DWC Posts RAND Study on Home Health Services Fee Schedule, Invites Public to Participate in a Discussion of Issues Related to the Fee Schedule By Press Release - CA Department of Industrial Relations - January 27, 2015 The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) today posted the 2015 RAND study  Home Health Care for California’s Injured Workers—Options for Implementing a Fee Schedule. California Senate Bill 863 requires the Administrative Director to establish a fee schedule for home health services. Home health services range from skilled nurses and therapy services provided by home health agencies to unskilled personal care or chore services that may be provided by family members or other personal care aides. The RAND study identifies options for a single fee schedule that would cover the full range of home health services. Read More

Estate of dead worker cannot collect on liability policy: Business Insurance  January 22, 2015 The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday found that Florida's workers compensation exclusive remedy provision prevents a $9.5 million liability judgment from being paid by an insurer to the estate of a Florida worker killed on the job.

Injured worker disability benefits stopped after treatment plateaus: Business Insurance   January 22, 2015 Licenses for migrant drivers means more will be insured — in theory: Los Angeles Times  January 2, 2015 Florida workers comp is healthy, report says: Orlando Sentinel  December 24, 2015

Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Proposes Rate Cuts For Private Employers by 10.8 Percent. By Lonce LaMon from Press Release - January 27, 2015 The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has proposed cutting rates for private employers by 10.8 percent.... Read More

NJ Doctor Arrested After Writing Fraudulent Rxs for People He Never Treated or Examined By Press Release - by workerscompensation.com - January 21, 2015 Trenton, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) - Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a... Read More

Prosecution To File A Second Amended Indictment For Landmark Medical Case In Orange County. By Lonce LaMon - January 19, 2015 In Orange County Superior Court, in court room C-45 in the morning of last Friday,... Read More

Timing Is Crucial In Dental Trauma And To Keep Costs Down When An On-The-Job Injury By Dr. Shikha Ruby Banerjee - September 26, 2014 “Shots fired. Officer down...  Automatic fire coming in-bound... Officers still down in the k... Read More

Irwin L. Goldstein Joins Defense Firm Harrison, Eichenberg & Murphy After Decades As An Applicants' Attorney By Lonce LaMon - November 26, 2014 Irwin L. Goldstein, who goes by “Larry”, has joined the workers’ compensatio... Read More