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News Archive News Main Page July 2024 July 31, 2024 - California's Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR's) Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Posts California Medical-Legal Quality Assurance Checklist July 18, 2024 - California's Divison of Workers' Compensation (DWC) San Bernardino District Office to Close Temporarily July 15, 2024 - The WCIRB Releases Update to Report of Economic Changes Upon Workers' Compensation in California July 9, 2024 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination on October 4th -- 10th 2024 July 1, 2024 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) July 1, 2024 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory
June 2024 June 21, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) June 20, 2024 - Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Release Independent Medical Review (IMR) Report for 2023 Data June 18, 2024 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 16, 2024 - Calif Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Plans to Take Corrective Action Regarding E Filer Errors June 14, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services) June 14, 2024 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Issues Notice of 15-Day Public Comment Period for Rulemaking Action to Adopt Revisions to the Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pharmaceuticals) June 7, 2024 - DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing on July 25 for Utilization Review Regulations June 6, 2024 - Division of Workers' Compensation Online Education Modules for Workers’ Compensation Community Offers MCLE (California State Bar) Credit
May 2024 May 29, 2024 - Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Ethics Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2023 May 14, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Plans to Take Corrective Action Regarding E-Filer Errors May 11, 2024 - ICW Group increases workers’ compensation insurance coverage into New York May 7, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers) May 3, 2024 - To Clarify What “File” Means With Workers’ Compensation Claims. The Connecticut Supreme Court Does It.
April 2024 April 25, 2024 - California Department of Industrial Relations and Cal/OSHA Will Honor Workers’ Memorial Day at Four Events in California on April 28th-29th 2024. Cal/OSHA Joining Partners in Arcadia, Richmond, San Diego and San Francisco. April 23, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Launches Online Portal for Submission of QME Medical-Legal Reports April 22, 2024 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Updated Time of Hire Notice April 22, 2024 - Sullivan on Comp Launches ChatSOC. It's an Innovative Chatbot for California Workers' Compensation Professionals Integrated with an Authoritative Legal Treatise April 19, 2024 - Workers Compensation Bill 2024: One percent of employee’s salary to contribute to workers’ compensation fund in Kenya. April 15, 2024 - Colorado Worker Shows Head Injury Happened as a Consequence of a Knock on the Head at Work April 4, 2024 - Callfornia Division of Workers' Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for April 17, 2024 April 3, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) April 2, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory
March 2024 March 28, 2024 - Office of Self-Insurance Plans (OSIP) Announces Relocation to Sacramento on April 2nd 2024 March 25, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) March 19, 2024 - Nearly half of all litigated workers' compensation claims in the Los Angeles basin are cumulative trauma claims. March 7, 2024 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services) March 6, 2024 - Accident Claims The Life of AdminSure Claims Adjuster Alexis Wicker
February 2024 February 26, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice of Rulemaking Action to Adopt Revisions to the Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pharmaceuticals) and Sets Public Hearing on April 11, 2024 February 21, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory February 16, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Relocation of San Jose Office February 15, 2024 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Revised MTUS Drug List Effective February 15, 2024 February 8, 2024 - Employee Is Injured in Hotel Blast Who Then Files Suit February 7, 2024 - Class-action suit over cyber breach hits Keenan & Associates
January 2024 January 23, 2024 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services January 11, 2024 - Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Reminder for Submission of Annual Report of Inventory for Claims Reported During Calendar Year 2023 January 11, 2024 - Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers January 5, 2024 - Division of Workers' Compensation Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) on April 6th-12th January 4, 2024 - Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory January 2, 2024 - AmTrust expresses that January is worse than December for numbers of workers’ compensation claims
December 2023 December 21, 2023 - California DIR's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 20, 2023 - California DIR's Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Relocation of San Jose Office December 20, 2023 - California DIR’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing on January 26, 2024 for Proposed Evidence-Based Updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule December 18, 2023 - California DIR's Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice of Third 15-Day Public Comment Period for QME Process Regulations December 14, 2023 - Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical-Legal Travel Expenses Increases Effective January 1, 2024 December 7, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services) December 7, 2023 - California Divison of Workers' Compensation Announces Move of Stockton Office to Lodi December 4, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Opens Registration for 31st Annual Educational Conference
November 2023 November 30, 2023 - Japan plans to expand their workers’ compensation system to protect all freelance workers and professionals. Soon, all types of freelancers will be able to buy the insurance and make claims. November 27, 2023 - California DIR Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2024 November 21, 2023 - California DIR's Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice of Second 15-Day Public Comment Period for QME Process Regulations November 13, 2023 - Noguchi & Associates lends support in Maui wildfire aftermath November 9, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts 2022 Audit Unit Annual Report and the Ranking Report November 7, 2023 - Workers’ compensation claims explode in volume as exposure to smoke from drugs increases for bus drivers in Washington State.
October 2023 October 25, 2023 - Man suffers mental illness after being outed as gay. He is thus awarded workers’ compensation. October 23, 2023 - The Travelers report tells of the employees most vulnerable to workplace accidents October 16, 2023 - Some cannot collect although 6% of workers’ compensation cases are for long COVID. October 13, 2023 - Nova Scotia is introducing legislation for workers' compensation to provide long-term mental stress benefits for workers. October 11, 2023 - Lawyers and claims professionals as musicians. A natural combination. Katrina Woolverton performs tomorrow night, October 12th 2023, at the Mint in Los Angeles. October 10, 2023 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes October 6, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for October 18, 2023 October 2, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces New Online Education Courses on Medical Legal Report Writing for QMEs and Others
September 2023 September 29, 2023 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory September 29, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) September 28, 2023 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) September 27, 2023 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) September 18, 2023 - Workers' Compensation Benchmarking Study Releases 10-Year Annual Industry Report Card. Reveals Claims Management Progress and Performance Differentiators September 8, 2023 - Workers’ compensation claims were denied at highest rates in recent years according to Minnesota Department of Labor.
August 2023 August 30, 2023 - Sexual harassment and assault are in our time on the job with workers’ compensation claims. #MeToo has helped move it along. August 20, 2023 - Night manager shot on the job at Orlando car rental agency denied workers’ compensation August 16, 2023 - Hector Porrata, former workers’ compensation claims manager, dies at age 59. He went to New York to attend to his father's death, and then died there himself. August 8, 2023 - Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) August 3, 2023 - Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing on September 15, 2023 for Proposed Evidence-Based Updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule
July 2023 July 27, 2023 - Employee injured while performing a religious cleansing while at work not entitled to workers’ compensation. July 13, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) July 6, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination on October 14th-21st 2023
June 2023 June 30, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory June 28, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 27, 2023 - California DIR's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) June 21, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Invites Stakeholders to Comment on Audit Regulations at July 18 In-Person Public Meeting June 21, 2023 - The Travelers 2022 Injury Impact Report has findings June 18, 2023 - Today is Juneteenth. It’s June 19th 2023.
