Some stoop to insult. In short, they do everything but negotiate. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Unpopular Bills Pass Initial Deadline, but Still Have a Long Way to Go | 06/14/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Four bills that could raise costs for California employers, administrators and carriers passed key votes in the California Legislature with an upcoming gubernatorial election pending in the background. ...Read More | |||
