Industry Insights
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Paduda: WCRI Conference Kicks Off | 03/17/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute’s 38th Annual Issues & Research Conference began Wednesday in Boston. It is so great to see faces, shake hands, smile and see it returned, reconnect with colleagues and friends after a looooong two years. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: CWCI: What's Happening in Golden State, Part 1 | 03/16/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The brainiacs at the California Workers' Compensation Institute presented the results of their latest research last week. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: In-Person Trials and Hearings Resume at WCAB | 03/15/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The news making its way around the workers’ compensation community is that the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has restarted in-person trials. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: FCE Supports County's Decision to Terminate Employee After Workers' Comp Injury | 03/14/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Functional capacity examinations (FCEs) can be very useful in determining the ability of a worker to perform essential job functions by removing the guesswork and instead providing accurate data on an employee’s physical abilities. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Email Service of QME Reports Regs | 03/11/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Today I bring you an update regarding medical-legal evaluations. Proposed changes to Rule 36.7 would make electronic service of medical-legal reports permanent (rather than allowing for this as an emergency regulation). ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Employee Status: Not a New Problem | 03/10/2022 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Fresh off a presentation on the gig economy at an ABA function, and in preparation for a lecture I will be delivering to my students, I am inspired to reproduce the language of a decades-old U.S. Supreme Court lab...Read More | |||
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Snyder: CMS' New Approach to MSAs | 03/09/2022 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Ten years ago, the LexisNexis Legal Newsroom for Workers' Compensation Law published my article “Four Reasons to Avoid the CMS Approval Process for MSAs.” You can find an abstract of that article on my ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Is Workers' Comp Insurance Regressive or Progressive? | 03/08/2022 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We received an emailed question from a junior at a local college: Is workers' comp insurance regressive or progressive, similar to our income tax system? The student was writing a research paper assessing whether workers' compensation insurance was just another tax on employers when ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Do Zero Claims for Current Policy Year Mean Instant Savings? Not Exactly. | 03/07/2022 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I came across this situation recently while reviewing a loss run with an agent. The question by the agent was: If his insured client was having zero claims for the current policy, will that reduce premiums instantly? ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Superior Court Can't Compel Plaintiff to File Claim Petition in WC Division | 03/04/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The case of Brian Smith v. Township of South Hackensack addressed an unusual procedural question seldom, if ever, seen befor...Read More | |||