May 2023 May 25, 2023 - California's DIR Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing on June 26, 2023 for Proposed Evidence-Based Updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule May 18, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) May 12, 2023 - Calif Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice of 15-Day Public Comment Period for QME Process Regulations May 3, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers)
April 2023 April 18, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Invites Physicians and Pharmacists to Apply for Appointment to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee for 2023-2025 Term April 16, 2023 - Injuries at Amazon higher than at other warehouses at other companies April 7, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Postpones April 10 Public Hearing for Proposed Evidence-Based Updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule April 5, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory April 4, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS)
March 2023 March 30, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for April 19th March 22, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) March 21, 2023 - California Workers' Compensation Institute (CWCI) Documents Recent California Workers Comp Professional Medical Service Treatment Patterns March 13, 2023 - Inflation and the current claims landscape March 9, 2023 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Issues Notice of Public Hearing on April 10th for Proposed Evidence-Based Updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule March 5, 2023 - A Penn State University employee’s work comp claim remains unresolved after witnessing financee’s shooting death March 1, 2023 - California’s WCIRB Industry Profile Series – Latest Report
February 2023 February 27, 2023 - A compensable workers’ compensation injury from sexual conduct. How? Under what parameters? February 26, 2023 - A tribunal in Quebec denies workers’ compensation to family of migrant worker who died on a farm February 22, 2023 - Hopes of parents of children killed by the driver who inhaled dust remover to hold producers and distributors of Ultra Duster products accountable, grew dimmer after judge’s ruling. February 8, 2023 - California DIR, DWC Release Independent Medical Review (IMR) Report for 2021 February 7, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers February 7, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory) February 3, 2023 - Division of Workers' Compensation’s Medical-Legal Evaluation Regulations Approved by Office of Administrative Law (OAL)
January 2023 January 31, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation 30th Annual Educational Conference Coming Soon January 30, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services January 25, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Revised Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services) January 20, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing on March 13, 2023 for Proposed Amendments to the Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations January 12, 2023 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination April 15 through 22, 2023 January 11, 2023 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Reminder for Submission of Annual Report of Inventory for Claims Reported During Calendar Year 2022 January 9, 2023 - Tom Simoncic Named President of Property and International Business for Sedgwick January 7, 2023 - AmTrust’s 2022 Report Reveals What’s Contributing to the Rise in Restaurant Worker Claims January 6, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory January 5, 2023 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for January 18 January 3, 2023 - Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical-Legal Travel Expenses Increases Effective January 1, 2023
December 2022 December 30, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Revised Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 20, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes December 15, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 14, 2022 - California’s Minimum Wage to Increase to $15.50 per hour December 5, 2022 - California DIR's Division of Workers' Compensation Opens Registration for 30th Annual Educational Conference
November 2022 November 22, 2022 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) November 21, 2022 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation issues Notice of Modification to Text of Proposed Action regarding Workers’ Compensation – Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations November 17, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2023 November 9, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Invites Stakeholders to Comment on Ideas to Improve the Workers’ Compensation System at December 6 In-Person Public Meeting November 1, 2022 - Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes
October 2022 October 25, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compenation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) October 24, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Draft Regulations Updating EAMS Rules to Online Forum for Public Comment October 19, 2022 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Emergency Regulations for Medical-Legal Evaluations in Response to COVID-19 in Effect through January 16, 2023 October 18, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces 2023 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Performance October 12, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Free CME Credits for Online Learning Using Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS)-American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Guidelines October 11, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Deactivating Inactive E-Filer Accounts October 5, 2022 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers)
September 2022 September 30, 2022 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) September 29, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Updated MTUS Drug List Effective November 1, 2022 September 29, 2022 - California's Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Suspends 178 Medical Providers from the Workers’ Compensation System This Year September 21, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) September 15, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Online Injured Worker Workshops September 1, 2022 - Benchmarking Study for Workers' Compensation Releases Ninth Annual Report Examining Operational Transformation Amongst High-Performing Claims Organizations
August 2022 August 20, 2022 - The 76th Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference this August 21st – 24th 2022 with prominent role for Sedgwick August 15, 2022 - Debbie Wilson now director of sales for Insurance Education Association August 9, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Return to In-Person Walk-Throughs August 8, 2022 - Safety comes after flash flooding closes Death Valley roads
July 2022 July 22, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) July 20, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Clarifies Provider Directory Requirements for Medical Provider Networks July 12, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC)Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for July 20 in Oakland July 11, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination on October 15-22 July 7, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice to Readopt QME Emergency Regulation for Telehealth July 7, 2022 - Six Defendants Are Arrested on a Federal Grand Jury Indictment Alleging They Fraudulently Obtained $2 Million in COVID-19 Jobless Benefits
June 2022 June 30, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) June 28, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory June 23, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) June 21, 2022 - Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 16, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation’s Updated Copy Service Schedule Regulations Approved by OAL June 13, 2022 - California Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical-Legal Travel Expenses Increases Effective July 1, 2022 June 7, 2022 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) June 2, 2022 - Democrats challenge one another for insurance commissioner position in California
May 2022 May 17, 2022 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Appointment to Ethics Advisory Committee May 9, 2022 - Stockwell Names New Partner Jamie B. Fox May 9, 2022 - Injured On The Job By Customer Assault
April 2022 April 13, 2022 - DWC Posts Additional Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory April 13, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Adopts Regulation 36.7 Electronic Service of Medical-Legal Reports by Medical Evaluators April 11, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) April 11, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for April 20th in Oakland April 4, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory
March 2022 March 22, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) March 9, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Announces Return to In-Person Hearings on March 21st
February 2022 February 28, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice of 15 Day Public Comment Period for QME Electronic Service Regulation Section 36.7 February 17, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) February 16, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) February 14, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Reminder for Submission of Annual Report of Inventory for Claims Reported During Calendar Year 2021 February 10, 2022 - DWC Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers February 9, 2022 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Proposed Amendments to the Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations to Online Forum for Public Comment February 7, 2022 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Opens Registration for Annual Educational Conference
January 2022 January 11, 2022 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Return to Virtual Hearings January 3, 2022 - California WCAB’s Final Rules in Effect as of January 1
December 2021 December 30, 2021 - California DIR’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory December 21, 2021 - Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical-Legal Travel Expenses Increases Effective January 1, 2022 December 20, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing on January 21st 2022 for Proposed Evidence-Based Update to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule December 20, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking Action for Medical-Legal Evaluations in Response to COVID-19 December 16, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 14, 2021 - California’s Minimum Wage to Increase to $15 per Hour for Large Employers, $14 per Hour for Small Employers December 1, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services)
November 2021 November 30, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) November 23, 2021 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Order to Update Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) November 17, 2021 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Invites Comments on Ideas to Improve Workers’ Comp Quality of Care at November 30 Public Meeting November 4, 2021 - Division of Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for November 16th November 2, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Appointment to Ethics Advisory Committee
October 2021 October 29, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of December 17 Public Hearing for QME Electronic Service Regulation October 27, 2021 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes October 25, 2021 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2022 October 21, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces 2022 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Performance October 13, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts 2020 Audit Unit Annual Report and the Ranking Report October 11, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) October 11, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Launches Update to the Online Education Module for Qualified Medical Evaluators October 7, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for October 20th 2021 October 4, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Emergency Regulations for Medical-Legal Evaluations and Reporting in Response to COVID-19 in Effect through January 11, 2022
September 2021 September 28, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) September 27, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) September 23, 2021 - California DIR’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Withdraws Newsline Announcing 2022 Temporary Total Disability Rates September 23, 2021 - Sedgwick’s Latest Strategic Deal Expands Business Opportunities In Government Sector September 20, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) September 17, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory September 15, 2021 - California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) Examines COVID-19 Death Claims – Trends and Traits September 15, 2021 - Calif Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2022 Remain Unchanged September 14, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Ethics Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2020 September 13, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice to Re-Adopt Emergency Regulation for Medical-Legal Evaluations and Reporting During COVID-19 September 8, 2021 - Insurance Education Association (IEA) Announces Scholarship Opportunity For Disability Management Training September 4, 2021 - Veteran, senior workers’ compensation claims examiner, Christine Harris, of Roseville, California, dies at age 59 years. It happened over complications due to cancer. September 1, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Return of In-Person Hearings
August 2021 August 17, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing on September 17th for Proposed Low Back Disorders Evidence-Based Update to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule August 16, 2021 - No Criminal Charges To Be Pressed Against Southern California Edison For Causing The 2018 Woolsey Fire August 14, 2021 - California’s $23 Billion Debt For Unemployment Claims. Employers most likely will pay.
July 2021 July 23, 2021 - Workers’ Compensation Indemnity Claims Frequency Rose In The Year 2020 July 9, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Posts Revised Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) July 8, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for July 21st
June 2021 June 29, 2021 - 12 Billion Dollars In Losses For California Workers’ Compensation Insurers In 2020 According To WCIRB June 23, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Advises Eform Filers to Upgrade Windows OS to Continue to Use Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS)
April 2021 April 28, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Recorded Question and Answer Meetings from April 13th and April 20th Regarding Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Regulations April 21, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services to Adopt Updated Telehealth List and Monthly Update for Physician-Administered Drugs April 16, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Supplemental Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory April 14, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Moves Eureka Office Permanently Online April 13, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Durable Medical Equipment, Orthotics, Prosthetics, Supplies) to Adopt Revised Medicare File April 12, 2021 - Employers To Release First Quarter 2021 Financial Results After Market Close Thursday, April 22nd April 8, 2021 - Division of Workers’ Compensation Hosts Zoom Question and Answer Meetings on April 13 and April 20 Regarding Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Regulations April 8, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies) April 7, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory April 6, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Conference Call Public Hearing on May 14th for Proposed Evidence-Based Update to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule April 1, 2021 - Insurance Claims Arising Out of Grounding of Ever Given, Which Blocked the Suez Canal for Six Days, Will Run Into Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
March 2021 March 31, 2021 - Travelers Risk Index Reveals Dangerous Driving Behaviors Have Increased During Pandemic March 30, 2021 - California Office of Administrative Law Approves Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Regulations Effective April 1st 2021 March 27, 2021 - Supreme Court of Kentucky Reverses and Remands Nurse’s Workers’ Comp Cumulative Trauma Case March 23, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) March 18, 2021 - Statement of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on the Confirmation of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra March 11, 2021 - California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Finds Auto Insurance Companies Overcharged Drivers As Accidents Plummeted During The Pandemic March 10, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Emergency Regulations for Medical-Legal Evaluations and Reporting in Response to COVID-19 in Effect through October 12, 2021 March 10, 2021 - Experts Say Employers Should Address Workplace Pandemic Fatigue March 9, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Amendment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers) March 2, 2021 - Sedgwick Acquires Construction Services Company
February 2021 February 25, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Final Proposed Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Regulations, Files with Office of Administrative Law February 25, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Moves Long Beach Office to New Location February 24, 2021 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Ethics Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2019 February 18, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers February 17, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Reminder for Submission of Annual Report of Inventory for Claims Reported During Calendar Year 2020 February 15, 2021 - Kegel, Tobin & Truce Announces New Shareholders in Gabe Quintanilla and Meg Matasci February 10, 2021 - California Division of Worker’s Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services February 8, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Emergency Regulation to Re-Adopt Measures to Assist Medical-Legal Evaluations During COVID-19 February 5, 2021 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Opens Registration for 28th Annual Educational Conference February 4, 2021 - Insurance Education Association (IEA) Announces Launch of Newly Updated Curriculum in Disability and Absence Management. February 2, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Cancels February 18th 2021 Public Hearing for ACOEM Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guideline into Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule
January 2021 January 28, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory January 25, 2021 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Moves SIBTF Office to New Location January 21, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory January 21, 2021 - For Workers’ Compensation Claims Fraud Cases, Reporting From the Courts Goes on in Spite of COVID-19. New Live Streams Bring Proceedings to the Public as Courthouses Restrict Access. January 19, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Report on Independent Bill Review January 14, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Conference Call Public Hearing on February 18 for Proposed COVID-19 Evidence-Based Update to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule January 12, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination January 8, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for January 20th January 7, 2021 - California: Division of Workers’ Compensation and WCAB Continue to Expand Services at the District Offices January 4, 2021 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) January 1, 2021 - Happy New Year 2021. We'll see what comes...
