Friday, July 29, 2011

SB 863 Bad Idea; Lien Review Board Good Idea

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California, among other unique qualities in the workers' compensation industry, allows medical providers and others to "lien" ...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Federal Debt & CMS Points to Bigger Cost Issues

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New Jersey work comp lawyer and prolific blogger (and photographer!) Jon Gelman opined yesterday on the devastating effects on state workers...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Peace Officer Case Illustrates the Danger in Presumptions

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I think California leads all other states in the nation with various presumptions for finding injury in a workers' compensation system. ...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

TX Surgical Audit Not Properly Focused

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While I think it's a good idea to perform an "audit" to determine the success or failure rate of lumbar fusion surgery in wor...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Before Discussing Reform, Define the Mission

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Panelists at the California Coalition on Workers' Compensation's 9th annual Educational Conference on Friday all had points of cost...
Friday, July 22, 2011

TAW and the Real Cost Driver

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Recently appointed California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) head, Christine Baker, says that an increase in permanent disability ...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Pendulum Swinging Can be Stopped - Get Rid of Open Rating

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The California Coalition on Workers' Compensation (CWCC) began its 9th Annual Educational Conference yesterday, and according to a Work...
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