Industry Insights
| Kumetz and Cabrera: The Real Risks of Hiring Unsupervised Medical Freelancers | 03/27/2026 | ||
| By: Fred Kumetz and Alexander Cabrera | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Driven by inflation and declining Medicare reimbursements, U.S. medical practices are turning to an expanding pool of offshore "virtual assistants" to reduce costs. Industry data indicates there are now approximately 1.5 million Filipinos registered on international freelancing ...Read More | |||
| Tainton: The Right AI Doesn't Just Make Claims Professionals Faster, It Makes Them Better | 03/25/2026 | ||
| By: Mark Tainton | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Earlier this year, I was on a panel at the California DWC annual Educational Conference in Oakland and then again in Los Angeles, a session on the state of AI in workers’ compensation. Those sessions brought together clinical, legal, technical and operational perspectives, and that range ma...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Does State's Workers' Comp Cause Secondary Psych Injuries? | 03/23/2026 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| New research illuminates a serious problem for injured workers: secondary psychological injuries resulting from the sheer hardship of navigating workers’ comp systems. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Where Did the Comp Claims Go? | 03/20/2026 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Private employers and insurers are happy. Claims service entities? Not so much. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: State's Proposed Topical Medication Bill Treats a Symptom, Not the Systemic Disease | 03/18/2026 | |
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| By: Cliff Goldstein | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Topical medications — gels, creams, ointments and patches applied to the skin — are commonly used to treat pain and typically contain lidocaine, menthol or diclofenac. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: The Dirty Truth About Settlement Offers | 03/12/2026 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Although the California State Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct require the communication of all written settlement offers to a client, it’s safe to say there are regulars in the workers’ compensation community who routinely ignore that rule. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Inflated, Unrealistic Drug Prices Engorge Comp Settlements With MSAs | 03/09/2026 | |
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| By: Cliff Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| In most high-dollar workers’ compensation settlements (and in some liability cases), a Medicare set-aside is considered. ...Read More | |||
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Rawson: The Work Comp Blind Spot: Subrogation and Health Plan Silos | 03/11/2026 | |
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| By: Win Rawson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| When it comes to workers’ compensation claims, the question of who pays an injured employee’s medical expenses is not always clear, esp...Read More | |||
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Johnson: A Proposed SIBTF Trailer Bill, Procedural Morass and Judicial Chaos | 03/06/2026 | |
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| By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund reforms that Gov. Gavin Newsom is pitching, proposed Labor Code Sections 4754.1(c), (g) and (e) co...Read More | |||
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Johnson: Preliminary Thoughts on the 2026 SIBTF Trailer Bill | 03/04/2026 | |
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| By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The changes proposed by the Gov. Gavin Newsom administration in the SIBTF trailer bill are going to have wide-ranging and serious effects, both o...Read More | |||