December 2020 December 31, 2020 - California’s Minimum Wage Will Increase to $14.00 per Hour on January 1st 2021. December 31, 2020 - Commissioner Lara Releases Final ZIP Codes Protected from Non-Renewals for 2020 Wildfire December 31, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services) December 29, 2020 - From the California DWC, Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical Legal Travel Expenses Decreases Effective January 1, 2021 December 28, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Updated MTUS Drug List Effective February 1, 2021 December 22, 2020 - Save the Date for the 28th Annual Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Educational Conference December 17, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 11, 2020 - Calif DIR, Division of Workers’ Compensation Release Independent Medical Review Progress Report for 2019 December 10, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Advises of Delayed Processing Times During Regional Stay-at-Home Orders December 9, 2020 - AM Best Affirms Financial Strength Rating of A++ For Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Company (BHHC). Approximately 57% of BHHC’s direct writings in 2019 were derived from California. December 3, 2020 - Harold D. Anderson - 1950 to 2020. Claims executive veteran of Cambridge and Leonard Russo's TPAs believed to have suffered a stroke. He would have turned 70 December 28th.
November 2020 November 28, 2020 - IEA Comes Back To Life Under the Support and Leadership of Michael Sullivan November 26, 2020 - Thanksgiving 2020. Gratitude In The Face Of Hardship. November 19, 2020 - California Division of Workers Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule, Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers November 19, 2020 - California Workers’ Compensation Coronavirus Claim Count Now Exceeds 50,000 November 11, 2020 - Fewer Employees Injured In Auto Accidents Now In Age Of COVID-19 November 5, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts 2019 Audit Unit Annual Report and the Ranking Report November 2, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2021
October 2020 October 30, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes October 28, 2020 - California’s DIR Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing on December 14th for Proposed Regulations Revising the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule October 22, 2020 - New California Requirement Over COVID-19 Case Reporting To Workers’ Comp Insurers Has Employers Busy October 14, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) October 13, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Emergency Regulations for Medical-Legal Reporting in Response to COVID-19 are in Effect through March 12, 2021 October 12, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) October 9, 2020 - Sedgwick Now Names John Stanzi President of Casualty Operations for the Americas October 5, 2020 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for October 21st October 2, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) October 2, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) October 2, 2020 - New Appointments Made By California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara October 1, 2020 - Jim Ryan Appointed To Newly Created Position Of COO For The Americas At Sedgwick
September 2020 September 28, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Proposed Amendments to the Copy Service Fee Schedule to Online Forum for Public Comment September 24, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Order to Update Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) September 22, 2020 - Investigators Work For Employers To Identify Source Of COVID19 Infections September 20, 2020 - California EDD Puts Pause On New Unemployment Claims For Next Two Weeks September 9, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation and WCAB Continue to Expand Hearing Options at the District Offices September 8, 2020 - Sedgwick Just Keeps Growing. The now global behemoth has just acquired Nationwide Appraisals. September 1, 2020 - Travelers Redesigns Constitution State Services, Its TPA
August 2020 August 24, 2020 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Order to Update Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) August 17, 2020 - Dave North Transitions to Executive Chairman of The Board at Sedgwick. Mike Arbour Appointed CEO and Bob Peterson Promoted to President. August 12, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation and WCAB Continue to Expand Hearing Options at the District Offices August 11, 2020 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination in October 2020 August 10, 2020 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Issues Notice of Conference Call Public Hearing for Proposed Evidence-Based Update to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) August 5, 2020 - Insight Service Group (ISG) Announces the Acquisition of iUnlimited Inc. August 3, 2020 - Mitchell-Genex Acquires Coventry Workers’ Comp Services
July 2020 July 29, 2020 - A Tough Year For Workers Compensation July 21, 2020 - Webinar Series Offering Solutions to Current Business and Consumer Challenges To Be Given By Travelers Institute July 16, 2020 - Steven Harris, Co-President Of The Stockwell Firm, Dies After Complications From Surgery. He Would Have Turned 80 Years Old On August 14th. July 16, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Appointment to Ethics Advisory Committee July 15, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Cancels July 22nd Quarterly Meeting July 9, 2020 - Insurance Man Goes Berserk After Being Asked To Wear A Mask July 9, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) July 2, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) July 2, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) July 1, 2020 - California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara launches “Invest in Our Diverse Communities” Initiative to increase insurance investment in socially responsible projects; announces major appointments to COIN Advisory Board
June 2020 June 30, 2020 - California’s Department of Insurance updates auto premium comparisons with gender-neutral rates. Follows the elimination of gender as a rating factor in 2019. June 25, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Proposed Amendments to Medical-Legal Fee Schedule to Online Forum for Public Comment June 24, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 22, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Conference Call Public Hearing for Proposed Evidence-Based Updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule June 19, 2020 - Storied Insurance Learning Institute Closes Its Door After 140 Year Run June 16, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Draft Revisions to the Pharmaceutical Fee Schedule on the DWC Forum and Invites Submission of Public Comments through July 3, 2020 June 10, 2020 - Attorney James McAdam’s Death Leaves Maritime Claims Community Saddened June 8, 2020 - The Travelers Pledges One Million Dollars to Support Racial Justice Efforts and Minnesota Communities. Funds will go toward organizations advancing equality and rebuilding damaged businesses. June 3, 2020 - California Governor’s Order Creates The Presumption That Employees Got The COVID-19 Virus At Work June 1, 2020 - Albert and Mackenzie Is Proud To Announce Mohamed Chahine Has Been Named Its Newest Partner, Effective June 1, 2020
May 2020 May 31, 2020 - Detective Israel Garcia Honored By U.S. Attorney In Third Annual 'Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice' Awards May 28, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) May 27, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory (Additional COVID-19 Codes/Fees Added) May 27, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts ACOEM’s Coronavirus COVID-19 Guideline on MTUS May 21, 2020 - Furloughs and Lay-Offs Strike Claims Professionals as Claims Volumes Decrease May 19, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Emergency Rulemaking Regulations for Medical-Legal Reporting in Response to COVID-19 are in Effect May 12, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Including Expansion of Telehealth to Address COVID-19 Emergency (Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services) May 11, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Update on Proposed Emergency QME Regulations: Comments Accepted through Tuesday, May 12 May 6, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) to Adopt Medicare Fee Schedule Increase Required by the CARES Act May 6, 2020 - Telemedicine Reaching For Normal In Workers’ Compensation Patient Treatment.
