George Parisotto Appointed Administrative Director of California Division of Workers’ Compensation By Lonce Lamonte and Newsline from the California Department of Industrial Relations - October 19, 2017 California Governor Edmund G. Brown has appointed George Parisotto as Administrative Director of the Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). Parisotto has filled the position of Acting Administrative Director since February of 2016, following the departure of Destie Overpeck who went to the State Bar of California  George has served in several positions at DWC since 1998.  He was Acting Chief Counsel and Industrial Relations Counsel.  He was a workers’ compensation claims examiner at the U.S. Department of Labor, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program from 2004 to 2007, and an associate at the Thierman Law Firm from 1990 to 1998.  He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Read More

CopperPoint Acquires Pacific Compensation Insurance In California For $150 Million: Insurance Journal  September 13, 2017 CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire California-based workers’ compensation carrier Pacific Compensation Insurance Co. from Alleghany Insurance Holdings LLC for $150 million in cash.

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Burbank Medical Provider Knarik Vardumyan’s Scheme to Defraud Medicare Results in Sentence to 37 Months in Federal Prison By Barry Zalma - October 16, 2017 Knarik Vardumyan, 53, of Burbank, who formerly owned and operated a medical clinic, has been sentenced... Read More

Two San Diego and One Tustin Area Medical Providers Are Suspended For Fraud By California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). By Lonce Lamonte - October 12, 2017 California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has suspended three more medical providers fr... Read More

They Claimed She Was Driving, But It Was Allegedly He Behind The Wheel. Now A Bakersfield Couple Is Being Prosecuted. By Lonce Lamonte - October 10, 2017 It was the old switcheroo.  Except they thought of it too late.   They couldn’t swap seats fast enough.  ... Read More

Work Comp’s Retrospective Medical Bill Review And Payment Models Are Costing Payers, Providers And Injured Workers By Kenneth Farnham and Lonce LaMon, editor - May 4, 2017 To better illustrate the absurdity of the current, inefficient, misguided Workers’ Compensation bill... Read More

Christine Harris Moves To AIMs In Sacramento. She embarks on handling the claims for the judicial branch of the California workers' compensation program. By Lonce LaMon - June 1, 2017 Last month Christine Harris joined AIMs in Sacramento, California as a senior workers’ compensation ... Read More