Industry Insights
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Moore: My Subrogation Mini-Rant for 2024 | 07/01/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I try not to rant about mistakes that I see made during our premium, mod and claims reviews, by my subro SOS mini-rant (please excuse) for 2024 covers subrogation. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Petitioner Can't Prove Work-Related Need for Breast Reconstruction Surgery | 06/28/2024 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A misunderstanding of a key fact can doom an expert opinion. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: CCSF Sends Corrected Payments to Providers | 06/27/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| No one knows better than daisyBill how much payment abuse California workers’ comp providers endure. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Opioids, NSAIDs and Better Options | 06/26/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute's latest report on drugs in workers’ comp has some excellent news:...Read More | |||
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Paduda: State Moves That Will Affect Workers' Comp | 06/25/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The state legislation that will most affect workers’ comp is often not about workers’ comp. Rather, it deals with other parts of the health care ecosystem. For example: ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Latest on Workers' Comp Pharmacy | 06/24/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| We are finishing up our annual survey of pharmacy benefits management in workers’ comp. Here are three findings from the 15 we’ve done so far. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Athens Halts Processing 99 Cents Stores Bills | 06/21/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| In April, 99 Cents Only Stores LLC declared bankruptcy, leaving the self-insured employer with no way to pay its third-party administrator, Athens Administrators, for handling its injured employees’ claims. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin and Larres: En Banc Decision Clarifies Kite Rebuttals | 06/20/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin and Louis A. Larres | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has issued a new en banc decision clarifying how applicants’ attorneys may rebut the Permanent Disability Rating Schedule to add PD and get higher monetary values. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Cal Fire Battles More Than Flames | 06/18/2024 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Legislature has maintained a laser focus on combating wildfires, in part because of the breathtaking cost to suppress them: In the last 10 years, Cal Fire has pulled $7.5 billion from the state emergency fund to fight fires, including about $1.2 billion in 2022. Despite the...Read More | |||
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Moore: Workers' Comp Budgeting After the Pandemic | 06/17/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| One of the most difficult tasks for employers in the post-pandemic era requires a large amount of data analysis. Workers' comp budgeting adds more complexities to the mix. ...Read More | |||