April 2020 April 28, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation and WCAB Expand Hearing Schedule at the District Offices April 28, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Will Reschedule Canceled QME Examination in October April 24, 2020 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking Action for Medical-Legal Reporting in Response to COVID-19 April 23, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes April 23, 2020 - California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) and Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Allow for Limited Email Filing Options April 15, 2020 - California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Orders Insurance Companies To Refund Insurance Premiums In Face Of COVID-19 Emergency. April 13, 2020 - California's Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule to Encourage Provision of Telehealth Services for Workers’ Compensation Medical Treatment April 8, 2020 - Strange Days. How Being Labeled Indispensable Could Kill The Staff. April 7, 2020 - William J. Saake, Renowned Zenith Insurance Claims Executive, Dies At Age 88. Saake was a powerful figure in claims from the late 1970s until his retirement in 2007. April 6, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Cancels Quarterly Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for April 22nd 2020 April 3, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation and WCAB Announce Updated Hearing and Filing Procedures April 2, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) April 2, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS)
March 2020 March 31, 2020 - My Red Mask. My girlhood skills are saving me now. March 28, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Emergency Measures for Medical-Legal Evaluations during Governor Newsom’s Stay-at-home Order March 27, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) and Adopts COVID-19 Testing Codes March 27, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Postpones Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) Public Hearing Scheduled for March 30th 2020 March 24, 2020 - All California DWC Offices Open Except for Eureka, with Bakersfield Scheduled to Reopen on March 26th 2020 March 23, 2020 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) March 19, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Provides Guidance on Medical Evaluations During State of Emergency Period March 19, 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Upends the Claims Staff, Compensability Decisions March 18, 2020 - Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Issues En Banc Order Regarding Rules, Office Closure During COVID-19 Emergency March 17, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Temporarily Closing San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco Offices March 16, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation and WCAB Announce Modified Hearing Calendar & Filing Update In Response To Coronavirus March 12, 2020 - OSHA Gives Guidance To Employers Regarding Coronavirus. Broadway Is Dark. Disneyland Will Close. March 5, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services to Implement Medicare Correction to the Correct Coding Initiative Files March 3, 2020 - Insurance Claims Should Drop From Panic Alone Across Most Types Due To Corona Virus
February 2020 February 27, 2020 - Employee At Miller Brewery In Wisconsin Kills Five Employees Then Takes Own Life. February 25, 2020 - Alan Jay Wax, California applicants' attorney, dies at age 60 after battle with cancer. Memorial service set for February 29th in Santa Clarita. February 24, 2020 - Contra Costa undercover sting brings felony insurance fraud charges in auto body repair shops bust February 20, 2020 - A Warm Fire But No Sense Of Tomorrow On Workers’ Compensation Or Even Double Minimum Wage In Northern Baja. February 12, 2020 - Firefighter In Florida Wins $40,000 Settlement For His Claim Of Discrimination And Retaliation February 11, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services to Implement Second Medicare Correction to the Annual Update February 10, 2020 - George Hills Co., Inc. Acquires Risk Management Services, Inc. February 5, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers
January 2020 January 30, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) January 27, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination on April 18th 2020 January 23, 2020 - Court rules in favor of National Ink & Stitch in case of ransomware attack January 17, 2020 - Tristar Insurance Group Acquires Aspen Risk Management. Now Tristar Says It's Back In The Loss Control And Safety Field. January 16, 2020 - iUnlimited Investigations, Inc. Announces iForward Scholarship Fund Initiative January 9, 2020 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for January 22, 2020 in Oakland January 2, 2020 - Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical-Legal Travel Expenses Decreases Effective January 1, 2020 January 2, 2020 - California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s Final Rules in Effect as of January 1st 2020
December 2019 December 31, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services) December 19, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 18, 2019 - Department of Industrial Relations Reports Increase in 2018 Fatal Workplace Injuries December 17, 2019 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Updated MTUS Drug List Effective January 15, 2020 December 12, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services December 6, 2019 - California Department of Insurance Arrests Suspects In San Diego Organized Auto Fraud Ring In $500,000 Operation Dealer’s Choice
November 2019 November 29, 2019 - Former NFL Tight End Kellen Winslow Sr. Files Workers' Compensation Claim Claiming Brain Injury November 23, 2019 - Darrell Brown, Sedgwick So Cal Claims Executive, Dies At Age 52. His Memorial To Be Held on November 30th 2019 In Inglewood, California November 23, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces 2020 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Performance November 21, 2019 - Elizabeth Molina Zimmerman, Corvel Claims Adjuster, Dies At Age 55 November 20, 2019 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Opens Registration for 27th Annual Educational Conference November 19, 2019 - Independent Medical Report Details Steady Activity and Outcomes November 16, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Reminder for Submission of Annual Report of Inventory for Claims Reported During Calendar Year 2019 November 15, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Invites Physicians to Apply to Fill a Vacancy on the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee November 15, 2019 - California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Approves Ninth Reduction To Workers' Compensation Average Advisory Pure Premium Rates Since 2015 November 12, 2019 - Workers' Compensation Opioid Use Drops $6.5 Billion In California November 6, 2019 - In Memorium: Workers’ Compensation Claims Supervisor Jack Oliver November 5, 2019 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Anaheim Office Has New Address November 3, 2019 - Liberty Mutual Wins On Appeal And Gets UPS Driver's Bad Faith Claim Overturned
October 2019 October 30, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Corrections October 23, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) October 21, 2019 - Applied Underwriters-California Insurance Company Sale Denied Approval By CA Department Of Insurance October 17, 2019 - Berkshire Hathaway Sells Applied Underwriters October 9, 2019 - Albert & Mackenzie Announces Acquisition of AM Lien Solutions, Formerly Known as Healthcare Resource Group (HCRG –Lien Division) October 8, 2019 - Albert and Mackenzie Takes Great Pleasure in Announcing the Opening of Two New Offices in California! October 4, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) October 4, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) October 4, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) October 4, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) October 2, 2019 - $41 Million Payment From Mercury Insurance Company Ends An Over 20 Year Legal Battle With California’s Department of Insurance
September 2019 September 24, 2019 - Travelers Introduces Catastrophe Map Viewer to Expedite Claim Process After Disasters September 23, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) September 12, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2020 September 6, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes September 5, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Order Adopting Updates to Medical Treatment Guidelines September 4, 2019 - Ben Sample Arrest And Conviction
August 2019 August 19, 2019 - APEX Investigation (SC) Announces Michael A. Gomez as Executive Vice President of Business Development and General Partner August 7, 2019 - Memorial Services For Radcliffe T. Alvarez Set For Friday, August 9, 2019
July 2019 July 31, 2019 - North Korea Tied to CorVel’s Ransomware Attack July 27, 2019 - CorVel A Victim Of Ransomware Attack July 25, 2019 - Computer Virus Hits Network Server At CorVel In California. System Was Shut Down All This Week Until Today. July 24, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing for Proposed Evidence-Based Updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule July 21, 2019 - Cliff Alvarez Of Hazelrigg Claims Management Dies From A Heat Stroke. July 18, 2019 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Order Adopting Updates to Medical Treatment Guidelines July 16, 2019 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination on October 19th 2019 July 11, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for July 24th in Oakland July 11, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Posts Updated MTUS Drug List Effective August 1, 2019 July 8, 2019 - California Department of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) July 8, 2019 - California Division of Worker’s Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) July 8, 2019 - Sedgwick To Purchase York RSG July 6, 2019 - Two Earthquakes Hit Southern California One Day After The Other--The First One A Bang On The Fourth Of July
June 2019 June 30, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) June 19, 2019 - California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Posts Proposed Updated Rules of Practice and Procedure for Public Comment June 18, 2019 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation to Revise Independent Medical Reviews (IMR), Independent Bill Reviews (IBR) Requests for Proposal June 13, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 6, 2019 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Requests for Proposal for IMR, IBR
May 2019 May 23, 2019 - Yrulegui & Roberts Opens Office In Sacramento. Expansion Allows Firm to Continue Growth in Northern California. May 15, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Validation of Uniform Assigned Name Required When Filing Documents in EAMS May 6, 2019 - Pasadena Insurance Broker Allegedly Commits Identity Theft For Unearned Commissions
April 2019 April 30, 2019 - Allstate Files New RICO Lawsuit In Eastern District Of Michigan April 29, 2019 - State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company Files Law Suit Against Doctor, Pain Clinic, And Clinic Owners In Federal Court In Texas April 21, 2019 - Travelers Named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality
March 2019 March 27, 2019 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) March 26, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) March 20, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) March 13, 2019 - Frank Brass, Retired California WCAB Commissioner, Dies on March 11th 2019. Katherine Zalewski Makes A Statement.
