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Posted on 22 Nov 2014 by Julius Young

Can an insurer submit medication prescription requests to utilization review (UR) even where those medications have been repeatedly authorized before? That question has been hotly debated in California workers’ comp circles after a recent WCAB... Read More

California: IMR Reviewer’s Conclusion Contradicted by IMR Reviewer’s Own Summary of Case
Posted on 22 Apr 2016 by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

Beware of UR and IMR physicians who use MTUS, ACOEM, and ODG guidelines to deny treatment when, in fact, other MTUS, ACOEM, or ODG guidelines do support an RFA from a treating physician In Gonzalez-Ornelas v. County of Riverside , 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp... Read More

Five Good Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Miss WCRI’s 31st Annual Conference
Posted on 6 Feb 2015 by Karen C. Yotis

Anyone familiar with the Workers Compensation Research Institute’s 31-year history of providing the data and analysis that industry mavericks rely upon to understand, manage and effect real change have come to expect WCRI conferences to provide... Read More

Cost Containment Leads Employers’ Workers’ Comp Concerns for 2012
Posted on 22 Mar 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Cost containment is by far the number one workers' compensation insurance concern of employers for the next 12 months, a new study shows. Fifty-nine percent of employers say they are very or somewhat concerned about cost containment in 2012. Employers... Read More

Cost Containment From Soup to Nuts: Rebecca Shafer’s Workers Compensation Management Program: Reduce Costs 20% to 50%, 2012 Edition
Posted on 4 Jan 2012 by Karen C. Yotis

By Karen C. Yotis, Esq. When a workers’ compensation maven of Rebecca Shafer’s caliber shares her expertise about implementing cost containment best practices, industry professionals can’t afford to do anything but listen. Likewise... Read More

Cost Containment From Soup to Nuts: Rebecca Shafer’s Workers Compensation Management Program: Reduce Costs 20% to 50%, 2012 Edition
Posted on 4 Jan 2012 by Karen C. Yotis

By Karen C. Yotis, Esq. When a workers’ compensation maven of Rebecca Shafer’s caliber shares her expertise about implementing cost containment best practices, industry professionals can’t afford to do anything but listen. Likewise... Read More

Cost Containment Leads Employers’ Workers’ Comp Concerns for 2012
Posted on 22 Mar 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Cost containment is by far the number one workers' compensation insurance concern of employers for the next 12 months, a new study shows. Fifty-nine percent of employers say they are very or somewhat concerned about cost containment in 2012. Employers... Read More

Manage Your Workers’ Compensation Program by Advisen and Amaxx Risk Solutions
Posted on 27 Sep 2011 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Book Shows Employers How to Cut Comp Costs by 20% - 50% NEW YORK.—Sept 26, 2011 – Advisen and Amaxx have combined to produce a $159 guidebook to help brokers, consultants, safety & loss control professionals, claims managers and buyers... Read More

CO: Gov. Appoints Members to WC Cost Containment Board
Posted on 2 Apr 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Denver , CO (CompNewsNetwork) - Gov. Bill Ritter announced the appointment of several Coloradans to the Workers’ Compensation Cost Containment Board: Michael W. Mitchell of Windsor for a term expiring December 13, 2011 Richard C. Zellen of... Read More