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Dismissed Fraudulent Liens Could Lower X-Mods & Collateral Amounts
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation removed over $18 million in liens connected to a convicted fraudster. The liens are divided among 944 workers’ comp claims at an average amount …
Applied Underwriters’ California Ins Company More Controversial Acts
Amidst charges of unapproved and uncollateralized loans to affiliates, unapproved property transfers, the California Department of Insurance’s Conservation and Liquidation Office says it is drafting a unilateral “rehabilitation” plan for …
DWC Avoids Court Battle With Telemedicine Order
Representatives for a group of 100 plus qualified medical evaluators and a handful of QME management companies dropped plans to go to court after the Division of Workers’ Compensation issued …
QMEs, Division In Telemedicine Dispute
The group of qualified medical evaluators (QMEs) pressing the Division of Workers’ Compensation to authorize remote med-legal evaluations were less than impressed with the Department’s non-committal response to the request. …
State Auditor Faults DWC’s Handling of The QME System
The California State Auditor is taking the Division of Workers’ Compensation to task for what it calls its failed oversight of California’s qualified medical evaluator (QME) system. The report faults …
JLA Committee Approves QME, State Comp Audits
The California State Auditor is being ordered to audit the Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Workers’ Compensation’s alleged mishandling of the qualified medical evaluator program. It has also been …
Applied Underwriters Appeals Again To California Supreme Court
Applied Underwriters, a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) subsidiary, is again petitioning the California Supreme Court in one of its many pieces of litigation with former insured’s of its Applied Underwriters’ …