Industry Insights
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Geaney: High Court Settles Jurisdiction, Medical Marijuana Cases | 04/21/2021 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We are a few weeks into April, and already the New Jersey Supreme Court has considered two extremely significant issues for workers’ compensation practitioners, employers and carriers. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Care Managers vs. Cost Centers | 04/20/2021 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| All “discounts” are not bad. Joe P...Read More | |||
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Alves: Lifetime Jurisdiction: Not Just for Asbestosis | 04/19/2021 | |
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| By: Ryan T. Alves | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most professionals working within the California workers’ compensation system for any period of time are familiar with the fact that asbestos claims may continue well beyond the usual five years, after which the WCAB will typically lose jurisdiction. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Why Are You Using That Metric? | 04/16/2021 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I’ve had several conversations with claims and managed care folks over the last few months about measuring performance, outcome metrics versus process metrics, and the challenges of data collection, aggregation and analysis. ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Panel Adopts Appeals Board's Opinion in TDD Case | 04/15/2021 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court issued an order declining to review a case where a Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel had adopted an Appeals Board opinion in whole. ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: Smoke and Mirrors | 04/14/2021 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | |||
| While the effort to decrease delays in obtaining medical care for injured workers through legislation has only just begun, the constant refrain from the insurance and employer groups that “the sky is falling” has started early and gotten even more preposterous. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Sacramento Moves to Kill MPNs | 04/13/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | |||
| So, are we all experts on the new medical-legal fee schedule now? While we’re all wrapping our heads around who gets paid what and when, allow me to submit to you a simple yet entirely terrifying question: Do you like having a medical provider network? ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: The New Med-Legal Fee Schedule, Part III | 04/12/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| And now, the end to a review of the new California Medical-Legal Fee Schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: The New Med-Legal Fee Schedule, Part II | 04/09/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There are now new duties imposed on the parties in sending documents to the medical-legal evaluator. Section 9793(n) requires “[a]ny d...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: The New Med-Legal Fee Schedule | 04/08/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This swampland or ours is all abuzz with the new fee schedule issued by the Division of Workers' Compensation and I'm eager to bring you some of the highlights. ...Read More | |||
