WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News

David Weitzman Esq is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Los Angeles County Discrimination Case Remanded for Trial on Interactive Process Issue. Gas Stations Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Workers' Comp Charges. Genes May be Important in Back, Neck Pain. Sleep Disorder Research Shows High Rates in General Population. Colorado, N. Carolina, Maine lower 2010...

Erica Willis Esq is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. U.C. Berkeley Study Shows Integrated WC Cuts Medical Costs. CompWest Named to 2009 'Best Places to Work in Insurance' List. RAND Study Suggests Ways to Save on Medical Costs. Employers Gets URAC Workers' Compensation Utilization Management Accreditation. Liberty Mutual Cautious About California and Florida M...

Debra Tobias Esq is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Gunman Takes Hostages in Canadian Work Comp Board. Fraud Conviction of Riverside Police Officer Upheld. Brookdale Inn Owner Arrested for Alleged Workers Compensation Problems. Zenith Profits Rise Despite Revenue Decline. NM Workers Comp Rates Drop for 4th Year. Watsonville Woman Pleads No Contest in Fraud Ca...

Retired Judge David O'Brien is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. The Court of Appeal Rejects a Compensable Consequence Injury On Way to Medical Treatment. The Court of Appeal Grants a Writ Seeking to Extend Sandhagen. Wanda Ogilvie Files For Review in Court of Appeal. U.S. Surgeons Do a Mediocre Job of Following Treatment Guidelines. The Placebo Effect is in th...

David Jimenez Esq.is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Poizner Suggests Reforms to Cut Costs. California Workers' Comp Group Expands to Country Clubs. Nation's Orthopaedic Surgeons Join Electronic Prescribing Initiative. Medical Malpractice Insurance Market Stable But Faces Challenges Ahead. CIGA Sent Back To Trial in Reimbursement Case. Hawaii Shows Greatest F...

Todd Kelly Esq.is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. HHS Will Fund $25 Million in Tort Reform Projects Which May Lower WC Costs. A Salinas Wienerschnitzel Owner Was Sentenced in Workers' Comp Case. Work Comp Fraud Up Slightly Nationwide in 2009. Sears Settles Discrimination Claims of Injured Workers for $6.2 Million. Electronic Medical Test Results Overlooked by...

This episode covers the dismissal of the Premiere Medical Management liens in the amount of $70 million. The SCIF announces the resignation of Janet Frank. The California Nurses Association surveyed hospitals and determined there is a high risk of health workers being infected with H1N1 virus. The California DIR prevailed in a sexual harassment suit. The CWCI issued a Spotlight Report on Schedule...

This episode covers some fraud convictions around the state and some abuse by medical journal article authors. The technology section covers some new developments in bill review and document imaging. Two cases are reported from the court of appeal, one is about a dispute over attorney fees between two defense firms, and the other is about the special errand exception to the going and coming rule....

This episode covers the secret negotiations in Sacramento attempting to reform Workers' Compensation, and regulatory announcements by the DWC to cut costs. Two appellate cases are discussed. One deals with a malpractice case against an insurance broker, and the other was an antitrust case against the SCIF. The Cincinnati Bengals filed suit in Ohio to force 31 former players to file the claims in O...

In this episode the WCAB retreats somewhat in new Almaraz/Guzman opinions. The WCAB maintains the same DFEC formula in Ogilvie. Pfizer pays $2.3 billion fine for fraud. Zurich net income drops 53% ss recession takes toll. A study shows low wage earners "pressured" not to make Work Comp claims. Emerging model of "retail" delivery of health care is cost effective. Section 111 reporting requirements...