Industry Insights
| 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 | |||
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Langham: Violence, Arising and Course | 08/23/2021 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Paduda: Consolidation in Work Comp Services: Private Equity vs. Corporate Owners | 08/19/2021 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Paduda: Consolidation in Work Comp Services: Multiservice vs. Single Focus | 08/20/2021 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Young: The Recall | 08/18/2021 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Paduda: Consolidation in Work Comp Services: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet | 08/17/2021 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Salem: Board Affirms Opinion on Reasonable Necessity of Treatment | 08/16/2021 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Paduda: Hypocrisy and Hippocrates | 08/13/2021 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Moore: An Important, Easy Task for Adjusters Has Disappeared | 08/12/2021 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One task that workers' comp claim files need has seemed to disappear over the years. Most adjusters can make their lives much easier by accomplishing this one task upfront. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: 50 Shades of Negotiation Gray | 08/11/2021 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| No, this post doesn’t qualify as erotica. It’s about the ability to see nuance. ...Read More | |||
