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09-21-2012 | 13:42 PM
SB 863: Changes Impacting the Use of Treating Physicians, Agreed Medical Examiners and Qualified Medical Examiners in California
By David Bryan Leonard, Esq., Special to the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Community Day two of the 2012 California Workers’ Compensation and Risk Conference included a panel by James Fisher, Esq., counsel for the Department of Industrial Relations, currently assigned to the DWC...
10-14-2012 | 23:30 PM
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup Powered by Larson's (10/15/2012)
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 NEWS: WCRI Studies Show Impact of Recession, Reforms on 16 State WC Systems . Insurance Execs Seek WC Rate...
10-18-2012 | 21:59 PM
11-26-2012 | 01:03 AM
New Seventh Edition of Rassp & Herlick, California Workers’ Compensation Law
The Seventh Edition of Rassp & Herlick, California Workers’ Compensation Law has a new look, a new format, and a new title. With workers’ compensation reform under SB 863 looming, we thought it would be timely to update, revise and restructure Rassp & Herlick from a treatise to a...
11-26-2012 | 01:05 AM
By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. DISCLAIMER: This article was written before regulations have been proposed to implement the Return To Work Fund. You are encouraged to pay close attention to all rules and regulations promulgated by the DIR and WCAB to implement the $120,000,000 Return To Work Fund. As...
By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. DISCLAIMER: This article was written before regulations have been proposed to implement the Return To Work Fund. You are encouraged to pay close attention to all rules and regulations promulgated by the DIR and WCAB to implement the $120,000,000 Return To Work Fund. As part...
11-26-2012 | 01:06 AM
Employers and Labor Debate Impact of 2007 New York Reforms: Employers Advocate New Initiatives While Workers Claim Success
By John Stahl, Esq. Two analyses regarding the effectiveness of the 2007 Workers’ Compensation Reform Law (Reforms) in New York State provide a textbook example of how identical statistics can support totally conflicting results. One undisputed conclusion is that the voices of New York employers...
12-03-2012 | 12:08 PM
California SB 863: Commentary on Proposed Independent Medical Review Regulations
On November 27, 2012, the DWC posted on the DIR website proposed “emergency” regulations for implementation of the Independent Medical Review (IMR) Process pursuant to the reform language of SB863: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/DWCWCABForum/1.asp DWC welcomes comments from the general public...
12-05-2012 | 11:31 AM
California: Proposed IMR Regs
The DWC has published proposed Independent Medical Review regulations (a link to them is noted at the bottom of this post). The proposed regs are on a DWC forum page, with the forum for comments slated to close December 7. Because there is not time for regular rulemaking for these rules required by...
01-06-2013 | 23:43 PM
California SB 863 Reforms: Adjusters Should Adjust - The Blowback From UR and IMR
By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. So, 2013 is just around the corner and we are gearing up to learn the new law and regulations so that we can apply them in our cases. We have an interim period between now and July 1, 2013 when disputes over medical necessity under utilization review denials, modifications...
01-22-2013 | 01:13 AM
California: It’s Here--Independent Bill Review (Part 2)
By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. © Copyright 2013 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here . Processing of IBR Request by the Administrative Director After the secondary review, and after the provider submits the proper request and fees for IBR...
By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. © Copyright 2013 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here . Processing of IBR Request by the Administrative Director After the secondary review, and after the provider submits the proper request and fees for...
01-22-2013 | 01:21 AM
California: It’s Here--Independent Bill Review (Part 1)
By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. © Copyright 2013 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. 2013 has started off with a whirlwind of new regulations and administrative processes. We have several new sets of regulations that cover topics such as Independent Bill Review (IBR), Independent Medical Review (IMR...
01-28-2013 | 01:11 AM
01-31-2013 | 10:36 AM
CAAA 2013 Winter Convention--Day Two Starts With Academy Award Nomination Level Ethics Panel and More
Academy Award Nomination Level Ethics Panel, Report From the WCAB Commissioners and a Legal Rock Star Hall of Fame Presentation of Top 10 Cases Impacting California Applicants By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. Day two of the CAAA winter convention started with what I consider to be an academy-award...
Academy Award Nomination Level Ethics Panel, Report From the WCAB Commissioners and a Legal Rock Star Hall of Fame Presentation of Top 10 Cases Impacting California Applicants By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. Day two of the CAAA winter convention started with what I consider to be an academy-award-nomination...
02-19-2013 | 00:02 AM
California: Medical Emergencies Post SB 863
The recent reform act of SB 863 will bring in a whole host of changes to our workers compensation medical treatment (MT) delivery system. As we pour over the new and revised statutes and the new and revised regulations, it is helpful to consider what aspects of the law have changed, and what aspects...
04-07-2013 | 23:33 PM
Baseline Provided for Evaluating California SB 863 Reforms
WCRI Analyzes Pre-Reform Data and Expected Impact of Reforms By John Stahl, Esq. WCRI’s 13th Medical Benchmarks study based on data through the first quarter of 2011 is intended to provide a baseline from which the impact of SB 863’s reforms of California’s workers’ compensation...
09-12-2014 | 17:05 PM
California: DIR Director Christine Baker Provides Update on Progress of SB 863 Eighteen Months After Operative Date
A report from the California Workers’ Compensation & Risk Conference, Sept. 10-12, 2014, Dana Point, CA By David Bryan Leonard, Esq. Without pause, Christine Baker, Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations, took the stage immediately following national basketball...
03-11-2015 | 16:39 PM
CWCI/WCIRB Study Confirms Post-Reform Reductions in ASC Facility Fees
Average facility fees paid to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) for treatment of injured workers in California have declined 27% per episode and 29% per procedure since fee schedule changes mandated by SB 863 were adopted in 2013 according to updated data from a joint study by the California Workers’...
07-01-2015 | 14:31 PM
California: Angelotti Challenge Fails
The U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit has now handed a big win to the architects of the SB 863 reforms. The case is Angelotti Chiropractic et al v. Baker (see link to the opinion below). Angelotti was a constitutional challenge to the lien activation fee provisions of SB 863. At the trial court...
02-23-2016 | 15:19 PM
CWCI Continues Case Law Series With 2016 Update
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) will conduct a one-day case law seminar in May in both Long Beach and San Francisco to examine how recent trends in decisional law are reshaping California workers’ compensation and to discuss appropriate negotiation and defense strategies...