Industry Insights
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Anderson: Stereotypes Won't Help Florida's Workers or Produce Real Reform | 10/14/2016 | |
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| As the chair-elect of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, I believe it is important to correct misconceptions and misstatements made by the head of the Florida Chamber of Commerce regarding Florida’s workers’ compensation system and the attorneys who represent ...Read More | |||
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Aurbach: Recalibrating Resilience, Part 1 | 07/05/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series on resilience. The second and third parts will post on Wednesday and Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Aurbach: Recalibrating Resilience, Part 2 | 07/06/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series on resilience. The third part will post on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Aurbach: Recalibrating Resilience, Part 3 | 07/07/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Editor's note: This is the third of a three-part series on resilience. The first and second parts were posted on Tuesday and Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Allen: Compounding Concerns in Texas | 06/15/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Texas Closed Formulary is constructed such that any compounded medication containing all “Y” ingredients (contrasted with “N” drugs) will process as presumptively approved and thus be subject only to retrospective review. The exception is a non-FDA approved or exp...Read More | |||
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An Interesting Analysis of Compensability | 04/12/2016 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In the 1985 board game-inspired movie "Clue," we are treated to a summation of the crimes by Wadsworth (Tim Curry, who may or may not have been the butler). The movie is known for its four alternative endings, each as plausible, and ridiculous, as the last. In one, Wadsworth notes "...Read More | |||
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A Drug Formulary Dialogue | 02/19/2016 | |
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| By: Mark Pew | |||
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| I had the privilege of testifying for the Nebraska Business & Labor Committee on Feb. 8 on Legislative Bill 1005, which would require the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court to adopt an evidence-based drug formulary. ...Read More | |||
| ​The Constitutionality of IMR | 02/18/2016 | ||
| By: Ted E. Richards | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| On October 28, 2015, the California Court of Appeal, First District, ruled in Francis Stevens v. WCAB (Outspoken Enterprises), 241 Cal. App. 4th 1074 (1st Dist. 2015) that California’s Independent Medical Review (IMR) procedure is constitutional. In its decision, the court concluded that th...Read More | |||
| A Reminder to Think Carefully When Deciding Which Claims to Appeal | 02/10/2016 | ||
| By: Teague Campbell | |||
| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals decided two workers’ compensation cases on Feb. 2. In Falin v. The Roberts Co. Field Services, the court affirmed the full commission’s award of benefits to Fran...Read More | |||
| Another Appellate Court Activist Stunner | 12/29/2015 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In Oliver v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, issued Dec. 18, claimant worked for an Illinois construction employer for only three days. His supervisor saw him on all three days and noticed nothing unusual about Claimant during the entire time he worked for the company. Seve...Read More | |||
