Industry Insights
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Moore: NCCI Forum Shows Rate Change Disparities | 09/27/2021 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance's Arizona State Advisory Forum is worth the time to view or read. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Comments on Conduent | 09/24/2021 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As we march through the list of big, bigger and likely gonna-be-biggest workers' comp services entities, we are now at the single service providers. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Extended QME COVID Regs | 09/23/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Are we all planning on attending the Zoom public hearing at 9 a.m. Friday regarding proposed changes to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board regulations? Rumor has it that the news regarding ...Read More | |||
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Moreno: More to Come | 09/22/2021 | |
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| By: Cynthia Moreno | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Last week, California voters unanimously voted not to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. It wasn’t much of a surprise, given the polling numbers as election day approached. ...Read More | |||
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Young: The Cost of Doing Business | 09/21/2021 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California workers’ comp is an expensive system to operate. That has been a frequent focus of this blog over the years. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Physical Therapists as Primary Treatment Providers | 09/20/2021 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: ND | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers' comp physical therapists have received a huge amount of good press over the last two months. I had always thought that physical therapists could treat certain injuries from the onset. ...Read More | |||
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Tolbert: Most Physicians Fail to Fully Explain Kite | 09/17/2021 | |
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| By: Kenneth Tolbert | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Since the 2013 decision in Athens Administrators v. WCAB (Kite), doctors have found ways of increasing total permanent disability by adding disabilities rather than using the Combined Values Chart (CVC). ...Read More | |||
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Rothe-Kushel: Entitlement to TTD: Special Circumstances | 09/16/2021 | |
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| By: Brittany H. Rothe-Kushel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Temporary total disability seems like a relatively simple wage replacement concept at first glance but can get complicated quickly when one adds terminations, resignations and strikes into the mix. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Three Reasons Honest Witnesses Tell False Stories | 09/15/2021 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Many cases turn on the recollection of “percipient” or “occurrence” witnesses. These are people who used their senses to see or hear relevant evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Subsidizing Rent Sufficient to Establish Partial Dependency | 09/14/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We are more than a month away from Halloween, but that doesn’t stop store displays from going all out on spooky decorations, candy and costumes. In that same spirit, I offer a rather grim panel opinion having to do, of course, with the spookiest of aspect to our beloved swamp...Read More | |||
