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FLASH: Supreme Court Rules In Sandhagen The Justices were unanimous on the role utilization review plays in the workers' comp system. So do employers have their choice of avenues for challenging a medical treatment request or is UR king? Read more here... More...

FLASH: Supreme Court Rebuffs California State Fund The Supreme Court yesterday declined to review an Appellate Court ruling which holds that State Compensation Insurance Fund must be fair to California business. It's a case of the the same old SCIF managers doing the same old things they did during the Tudor regime. This time State Fund's actions have cost policyholders - some 200,000 California businesses - an estimated $10 each. Read how State Fund was unfair, to whom, and why it's a clear case of the same management including State Fund Board Chair Jeannie Cain, who is also executive vice president of the California Chamber of Commerce, doing the same things they always did, only with expensive outside lawyers. It's California business that loses click here to read the full story ... Read more here... More...

FLASH: SCIF's Board Chair Jeannie Cain's Amazing Tap Dance Click here to read this story about how Board Chair Jeannie Cain representing the remnants of the Tudor regime at State Fund are tap dancing with a State Senator to prevent reasonable transparency. This story is replete with a movie (parody) showing the actual tap dance. This must be seen to be belived and even then belief is questionable. Read more here... More...

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New Study Reveals Potential Payment Errors In The Billions The results of a much vaunted study are in. But what does it tell us about workers' comp fraud? Find out in the current edition of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

Independent Consultants Suggest Ratemaking Changes An independent review of the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's ratemaking process is nearly complete. What did they find and will it improve the accuracy of the Bureau's projections? Read all about it in the current issue of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

UR Processes Get A Closer Look Looking to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the utilization review process, the Division of Workers' Compensation is deep into a review of claims administrators and utilization review organizations. Are these companies making the grade? Find out in the current edition of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

District Attorneys Get Full Fraud Funding Recommendation Workers' comp investigations are getting more complex every day and now district attorneys are getting more money to take it on. Find out how much and what can be done to make investigations go more smoothly. The details are in the current edition of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

Combined Ratio Up On Medical Costs, Premium Loss The impact of workers' comp reforms continues to work its way through the industry. What is the impact on spending for medical costs and indemnity benefits? How did these affect carriers' combined ratios? Find out in this issue of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

Stonewalling Costs Employer $500,000 Trial court judges are forced to interpret legalese for a living, but this employer's "legal double-talk" was more than one judge could handle. See what extraordinary measures he took to rectify the situation. Get the scoop in the current issue of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

New Additions Come To MTUS The Division of Workers' Compensation is set to release a new set of treatment guidelines for elbows, chronic pain and postsurgical rehabilitation, but it's not stopping there. Which other guidelines are in the queue to be updated? Get the answers in Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

DIR: More Than 30% Of Employers Don't Have Proof Of Insurance The preliminary numbers are in from the Department of Industrial Relations for its recently launched proof of workers' comp insurance program. Find out what they are in the current edition of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

Time Dwindles For Voc Rehab Benefits The Legislature ordered vocational rehabilitation benefits replaced by the voucher system. But many cases still are pending under the old system. How will the voc rehab endgame play out? And who will decide the winner? Find out in the current edition of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...