February 2019 February 5, 2019 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Free Online Access to Evidence-Based Treatment Guidelines for Medical Providers
January 2019 January 23, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts 2018 Audit Unit Annual Report and the Ranking Report January 17, 2019 - California's Division of Workers’ Compensation Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination on April 13th January 16, 2019 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory January 15, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers January 14, 2019 - PG&E Announces It Will File For Bankruptcy. Ricardo Lara, California Insurance Commissioner, Expects Insurers To Continue Paying Fire Victim Claimants Fairly And Timely January 14, 2019 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing for Proposed Evidence-Based Updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule January 10, 2019 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Updated MTUS Drug List Effective February 15th 2019 January 10, 2019 - California’s Division of Worker’s Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for January 23rd in Oakland January 10, 2019 - AmTrust Moves Forward With Private Ownership, Executive Changes, And Refocus On Becoming A Leading Specialty Commercial Insurer. January 4, 2019 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Update to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services January 3, 2019 - Amusement Parks Should Use Voice Recordings In Multiple Languages To Issue Warnings For Intense And High Adrenaline Rides
December 2018 December 31, 2018 - Dave Jones' Death Master File Investigation Leads To $10 Billion Paid To Beneficiaries December 26, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 20, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) December 20, 2018 - California Department of Insurance Detectives Escort Adjusters and Survivors into Paradise December 19, 2018 - California Insurance Commissioner Imposes $4.3 million penalty on American Labor Alliance and CompOne USA December 18, 2018 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces New Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical-Legal Travel Expenses. Increases Effective January 1, 2019. December 13, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Draft Physician Reporting and Utilization Review Regulatory Amendments to Online Forum for Public Comment December 13, 2018 - Workers’ Compensation Premiums Are Falling In California, According To WCIRB Report December 12, 2018 - State of California Office of Self-Insurance Plans Posts Proposed Regulations and Public Meeting Announcement December 12, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services) December 10, 2018 - Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule for Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services
November 2018 November 28, 2018 - Dave Jones Offers Genuine Support To Sufferers Of Wildfire Losses In California November 19, 2018 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Announces 2019 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Performance November 15, 2018 - California DIR’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Moves Eureka Office to New Location
October 2018 October 30, 2018 - The Travelers Partners With Gilbane and Triax Technologies to Test Benefits of Wearables for Construction Industry October 18, 2018 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes October 15, 2018 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Proposed Revisions to WCIS Implementation Guide for First and Subsequent Reports of Injury October 15, 2018 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts 2017 Audit Unit Annual Report and the Ranking Report October 1, 2018 - California's Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Order Adopting Updates to Medical Treatment Guidelines
September 2018 September 27, 2018 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Proposed Amendments to Pharmaceutical Fee Schedule to Online Forum for Public Comment September 19, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) September 13, 2018 - First Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting Scheduled for September 26th 2018 in Oakland, California September 8, 2018 - California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Post Progress Report on Department’s Independent Medical Review (IMR) Program. September 6, 2018 - California DIR’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Updated MTUS Drug List Effective October 1st
August 2018 August 30, 2018 - Dave Jones, Insurance Commissioner, Announces New Workers' Compensation Program For California's Cannabis Industry August 29, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Ethics Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2017
July 2018 July 31, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Revised July 1, 2018 Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) July 27, 2018 - Eleven More Medical Providers Suspended By California Division Of Workers’ Compensation For Fraud Or Loss Of License July 25, 2018 - Zachary Sacks Named 2018 Southern California Lawyer Of The Year By Best Lawyers® July 23, 2018 - Jonathan Hall, LAPD Officer Convicted Of Perjury By A Los Angeles Jury, Tells LA Times He’s Talking About His Workers’ Compensation Fraud Now Because He Has Nothing More To Lose. July 18, 2018 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Responds to Public Inquiries Regarding Acupuncture and July 1st Physician Fee Schedule Update July 17, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Updated Subpoena Forms on Website July 13, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Formation of Pharmacy and Therapeutics Advisory Committee July 10, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) July 6, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) July 2, 2018 - California Insurance Commissioner Orders Workers' Comp Insurers To Report Federal Income Tax Savings
June 2018 June 28, 2018 - Nationwide Healthcare Fraud Takedown Results In Charges Against 601 Individuals, More Than $2 Billion in Losses. 16 Cases Filed by Prosecutors in Los Angeles. Seven Charged in San Diego. June 28, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) June 27, 2018 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 26, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2019 June 21, 2018 - Former Orange County Life Insurance Agent, Brian Jared Smart, Sentenced To 15 Years For Elder Financial Abuse June 20, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) June 17, 2018 - Former Cambridge Employees Reunite at Restaurant in Pasadena June 16, 2018 - Erwin Mejia, Former Material Damage Appraiser, Sentenced To 10 Years In State Prison For His Role In Staged Collision Ring June 13, 2018 - Gary Royce Wisner, M.D. Indicted In San Joaquin County For $700,000 In Workers' Compensation Fraud
May 2018 May 29, 2018 - While Workers' Compensation Costs Decline, Dave Jones Expresses Concern Employers Are Not Seeing Equivalent Premium Savings May 23, 2018 - Ronald Grusd, Beverly Hills Radiologist, Suspended From California Workers' Compensation System May 4, 2018 - California Department of Insurance Grounds Electrician
April 2018 April 30, 2018 - California DIR's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) April 24, 2018 - California Department of Industrial Relations Posts List of Public Documents Used to Flag Lien Claimants April 18, 2018 - California’s Department of Insurance Receives Honor As Model For Diversity And Gender Equality April 16, 2018 - Sedgwick Completes Acquisition of Cunningham Lindsey April 13, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule. (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) April 12, 2018 - Betty Johnson, A Retired, Veteran Workers' Compensation Claims Professional Of The Los Angeles Area, Dies On April 3rd After An Illness April 11, 2018 - Former San Diego Sheriff's Deputy Gets Probation And Work Furlough For Work Comp Fraud April 9, 2018 - Katrina Woolverton Sings For Friends And Family At Vitello's In Studio City. The Former Defense Attorney Displays A Vocal Range And A Medley Of Songs On Par With The Best Of Singers. April 2, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Proposed Interpreter Fee Schedule Regulations to Online Forum for Public Comment April 2, 2018 - Montecito Mudslide Insurance Claims Top $421 Million April 2, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Suspends Eight Medical Providers for Fraud or Loss of License April 1, 2018 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers)
March 2018 March 28, 2018 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) March 26, 2018 - California’s Department of Industrial Relations Issues Progress Report on Anti-Fraud Activity in the Workers’ Compensation System March 23, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments To Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) March 22, 2018 - Applicants’ Attorney Jon Woods Held To Answer To The Charges For Workers’ Compensation Fraud After Preliminary Hearing In Orange County Superior Court. March 14, 2018 - California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Correction to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers) March 8, 2018 - California Department of Workers’ Compensation Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers March 6, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services) March 5, 2018 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Suspends 10 More Medical Providers, Bringing The Total To 207
February 2018 February 27, 2018 - Plane Crash Takes Life Of Dr. John Serocki , Workers’ Compensation Orthopedic Surgeon February 26, 2018 - Roger Sohn, M.D., Los Angeles Area Orthopedist And AME, Dies Suddenly At Age 66 February 13, 2018 - California's Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments / Ambulatory Surgical Centers February 9, 2018 - Los Angeles area couple, Clement Chichester and Brittney Sias, insurance agents, arrested by Department of Insurance February 8, 2018 - Florida's SB 1568 Hopes To Keep Injured Workers Protected By Workers' Compensation Regardless Of Immigration Status February 5, 2018 - Travelers Institute to Address Distracted Driving, Cybersecurity and Small Business Challenges in 2018 February 1, 2018 - AB 479, Relating To Work Place Causation Of Breast Cancer Resulting In Permanent Disability, Passes California Assembly Unanimously
January 2018 January 29, 2018 - California Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones, issues formal notice to insurers regarding mudslide coverage for homeowners. January 25, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Suspends 11 Medical Providers for Fraud, Conspiracy or Loss of License January 22, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Upcoming Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination on April 28th 2018 January 17, 2018 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Invites Physicians and Pharmacists to Apply for Appointment to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee January 15, 2018 - Mark Montgomery, M.D., A Hand Surgeon Who Operated On Workers' Compensation Patients, Dies In The Montecito Mudslide January 11, 2018 - California Department of Workers' Compensation Suspends Seven Medical Providers for Fraud or Loss of License January 10, 2018 - AmTrust Announces Plan To Go Private. Stocks Rise 25% By Yesterday, Wednesday. January 7, 2018 - AB 206, Championing Day Laborers And Illegal Immigrant Workers For Workers' Comp Benefits, Reintroduced To California Assembly With Stricken And Added Language January 5, 2018 - Frederick Donald Rollins, Former Licensed Insurance Agent, Sentenced In Riverside, California For Stealing $100,000 In Premiums And Investment Funds January 2, 2018 - Happy New Year 2018. 2017 Closes Out With 28 Final Medical Providers Suspended By California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation For Fraud or Loss of License
December 2017 December 31, 2017 - Work Comp Applicants’ Attorney, John A. Mendoza, Shoots His Boss To Death, Injures Another Partner, Then Kills Himself At Holiday Party. December 29, 2017 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) December 28, 2017 - Dr. Mark Greenspan, Workers' Compensation Orthopedic Surgeon, is killed by anesthesiologist. Murder charges filed in Los Angeles. December 23, 2017 - California's Department of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 22, 2017 - Dave Jones Asks Insurers To Serve Wildfire Victims By Providing Relief From Detailed Home Inventories December 21, 2017 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Suspends 16 More Medical Providers Bringing The 2017 Total Suspensions To 131 December 18, 2017 - Ronald Grusd, M.D., Beverly Hills Radiologist, Convicted By Federal Jury For Fraud And Bribery December 18, 2017 - California's Mileage Rate for Workers' Compensation Medical and Medical-Legal Travel Expenses Increases Effective January 1, 2018 December 15, 2017 - Shaddi Kamiabipour Honored As 'Prosecutor Of The Year' By Coalition Against Insurance Fraud December 13, 2017 - George Parisotto, California's Department of Workers' Compensation Administrative Director, Announces 2018 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Performance December 11, 2017 - Dave Jones Takes Action In The Face Of Illegal Auto Policy Moratoriums In Southland Wildfire Areas December 7, 2017 - California's Department of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Announces Final Approval to Adopt a Drug Formulary for the Medical Treatment of Injured Workers December 7, 2017 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Approves Carve-out Agreement Covering the Los Angeles Police Protective League and the City of Los Angeles December 7, 2017 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services) December 6, 2017 - Sedgwick Buys Cunningham Lindsey And Takes Over The Workers’ Compensation Claims Administration Of Macy’s In California December 4, 2017 - Gary M. Lee, AdminSure’s Owner, Dies December 4, 2017 - California Department of Workers’ Compensation Suspends 21 Medical Providers: 18 For Fraud And Three For Physical and/or Mental Conditions Requiring Surrender Of Medical Licenses December 3, 2017 - Driverless Auto Manufacturers Won't Get A Law Limiting Their Liability For Maintenance Oversights
November 2017 November 28, 2017 - Federal Judge Rules State Compensation Insurance Fund Does Not Have To Defend Porn Studio, Cybernet-Kink.com, Against Intentional Tort Law Suits From Porn Actors November 27, 2017 - Berkley One Starts In Illinois With Its Personal Insurance November 22, 2017 - Nine More Medical Providers Suspended From Work Comp System In California. Total Number Has Reached 94 For 2017. November 21, 2017 - Dr. Brent Pratley, Workers' Compensation Orthopedic Surgeon, Died On November 10th 2017 After A Long Illness November 20, 2017 - Del Real Father And Son Plead Guilty To Four Felony Counts Of Workers’ Compensation Fraud In Salinas, California November 16, 2017 - Norma Reyna Garner Released Of All Charges In Landmark Medical Case In Orange County November 14, 2017 - California's Division of Workers’ Compensation Suspends Paul Randall and 11 Other Medical Providers November 13, 2017 - California Department of Insurance finds $11 Million For Life Insurance Beneficiaries November 7, 2017 - California DWC Suspends Christopher King, Marisa Schermbeck Nelson And 19 More From Participating As Providers In The Workers’ Compensation System. Total Number Of Suspended Providers For 2017 Is Now 73.
