Industry Insights
| Federalization of Workers' Comp? | 11/02/2015 | ||
| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Could federal oversight of state workers’ comp systems be on the horizon? Although politically unlikely, some Congressional Democrats are proposing that. In an Oct. 20 letter to U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, 10 U.S. senators and representatives call for Perez to “strength...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 10/29/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| NEW! Redaei v. Pharmerica, Specialty Risk Services and Redaei, 1D15-1582, (10/22/2015): A judge of compensation claims abused her discretion by reducing the amount of a claimant attorney's request for fees and costs after the insurer's attorney filed a response to the request mo...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 10/13/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Babahmetovic v. Scan Design Florida/Zenith Insurance Co., 1D14-2986, (10/08/2015): An injured worker had a right to change his authorized treating physician even though his employer had denied his claim based on a preexisting condition, the Florida 1st District Court of Appeals ruled, revers...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 09/22/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Gutierrez v. The Port Royal Club, 1D15-0002, (09/09/2015): Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal overturned a judge's order compelling an injured worker to attend a psychological evaluation since the parties had not asked the judge for such a ruling. NEW! Moradiellos v. Comm...Read More | |||
| Formularies to the Right of Them, Formularies to the Left of Them | 09/11/2015 | ||
| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Formularies in front of them. Volleyed and thundered. Everyone wants a formulary these days. Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina and South Carolina are the latest to make at least public mention of exploring a drug formulary for their respective states' workers' com...Read More | |||
| Future Medical Data Interchange Standards Reviewed | 09/10/2015 | ||
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| On Friday, Sept. 4, I attended the California Department of Industrial Relations discussion meeting on electronic transmission of medical reports and records. This was open to the public and announced through a DIR Newsline. The stated purpose was to “facilitate discussion regarding ideas t...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 09/01/2015 | ||
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| NEW! Vasquez v. Romero, 1D15-0623, (08/19/2015): The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a judge of compensation claims cannot exercise jurisdiction over discovery requests issued by a defendant after the claimant had voluntarily dismissed his petition for benefits. NEW! Cr...Read More | |||
| Fear Not, Be Smart: How to Deal with Medical Marijuana | 07/30/2015 | ||
| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The headline from WorkCompCentral on July 27 is Comp Industry Urged to Prepare for Medical Marijuana. As usual, it's a solid and informative article from a great source (a...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 07/23/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Ciprian-Escapa v. City of Orlando, 5D14-2852, (07/17/2015): A Florida appellate court ruled that a trial judge's failure to conduct an evidentiary hearing on an employer's subrogation claim rendered the default judgment void. NEW! Gonzalez v. Quinco Electrical, 1D14-5395, (07...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 07/07/2015 | ||
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| NEW! State of Florida v. Florida Workers’ Advocates et al., 3D14-2062, (06/24/2015): The Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal dismissed a district court judge's ruling that the state workers' compensation system is unconstitutional, for procedural reasons, failing to address the cor...Read More | |||
