Industry Insights
Torrey: Article Focuses on Injuries to Hospital Volunteers | 08/26/2021 | ||
By: David B. Torrey | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In a new, practical, article — falling into the category of risk management counseling — the authors identify and explain the federal statutory and regulatory authorities that govern hospital planning for emergency conditions, with a focus on the thorny issue of how such ins...Read More | |||
Langham: Fees on Costs | 08/25/2021 | ||
By: David Langham | |||
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
An interesting subject is adjudicated in Bustos v. Nissan Motor Corp. ...Read More | |||
CAAA: Give a Damn | 08/24/2021 | ||
By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Right now, 22 million Californians are receiving their ballots in the mail for the Sept. 14 recall election. And each voter who needs the ballot in a language other than English is getting that ballot in that language. Secretary of State Shirley Weber is making it happen,&n...Read More | |||
Langham: Violence, Arising and Course | 08/23/2021 | ||
By: David Langham | |||
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Much has been written lately regarding a legal foundation in workers' compensation, the compensability test of “arising out of." While the recent state of litigation is largely tied to the reasonably recent appellate decision in Valcourt-Williams v. Sedgwick, the “a...Read More | |||
Paduda: Consolidation in Work Comp Services: Private Equity vs. Corporate Owners | 08/19/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
My previous intro to the coming consolidation in workers’ comp services identified seven entities — Mitchell/Genex/Coventry (MGC), Paradigm, ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Consolidation in Work Comp Services: Multiservice vs. Single Focus | 08/20/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Got an email from a colleague asking, “So why should I care about who owns who or what their strategy is?” ...Read More | |||
Young: The Recall | 08/18/2021 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Will Gov. Gavin Newsom be recalled, and what does the recall mean for California workers’ comp? ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Consolidation in Work Comp Services: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet | 08/17/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
What’s coming is quite clear: There will be more consolidation in the work comp services industry, much of it likely in the next 12 months. ...Read More | |||
Salem: Board Affirms Opinion on Reasonable Necessity of Treatment | 08/16/2021 | ||
By: Jane Salem | |||
State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board released an opinion Aug. 6 affirming a trial court decision that a proposed treatment is reasonable and necessary when the treating physicians, who examined the injured worker, recommended it. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Hypocrisy and Hippocrates | 08/13/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
A physician posting on MedPage blamed many of the problems in health care on private equity and for-profit insurers. ...Read More | |||