October 2017 October 26, 2017 - California DWC Suspends Medical Providers Byong Chun “David” Min, Sujan Thyagaraj, and Rhonda Singleton for Fraud October 24, 2017 - California Wildfire Claims Crush Claims Departments In Midst Of Nationwide Natural Disaster Claims. Most Are Homeowners And Automobile Policy Claims. October 19, 2017 - George Parisotto Appointed Administrative Director of California Division of Workers’ Compensation October 16, 2017 - Burbank Medical Provider Knarik Vardumyan’s Scheme to Defraud Medicare Results in Sentence to 37 Months in Federal Prison October 12, 2017 - Two San Diego and One Tustin Area Medical Providers Are Suspended For Fraud By California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). October 10, 2017 - They Claimed She Was Driving, But It Was Allegedly He Behind The Wheel. Now A Bakersfield Couple Is Being Prosecuted. October 6, 2017 - Abraham Khorshad and Seven Other Medical Providers Suspended For Fraud By California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation October 2, 2017 - Paul Randall, Infamous Michael Drobot--Pacific Hospital Marketer, Arrested Last Monday For Violating Terms Of His Plea Deal
September 2017 September 28, 2017 - Who’s Paying For These High Powered Lawyers? Dr. Uwaydah Is, That’s Who. And The Court Needs To Stop Him. September 27, 2017 - California DWC Posts Adjustments To Official Medical Fee Schedule September 24, 2017 - Justicia Legal Case Now Steeped In Discovery In Orange County September 21, 2017 - Jeffrey Campau And Landon Mirallegro Amongst Six Medical Providers Just Suspended For Fraud By California's Division Of Workers' Compensation September 19, 2017 - California Department of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/ Ambulatory Surgical Centers) September 17, 2017 - Who's Paying For These High Powered Lawyers? Prosecution Gives Court Heads Up About Conflict Of Interest In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case In Downtown L.A. September 12, 2017 - California Department of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments To Official Medical Fee Schedule September 10, 2017 - Prosecution Files Petition For Court Inquiry Into Conflicts Of Interest Of Defense Counsel In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case September 7, 2017 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Issues Revised MTUS Drug Formulary Regulations for Second 15-Day Comment Period September 5, 2017 - United Kingdom Based Charles Taylor Purchases Metro Risk Management In Southern California
August 2017 August 30, 2017 - California DIR’s Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Database of Dismissed Liens August 29, 2017 - Katherine Zalewski Designated Chair of California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board August 23, 2017 - Fairfax And Mitsui Sumitomo Enter Into Strategic Alliance August 20, 2017 - Florida Turns Workers Using Fake Social Security Numbers Into Fraudulent Workers' Compensation Claimants August 16, 2017 - California DIR’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Suspends Five More Medical Providers for Fraud August 15, 2017 - Michael Charles Young, King Pin of Sacramento Auto Insurance Fraud Ring, Sentenced To Ten Plus Years In State Prison. DOI Investigators Reach Out To Locate Three At Large Suspects August 14, 2017 - Tomorrow, August 15th 2017, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation Will Dismiss More Than 292,000 Unresolved Liens August 8, 2017 - California Department of Industrial Relations and Division of Workers’ Compensation Suspend Fermin Iglesias, Steven Rigler for Fraud August 2, 2017 - Travelers CEO Alan D. Schnitzer Elected Chairman of Board of Directors. John H. Dasburg to serve as independent Lead Director; Clarence Otis, Jr. joins Board.
July 2017 July 27, 2017 - Christopher King Cops A Plea With The Orange County DA And Turns Against His Wife. The Former Beverly Hills Power Couple Are Embroiled In A Contentious Divorce And Sad Child Custody Battle In Midst Of Charges Of Egregious Workers' Compensation Fraud. July 25, 2017 - Ryan Natividad, Former Costa Mesa Police Officer, Sentenced To Six Months In Jail For Workers' Compensation Fraud July 21, 2017 - Tom Fallon, Long Beach Insurance Agent, And Daughter Christina, Charged By LADA For Allegedly Embezzling Injured Workers' Medicare Set-Aside Money July 18, 2017 - California DWC Issues Revised Drug Formulary Regulations for 15-day Comment Period July 18, 2017 - California DWC Reports More Than 441,000 Lien Declarations Filed July 17, 2017 - California Insurance Commissioner Reacts To Near-Miss Of A Crash On Return Flight From Toronto. Dave Jones Says The Event Has Inspired Him To Spend A Night Updating His Will. July 13, 2017 - California’s Workers’ Compensation System 2012 Senate Bill 863 Created Independent Medical Review Shows Progress July 10, 2017 - Insurer Of Grenfell Tower Doubles Reserves July 5, 2017 - CA Department of Worker's Compensation (DWC) Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination on October 21, 2017; DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) July 4, 2017 - Aifeng Su, Los Altos Acupuncturist, Charged With Insurance Fraud
June 2017 June 30, 2017 - Richard Scheinberg, M.D., Santa Barbara Based Orthopedic Surgeon, Under Investigation By Santa Barbara District Attorney June 29, 2017 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/ Ambulatory Surgical Centers) June 28, 2017 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts RAND Report on Recommendations for Fraud Prevention in the Workers’ Compensation System June 26, 2017 - Deadline for California Workers' Compensation Lien Claimants to File Labor Code Section 4903.05(c) Declaration Approaching Fast June 23, 2017 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Ethics Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2016 June 21, 2017 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2018 June 20, 2017 - Obit: Defense Attorney Mike Laughlin, 78, Died Saturday, June 17th 2017. He Was A Founding Partner Of Laughlin, Falbo, Levi & Moresi, Launching The Firm In 1985. Memorial Services Begin Thursday, June 22nd. June 15, 2017 - State Fund Says To Federal Court It's Not Required To Defend Its Work Comp Insured Porn Company In Civil Law Suit June 8, 2017 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 7, 2017 - California Department of Industrial Relations and Division of Workers’ Compensation Suspend Pasadena Psychiatrist for Fraud June 2, 2017 - Owner Of California Statewide Janitorial Business, Gina Marie Gregori, Arrested For 32 Million Dollar Workers' Compensation Premium Fraud June 1, 2017 - California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Calls Trump’s Decision To Withdraw From Paris Climate Agreement “Irresponsible”
May 2017 May 29, 2017 - London Based Insurer, Aviva, Of United Kingdom States £230,000 In Bogus Insurance Claims Made Every Day May 23, 2017 - Dave Jones Advises California Workers’ Compensation Insurers To Reduce Rates By 16.5 Percent May 18, 2017 - California DIR and Division of Workers’ Compensation Suspend Michael R. Drobot, Steven Howser for Fraud May 16, 2017 - Kenneth B. Schnoll Appointed General Counsel For The California Department Of Insurance May 9, 2017 - CA DIR and Division of Workers’ Compensation Suspend Sobol, Heric and Two Other Medical Providers May 7, 2017 - Aspen Medical Resources Defendants Jeffrey Campau, Landen Mirallegro, and Abraham Khorshad All Plead Guilty To Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud In Orange County Superior Court. Remaining WCAB liens, valued at $139,752,925.77, to be dismissed. May 2, 2017 - California Dept of Workers' Compensation Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers May 2, 2017 - Mike Madigan, Veteran Workers' Compensation Investigator, Dies In Accident On Ortega Highway. He Was 69 Years Old.
