Changes to California’s workers’ compensation system have resulted in more claims being rejected by insurers, according to the Associated Press. The new law, which aims to rein in skyrocketing comp costs, requires physicians to determine the percentage of a worker's permanent disab...
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The most egregiously coddled of the state's favored constituencies are California's public labor unions. This is partly the result of their bloated ranks: The percentage of unionized public employees in California is 20% higher than the national average. Even more important, though, is the unio...
Differences in workers' compensation dis- ability and impairment ratings under old and new California law. J Occup Environ Med. 2006; 48: 419-25.LEIGH, J. P.; McCURDY, S. A. Differences in workers' compensation disability and impairment ratings under old and new California law. Journal of...
although some operate by taking a percentage of your complete awards along with court charges. You have to be aware that you will certainly need to talk about the concern of costs with the workers compensation lawyer ahead of time as many costs will certainly not just be the cost of working...
CAUTION: These WCAB panel decisions have not been designated a “significant panel decision” by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. Practitioners should proceed with caution when citing to these board panel decisions and should also verify the subsequent history of the decisions. WCAB panel deci...
Peterson pointed to a state law that created a modified workers’ compensation program for incarcerated people who are injured on the job. Under that program, the amount awarded is based on the person’s average monthly wage when the injury occurred. In 2016, Darrell White, ...
Treatment by network physicians is becoming increasingly prevalent in California workers’ compensation, with new data showing that nearly 80 percent of first-year physician-based outpatient medical services for 2010 California work...