DWC Commences Rulemaking Action to Delay ICD-10 Implementation Until October 1, 2015 By Press Release - July 25, 2014 The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted proposed changes to a regulation and to the Medical Billing and Payment Guide to postpone the current ICD-10 compliance date of October 1, 2014 for one year, to October 1, 2015. The International Classification of Diseases – 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) and the International Classification of Diseases – 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) were adopted in February 2014 with an implementation date to coincide with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) implementation date. Read More

Hartford leader Liam McGee to step down next year: Business Insurance  June 9, 2014 Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. Chairman, President and CEO Liam E. McGee will step down as the insurer's chairman after Hartford's annual shareholders meeting next May, Hartford said Monday.

Xerox to Acquire ISG Holdings, Expand Workers’ Comp Offerings: Claims Journal  June 6, 2014 Mid-2015 Target For Alaska Workers’ Comp Changes: Insurance Journal  May 27, 2014 The End of RICO? In Workers Comp Cases In The Sixth Circuit, Apparently So: Property Casualty 360  May 26, 2014

American Claims Management Now Handling GL & Excess Claims For Golden Insurance Company RRG By Lonce LaMon - July 24, 2014 American Claims Management (ACM), based in San Diego, California, has been selecte... Read More

Sim Hoffman, M.D. Arraignment In Orange County For Work Comp Billing Fraud Trailed To September 11th By Lonce LaMon - July 21, 2014 Just this past Friday, in the morning of July 18th 2014, Sim Hoffman, M.D., a radi... Read More

Report on Workers’ Comp Reforms of SB 863 Shows Progress, Challenges in Enacting Law’s Wide-Ranging Changes By Press Release - July 17, 2014 The Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation posted a progress r... Read More

Drug Companies Use Of Cappers to Sell Prescription Drugs Can Go Beyond Tradition To Mobilize The California Insurance Fraud Prevention Act (IFPA) By Barry Zalma, CFE, Esq. - July 17, 2014 Successful writs of mandate are as rare as snow fall in the Sahara. When they are ... Read More

Tyrone Spears Leads The Downtown Workers' Compensation Claims Department For The City Of Los Angeles By Lonce LaMon - April 22, 2014 Tyrone Spears is the Workers’ Compensation Administrator for the City of Los Ang... Read More