April 2017 April 24, 2017 - Fraudulent Food Poisoning Claims By Wayward Brits Hurting Spanish Hoteliers April 21, 2017 - Deputy District Attorney Shaddi Kamiabipour Takes On A New Workers' Compensation Fraud Case In Orange County. Tanya And Christopher King, With Three Medical Companies, Allegedly Billed Workers' Comp Payers Over $40 Million Fraudulently And Illegally. April 19, 2017 - Ohio Hit Hardest By Opioid Dependence Insurance Claims April 16, 2017 - Whistleblower Surfaces As AmTrust Denies Federal Investigation April 11, 2017 - The Nation Together With California Takes On The Opioid Addiction Problem With Injured Workers. April 5, 2017 - Christine Baker, Director of California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), comments on WCIRB Rate Cut Recommendation April 4, 2017 - New Mexico Governor Signs Senate Bill 155 Which Sets Limitations On Workers’ Compensation Benefits April 3, 2017 - California Office of Administrative Law Approves Division of Workers' Compensation's Final WCIS Medical Billing, FROI/SROI Reporting Regulations
March 2017 March 31, 2017 - Two Sisters, Sung Hyug Kim and Caroline Sung Choi, Designer Jeans Manufacturing Executives, And Their Accountant, Are Sentenced For Workers' Compensation Fraud In Downtown LA Court March 19, 2017 - San Diego Owner Of Janitorial Company Servicing Hotels Pleads Guilty To Workers' Compensation And Employee Tax Fraud. Stipulates To Eight-Year Prison Sentence March 17, 2017 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Issues Notice of Public Hearing for Drug Formulary Regulations March 9, 2017 - Keenan & Associates Purchased By AssuredPartners Inc. March 5, 2017 - SB 863 Generates Success For The California Workers’ Compensation System To The Tune Of $1.3 Billion In Savings. CWCI President, Alex Swedlow, Speaks Of It In Boston. March 2, 2017 - California DWC Posts Correction to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers)
February 2017 February 28, 2017 - New and Amended Lien Filing Rules Filed With Secretary of State, Important for Lien Claimants Who Filed Before January 1, 2017 February 27, 2017 - Calif Dept of Workers' Compensation Posts Draft Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) Regulatory Amendments to Online Forum for Public Comment February 24, 2017 - Illinois Legislature Hearing Measure Spearheaded By Chicago Bears Over Former Players' Ability To Tap Workers Compensation After Career-Ending Injuries. Bears seek to cap certain payments to athletes at no older than 35 or five years after their injury. February 16, 2017 - California Department of Industrial Relations and Division of Workers’ Compensation Suspend Seven Providers for Fraud. Liens associated with the suspended providers total $59 million. February 15, 2017 - California Steps Up Workers’ Compensation Premium Fraud Effort February 8, 2017 - Federal Court Blocks Anthem-Cigna Health Insurer Merger Citing Anti-Trust February 8, 2017 - California DWC Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Services) February 2, 2017 - San Diego District Attorney and California Insurance Commissioner Bust Auto Insurance Fraud Ring in San Diego. Nine Defendants Bilked Auto Insurers Out Of $125,000 February 2, 2017 - California DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS)
January 2017 January 31, 2017 - California DWC Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Upcoming Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination on April 29 January 26, 2017 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) January 24, 2017 - California Supreme Court Rules Insurance Commissioner's 2011 Regulation Covering Replacement Cost Estimates For Homeowners Insurance Supported By Statuatory Authority January 20, 2017 - California Department of Industrial Relations Stays 200,000 Liens In The Workers' Compensation System January 17, 2017 - Uber Continues To Be Challenged With Workers' Compensation Issue In Confrontation Of Independent Contractor Status Of Drivers. A Case In New York Will Be Heard Again In February. January 13, 2017 - William Zachry Appointed Senior Fellow To Sedgwick Institute January 9, 2017 - Workers' Compensation Claims Institute Finds Lower Claims Costs In San Francisco Bay Area January 3, 2017 - California's Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) and Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) Amend, Add Forms for Lien Filings to Comply with Recent Legislation January 2, 2017 - Moving Into 2017, Insurance Carrier Giant, MetLife, To Abandon Dog For A New, Clean, Modern Aesthetic
December 2016 December 30, 2016 - Defense Firm Pearlman, Borska & Wax Opens Seventh Office in Northern California December 28, 2016 - California Department of Industrial Relations Releases 2016 Legislative Digest with Overview of New Laws December 24, 2016 - Former Insurance Producer, Jaime Caballero, Jr., Faces Felony Charge From Los Angeles DA For Stealing From Elderly Woman December 23, 2016 - The Travelers Named A Best Place To Work For LGBT Equality December 21, 2016 - Patrico, Hermanson & Guzman Welcome Christopher Herritt as Managing Attorney of Santa Ana Office December 19, 2016 - Judge Enforces California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' Order; State Farm Must Reduce Rates December 16, 2016 - California Department of Industrial Relations Reports 2015 Fatal Occupational Injuries December 16, 2016 - California Department of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Files Amendment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Section with Secretary of State December 16, 2016 - CA DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 14, 2016 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Issues Notice Of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking Action December 12, 2016 - Heywood G. Friedman Celebrates 30 Years As Attorney December 11, 2016 - Judge Denies State Farm's Attempt To Stop Regulator's Order To Reduce Rates December 7, 2016 - Orange County DA Going For Prison Time For Aspen And Regional Medical Services Owners. That Includes Restitution For Work Comp Payers That Doesn't Include Worthless Receivables. December 5, 2016 - Peter Nelson Now Wants To Sever As Defendant In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case. Judge Repeats The Case Is As Broad As A Glacier Slipping Down A Mountain. December 2, 2016 - State of CA WCAB Issues Notice of January 4 Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Rules on Lien Claims Filings December 1, 2016 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Announces Appointment of James Libien to Ethics Advisory Committee December 1, 2016 - New Rules Improve Consumer Choice; Provide More Accurate Cost Of Repairs According To California Department of Insurance December 1, 2016 - The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustment of Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes
November 2016 November 30, 2016 - CA Department of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Proposed Further Amendments to its Workers’ Compensation Information System (WCIS) Regulations and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Implementation Guides November 28, 2016 - L.A. Area Applicant Attorney States Donald Trump's Upcoming Presidency Likely To Effect California And Other States' Workers' Compensation Claims Volumes November 23, 2016 - Applicant Attorney Fees Increase In Florida. Ripple Effect From Florida Supreme Court Ruling Could Predictably Reach The West. November 22, 2016 - 1.6 Million Dollar Work Comp Claim For Truck Crash In Fort Myers Is No Case Of Fraud November 15, 2016 - New Report on Independent Medical Review Shows Progress, Improvements November 11, 2016 - Owners of Community Recovery of Los Angeles (CRLA), California Southland Sober Living Facilities, Arrested In Massive Fraud Bust November 9, 2016 - Donald Trump As President-Elect Is Not So Shocking November 7, 2016 - Janet Reno, Former U.S. Attorney General, Dies At Age 78. Dave Jones, California's Insurance Commissioner, Eulogizes His Former Boss As One Who Always Said, 'Apply The Facts To The Law'. November 2, 2016 - 47 More Counts Collectively Dismissed From Indictments In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case In Downtown Los Angeles. Prosecution Takes Another Huge Blow As Defense Wins Predominantly In Lack-Of-Foundation-Of-Evidence Arguments.
October 2016 October 28, 2016 - California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Asks Workers' Compensation Insurers To Reduce Rates October 21, 2016 - Stacey Golden, Champion Anti-Workers’-Compensation-Fraud Advocate, Gets Promoted To Assistant Vice President At Keenan & Associates October 20, 2016 - California Department of Insurance Issues Cease And Desist Order Against American Labor Alliance And Affiliate CompOne USA October 19, 2016 - California Department of Workers' Compensation Launches Online Education Module for Physicians Treating Injured Workers October 12, 2016 - Employers Insurance Group Extends Injured Employee Hotline to All Policyholders October 3, 2016 - Laws Signed By California Governor Friday, September 30th 2016, Will Work To Reduce Treatment Delays And Prevent Fraudsters From Filing Provider Liens In Workers' Compensation System.
September 2016 September 29, 2016 - California DWC Announces New Search Tool for Independent Bill Review (IBR) Decisions September 16, 2016 - California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Issues Notice of Public Hearing on October 31 for Proposed Modifications to Return-to-Work Supplement Program September 13, 2016 - Tom Calderon, former California Assemblyman, Sentenced To One Year In Federal Prison. Brother Ron To Be Sentenced Next Week. September 8, 2016 - California DWC Issues Notice of 15-Day Comment Period for Proposed Modifications to the Official Medical Fee Schedule’s Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Section September 8, 2016 - California Department of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) September 7, 2016 - California Department of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) September 4, 2016 - Las Vegas News Outlet, KTNV, Mischaracterizes Cab Driver's Received Workers' Compensation Benefits
August 2016 August 31, 2016 - Jay S. Fishman, the Executive Chairman of the Board of The Travelers, died on Friday, August 19th 2016. August 27, 2016 - California's Department of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Posts Draft Formulary Regulations, Related Documents to Online Forum for Public Comment August 26, 2016 - California Department of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Provides Status Report on Drug Formulary, Updates to Medical Treatment Guidelines August 23, 2016 - California Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker Issues Statement on Speeding Care to Injured Workers August 15, 2016 - CA Department of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Final Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) Regulations, With Opioid Treatment Guidelines, Now in Effect August 15, 2016 - Suicide at Van Nuys WCAB August 11, 2016 - The Travelers Championship Generates $2.8 Million For Charity August 7, 2016 - Landon Mirallegro And Jeffrey Campau, Owners Of Elite Diagnostics, Unable To Retain Counsel. Prosecution Has Stymied Their Rob Peter To Pay Paul Scheme Before A Defense With No Money Planning To File A Motion For Vindictive Prosecution. August 1, 2016 - Landon Mirallegro And Jeffrey Campau Defense Counsel Furious Over July 21st 2016 Arrests. Orange County DA Files New Criminal Charges Against Them For Fraud With Regional Imaging Center.
