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LexisNexis Provides Analysis of SB 863 California Workers' Compensation Reforms
Posted on 28 Aug 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

LexisNexis experts provide in-depth analysis of key portions of SB 863: Medical Treatment Permanent Disability Liens Self-insurance Carve Outs Fee Schedules WARNING: These articles were based on the 8/24 and 8/27 drafts of SB 863. On... Read More

Up in Smoke: Should Medical Marijuana Be Allowed in California’s Workers’ Compensation System?
Posted on 12 Nov 2012 by Calif. WCAB Noteworthy Panel Decisions Reporter

The use of medically prescribed marijuana has been a controversial issue in California for many years. It is interesting that the issue does not come up more often in the workers’ compensation context. It may not come up more because marijuana is... Read More

CWCI Estimates Workers’ Comp Spinal Implant Pass-Through Payments Topped $67 Million in 2010
Posted on 6 Jun 2012 by California Workers' Compensation Institute

Duplicate payments to hospitals allowed by the California Workers’ Compensation Official Medical Fee Schedule for implantable hardware used in spinal surgery added an average of $20,137 in fees to 3,350 work injury claims in 2010, boosting workers’... Read More

California: Presenting Evidence of the Vocational Expert Post SB 863
Posted on 25 Mar 2014 by Calif. WCAB Noteworthy Panel Decisions Reporter

Rebuttal of an injured worker’s “strict” permanent disability rating has consistently been one of the hottest topics in recent case law. See Milpitas v. WCAB (Guzman) (2010) 75 Cal. Comp. Cases 837 (lexis.com), 75 Cal. Comp. Cases 837... Read More

National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup Powered by Larson's (7/16/2012)
Posted on 16 Jul 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL: NCCI: Claim Frequency Declined One Percent in 2011 . Forbes... Read More

California: Ogilvie Petition to Supreme Court Pending
Posted on 13 Sep 2011 by Richard M. Jacobsmeyer

The lengthy saga in the Ogilvie v W.C.A.B./City & County of San Francisco v W.C.A.B . will continue for at least a while longer as the Defendant in the case, C&CSF has file a Petition for Hearing in the Supreme Court seeking review of the 1st... Read More

Comparing Workers’ Compensation and General Healthcare Costs: Compensable Care Incurs Higher Fees
Posted on 27 Jun 2013 by John Stahl

By John Stahl, Esq. Countless studies and the experience of participants in workers’ compensation systems have shown that the prices for medical care within those systems far exceed the costs of comparable treatments in the general healthcare... Read More

CWCI Measures California Workers’ Comp Physician Reporting Changes Under the RBRVS Schedule
Posted on 28 Jan 2015 by California Workers' Compensation Institute

The average amount paid to California workers’ compensation treating physicians for medical reports fell more than 30 percent in the first quarter of 2014 as the state began to transition to a Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) fee schedule... Read More

Successes and Failures of Fee Schedules: How Medical Providers Circumvent Fee Schedule-Related Revenue Losses
Posted on 1 Apr 2013 by John Stahl

By John Stahl, Esq. Any first-semester political science major can tell you that government regulation is a common method for controlling what a business can charge for goods or services. Fee schedules provide this price control regarding workers’... Read More

CWCI Scorecard Examines California Workers’ Comp “Other Injury, Poisoning & Toxic Effect” Claims
Posted on 18 Apr 2013 by California Workers' Compensation Institute

A new California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) “Injury Scorecard” on job injury claims identified as “other injuries, poisonings and toxic effects” finds that these claims often involve non-specific or ill-defined... Read More

TN: Senate Speaker Signs Bill Enacting Rental and Assignment of PPO Network Rights
Posted on 7 Apr 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Nashville, TN (CompNewsNetwork) - The Senate Speaker of the Tennessee General Assembly signed Bill 3162 which amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 12. Present law requires that contracts between agents and medical providers to furnish medical services... Read More

National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup Powered by Larson's (7/16/2012)
Posted on 16 Jul 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL: NCCI: Claim Frequency Declined One Percent in 2011 . Forbes... Read More

LexisNexis Provides Analysis of SB 863 California Workers' Compensation Reforms
Posted on 28 Aug 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

LexisNexis experts provide in-depth analysis of key portions of SB 863: Medical Treatment Permanent Disability Liens Self-insurance Carve Outs Fee Schedules WARNING: These articles were based on the 8/24 and 8/27 drafts of SB... Read More

IL: Fee Schedule Created for Chicago/Niles ASTCs
Posted on 24 May 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Chicago , IL (CompNewsNetwork) - Ambulatory surgical treatment centers in geozip 607 now have their own fee schedule. When the ASTC schedule was created in 2009, it was based on the hospital outpatient schedule. Because there is no hospital in 607, the... Read More

NY: NYSWCB Posts Revised Inpatient Hospital Care Reimbursement Rates
Posted on 17 May 2010 by workerscompensation.com

New York City, NY (CompNewsNetwork) - The workers' compensation fee schedule for inpatient hospital care automatically tracks New York Medicaid rates, as determined by the New York State Department of Health (DOH), with limited statutory modifications... Read More