Appeals Board panel revisits Hardesty By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board One of the first lessons learned...
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 89, No. 5 May 2024 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board The medically related intricacies of a California workers’ compensation...
LexisNexis has selected some recently issued noteworthy IMR decisions that illustrate the criteria that must be met to obtain authorization for a variety of different medical treatment modalities. LexisNexis...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Appeals Board panel decisions that rescind a WCJ’s decision and...
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NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS:
CA: DWC Final QME Regs Now in Effect.
CA: DWC Posts Instructions on Interpreter Certification Process.
CA: DWC Merges Goleta and Oxnard Offices Eff. Nov. 30.
IA: NCCI Files 2% Decrease for Rate/Loss Costs.
IL: NCCI Explains 4.5% Decrease in Rate/Loss Costs.
IL: IWCC Announces 1.52% Increase in 2014 Medical Fee Schedule Rates.
IL: Procura Management Approved by Ins. Dept. to Create Workers Comp PPO.
MA: DIA Posts Parameters for Submission of Video Evidence.
MN: DLI Issues Annual Workers Comp System Report.
MO: NCCI Explains 11.6% Increase in Rate/Loss Costs.
OH: BWC Completes $1B Cash Rebate of Premium Overpayments.
OK: Constitutional Challenge to SB 1062 Filed With State Supreme Court.
OK: Governor Releases Statement on Legal Challenge to SB 1062 WC Reforms.
OK: Lawmakers Debate SB 1062 Constitutionality of WC Reforms.
OR: WCD Notifies Insurers of Annual Increase in Retroactive Program Benefits.
SC: NCCI Explains 1.1% Increase in Rate/Loss Costs.