Quote of the day
"To determine the extent to which a person should qualify for an industrial disability, there are circumstances that we would need to investigate. Without the apportionment standards, we can't effectively do that."
Steve Keil, director of legislation for the California State Association of Counties, on the ramifications of AB 1368, a bill that exempts public safety officers from the apportionment statutes for certain conditions.
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New Assembly Insurance Committee Chair Chosen
The speaker has spoken and the new Assembly Insurance Committee chair is in place. Find out who he is and what industry lobbyists think about the pick, all in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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Claims Decline. Why Don’t Expenses?
It’s the $64,000 question. Bureau actuaries (and everyone else) are scratching their heads. Get the skinny on the numbers, on the probable causes, and on what this is doing to rates, all in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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Employers Target Psych Data Claims Next Session
Some California employers are seeking legislation to let them hide facts from injured workers. Find out if defense counsels think the idea will withstand courts’ due process scrutiny, in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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DWC Plans to Tackle Toughest Treatments Not in ACOEM
Are ACOEM medical evidence guidelines deficient and, if so, what is the California Department of Workers’ Comp doing about it? Who reviews UR reviewers and why? Find answers to these and other interesting questions in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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Employers Need to Guard Against GAF
It’s a highly subjective system and it’s what California uses to rate workers’ compensation psychiatric claims. Find out how the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) can be manipulated and exploited, and how the industry can guard against it, in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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Cities and Counties Get More Cost Drivers
Workers’ comp cost drivers and reserves are going up for California cities and counties. Find out who will benefit, what the costs are, and why it’s happening, all in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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Term Limits Clean Legislature of Workers’ Comp Knowledge
The term-limit juggernaut is sweeping many familiar faces from the Capitol. Find out what this means for institutional knowledge and future workers’ comp legislation, all in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive
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Top Redlands Cop Calls Letter Alleging Comp Fraud ‘Libelous’
Jim Bueermann, Redlands Police Chief, says an anonymous letter circulated to area newspapers alleging workers’ comp fraud in the Redlands Police Department is factually inaccurate and is an attempt to intimidate and damage the department. Redlands Daily Facts
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Vacaville Office for State Fund Imminent
A 430,000-square-foot business campus for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund in Vacaville’s Vaca Valley Business Park is one step closer to reality: The city planning commission’s unanimous vote this week serves as a recommendation that the Vacaville City Council approve the agreement. By Jennifer Gentile, Vacaville Reporter
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Ex-Aide: Noe Called State’s Coin Funds an ‘ATM’
The jury in the trial of indicted Ohio businessman Tom Noe, the politically-connected coin dealer at the center of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s “Coingate” scandal, hears from Noe’s former administrative assistant that Noe once described the $50 million state investment he managed “as having access to an ATM.” By Mark Niquette, Columbus Dispatch [With Photo] Go to the Full Story…
Judge Doubts NYC Immune to WTC Recovery Workers’ Lawsuits
Expressing skepticism that New York City has legal immunity, a federal judge rules that lawsuits on behalf of on behalf of about 3,000 firemen, police, paramedic, construction workers and contractors who participated in first the recovery and clean-up operations at the World Trade Center site and a Staten Island landfill, can proceed. By Joseph Goldstein, New York Sun
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