Industry Insights
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Grinberg: TD Due When Modified Duty Ended in COVID Shutdown | 12/03/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 47 | 0 | |||
| Lest we all forget that coronavirus not only dogs our steps out in the real world, allow me to remind you that COVID-19 also casts a long shadow over the workers' compensation world. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: COVID-19 Litigation Update | 12/02/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 139 | 0 | |||
| The litigation environment for COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 in Florida has not evolved much recently. The latest litigation statistics from mid-November 2020 do not reflect that a significant volume of such claims is entering the litigation process. ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Employer Can't Be Ordered to Pay Attorneys' Fees on Unpaid Medical Bills | 12/01/2020 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 137 | 0 | |||
| Last week, the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board held that, under Section 50-6-226(a)(1), an employer can’t be liable for attorneys' fees based on the amount of medical expenses a court orders it to pay. ...Read More | |||
| Anders: November CMS Mandatory Reporting and Conditional Payment Updates | 11/30/2020 | ||
| By: Dan Anders | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 127 | 0 | |||
| Medicare Conditional Payment Appeals Guide In follow-up to its September 2020 webinar on Medicare conditional payment appeals through the Commercial Repayment Center (CRC), CMS converted the slides into an appeals guide. The guide, which can be found ...Read More | |||
| Young: Another Workers' Comp Thanksgiving | 11/25/2020 | ||
| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 259 | 0 | |||
| On a recent online bloggers’ panel, panelists were asked for some closing thoughts on workers’ comp in 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Pre-2005 Awards Count Toward 100% PD Cap | 11/24/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 200 | 0 | |||
| Permanent total disability, which is a prized award sought by every applicant attorney — not unlike a feather in one’s cap — is specifically defined by the Labor Code and case law. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: COVID Culture Wars and Workers: Stuck in the Middle Again | 11/23/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 866 | 0 | |||
| A frozen yogurt dealer in Durango, Colorado, offered customers discounts for not wearing masks. Someone in town thereafter apparently got upset and busted out the dealer’s front window. He, in response, apparently affixed a sign to his establishment: “I shoot to kill.”...Read More | |||
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Langham: A Half-Billion Dollars | 11/20/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 241 | 0 | |||
| The 2019-20 Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims Annual Report is published. It documents that attorney fees in Florida workers' compensation increas...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Provides Guidance on Transferring Injured Worker Into MPN | 11/19/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 233 | 0 | |||
| One might think a medical provider network is like a Facebook, only for physicians and such. But it’s not. It’s actually a method of medical control for defendants in workers’ compensation cases. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: The Proposition 22 Gig Hustle: Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls | 11/18/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 271 | 0 | |||
| I have arrived at the point in my torts course when we discuss the distinction between “employees” and “independent contractors.” ...Read More | |||