July 2016 July 25, 2016 - David J. DePaolo’s Memorial Service To Take Place On August 6, 2016 At Camarillo Airport July 21, 2016 - Landmark Medical Case Now Moving Forward As Nine Separate Complaints In Orange County Superior Court July 18, 2016 - David DePaolo, Workers’ Comp Defense Attorney, Businessman, Founder of WorkCompCentral, and Surfer Dies at Age 56 July 15, 2016 - Report on SB 863’s Workers’ Comp Reforms Shows Progress, Benefits for Injured Workers, Employers in California July 13, 2016 - DWC Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination on October 29 July 1, 2016 - California DWC Posts Interim Report on Assembly Bill 1124 Mandating an Evidence-Based Workers’ Compensation Drug Formulary
June 2016 June 30, 2016 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies) June 29, 2016 - Berkshire Hathaway Insurers Ordered To Cease And Desist From Selling Illegal Workers' Compensation Policies June 28, 2016 - Kareem Ahmed's Five Million Dollar Cash Bond Keeps Him On His Travel Schedule And Filing His Liens With The WCAB June 27, 2016 - July 1st Deadline Approaching Employers To Participate In AB 1513’s Safe Harbor From Penalties On Piece-Rate Back Payments June 24, 2016 - Ireland Experiencing Burgeoning Third-Party Automobile Liability Claims June 21, 2016 - Landmark Case Back In Orange County Superior Court With 12 New Felony Complaint Filings. Arraignments For All Defendants Took Place Yesterday. June 14, 2016 - California Department of Workers' Compensation (DWC) to Enforce Lien Claimants’ Use of Uniform Assigned Name (UAN) June 13, 2016 - Former State Senator, Ron Calderon, Takes Guilty Plea Deal One Week After His Brother Tom. Ron Took A Bribe From Pacific Hospital Owner, Michael D. Drobot. June 13, 2016 - Florida Supreme Court Rules Cap On Weeks Of Workers' Compensation TTD Is Unconstitutional June 9, 2016 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 7, 2016 - Peyman Heidary Arraignment Continued In Riverside To August 19th. Both Heidary And Abramowitz Out Of Custody Since May 20th 2016. June 6, 2016 - Michael Drobot The Younger Pleads Guilty To Long Beach Hospital Conspiracy And Kick-Back Scheme. Tom Calderon Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering. June 1, 2016 - California Workers' Compensation Pure Premium Benchmark To Be Reduced 10.5 Percent Effective July 1st
May 2016 May 31, 2016 - Former Administrative Director Of California DWC And Active Workers’ Compensation Judge, Rosa Moran, Dies Unexpectedly Over Memorial Day Weekend. May 25, 2016 - DWC Posts Proposed Further Amendments to WCIS Regulations and EDI Implementation Guides May 25, 2016 - Travelers Promotes Greg Toczydlowski To President Of Business Insurance. Vice Chairman Doreen Spadorcia To Retire. May 25, 2016 - Sedgwick To Expand To Ireland. President And CEO, Dave North, Has Announced The Company Signed A Definitive Purchase Agreement To Acquire OSG Group. May 24, 2016 - California DWC Posts Amendments to Draft Home Health Care Fee Schedule Regulations May 20, 2016 - Costs For Dog Bites Claims Bit Harder Per Claim In 2015 May 18, 2016 - Wm. Todd Berry Transforms Law Office Of Wm. Todd Berry Into Berry, Smith & Bartell In The California Central Valley May 16, 2016 - Friedman & Bartoumian Sponsors Inner City Classic May 10, 2016 - Raymond Meister, M.D. Appointed Executive Medical Director of California's DWC May 10, 2016 - Martin Brady Reappointed To California Commission On Health And Safety And Workers' Compensation May 6, 2016 - Johana Paredes, Worker From UCLA Medical Center, Arrested For Workers' Compensation Fraud May 5, 2016 - Pomona Transportation Worker, Melissa Halsell, Charged For Workers' Compensation Fraud And Perjury May 3, 2016 - Patrico, Hermanson & Guzman Welcome Roberto A. Gonzalez as Managing Attorney of San Jose Office
April 2016 April 27, 2016 - Berkshire Hathaway, Zenith, and Cypress Insurance Companies Accused In Federal Lawsuit Of Illegally Hacking Into Confidential Claimant-Attorney Privileged Files. Suit Filed In Los Angeles On April 19th. April 20, 2016 - DWC Posts Workers’ Compensation Fact Sheets, Claim Form in Chinese, Korean, Tagalog and Vietnamese April 18, 2016 - The Travelers Is Recognized By Military Times By Being Named On Its Best For Vets List April 14, 2016 - WCAB Chairwoman Ronnie Caplane to Retire from State Service and Join The Zenith April 4, 2016 - DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) April 3, 2016 - Broadspire Adds Service Of Electrodiagnostic Functional Assessment To Help Decrease Workers' Compensation Costs
March 2016 March 30, 2016 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) March 30, 2016 - California DWC Releases Fourth Edition of the Physician’s Guide to Medical Practice in the California Workers’ Compensation System March 30, 2016 - Stakeholders Weigh In On Anthem Cigna Merger At Public Hearing March 28, 2016 - Definiti Healthcare Management Becomes Definiti Comp Solutions and Announces New Leadership March 23, 2016 - Brussels Terrorist Attacks: What Travelers Need To Know About Travel Insurance Coverage March 22, 2016 - Much Anticipated Orange County Landmark Ruling From Court Of Appeal Goes In Favor Of Defense. Petition For Writ Of Mandate Granted. March 17, 2016 - LAPD Officer Jonathan Hall Gets His Sentencing Hearing Continued. His Pre-Trial Attorney States He's Discovered New Evidence And Will File A Motion For A New Trial. March 15, 2016 - Anita Maxwell Loses Her Public Defender. Case Continued to May 3, 2016. March 10, 2016 - Medical Provider Network Adequacy Regulations Strengthen Consumers' Access To Timely Health Care March 7, 2016 - Orange County DDA Shaddi Kamiabipour Files Petition For Order To Close Jeff Campau's And Landon Mirallegro's Regional Imaging Center. Aspen Quartet Due Back In Court March 18th 2016. March 2, 2016 - Moody’s Investors Service Assigns B3 Corporate Family Rating To Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. Rating Indicates Stable Outlook.
February 2016 February 29, 2016 - CA DWC Posts Calendar for its 24 Courts on Website February 19, 2016 - Trudy Maurer, Former CEO of Implantium, Repays All Claims Payers Even Before Her Formal Sentencing Yesterday Afternoon In San Diego Superior Court February 16, 2016 - Trudy Maurer And Medical Director To Pay $84K Plus Each In Restitution. Sentencing Scheduled For Thursday, February 18th. February 13, 2016 - Trudy Maurer And Medical Director Make Plea Deal With San Diego District Attorney February 12, 2016 - California DWC Posts Proposed Amendments to its WCIS Regulations and EDI Implementation Guides February 11, 2016 - California DWC Posts Formulary Public Meeting Agenda and Related Materials to the DWC Forum February 10, 2016 - California DWC Reminds Claims Administrators Regarding Utilization Review Procedures February 10, 2016 - DWC Medical Unit Accepting Applications for April 16 Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination February 8, 2016 - California Department of Workers' Compensation Announces Recipients of 2016 Carrie Nevans Community Service Award February 7, 2016 - Sedgwick Recertified As Employer Of Choice February 5, 2016 - California DWC Posts the Proposed Guideline for Mental Illness & Stress to Online Forum February 1, 2016 - California DWC Administrative Director Destie Overpeck to join the State Bar of California
January 2016 January 29, 2016 - California Department Of Insurance Conducts Investigation Of Massive Workers' Comp Insurance Fraud Operation Resulting In 13 New Indictments. Medical professionals indicted in multi-million dollar kickback and bribery scheme. January 28, 2016 - California DWC Posts 2016 Annual Report of Inventory Advice and Form for Claims Reported During Calendar Year 2015 January 28, 2016 - Paige S. Levy Selected Chief Judge for Division of Workers’ Compensation January 26, 2016 - California Dept of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Reminds Parties to Use Revised QME Form 105 January 26, 2016 - Defendant Anita Maxwell Trying To Raise $26,658.18 To Repay Subrosa Costs, Mileage Reimbursement Costs, And PD Overpayments. Returns To Court March 15th. January 25, 2016 - Leroy Barnes, A Kia Dancing Hamster, Makes A Plea Deal For Workers' Comp And State Disability Fraud In Downtown Los Angeles Criminal Court. But his own attorney has committed a heavier crime... January 20, 2016 - Calif DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) January 15, 2016 - G & G Interpreting Services Owners And Four Other Defendants To Be Arraigned Today In Downtown Los Angeles January 12, 2016 - DWC Ended Lien Activation Fee Collection on December 31, 2015 January 10, 2016 - Robert J. Frasco, Founder Of Frasco Investigative Services, Dies. He Started His Firm In 1964 And Built It California-Statewide And Nationwide Serving Predominantly Workers' Compensation Claims Clients. January 8, 2016 - Jonathan DeVeaux, Inglewood Nightclub Owner, Posts $25,000 With Los Angeles Superior Court For Workers' Compensation Insurance And Tax Fraud January 5, 2016 - Vericlaim Acquires First Choice Repair January 1, 2016 - Happy New Year 2016! 2015 marked by improved insurance consumer protection, new product approvals and fraud busts.
December 2015 December 28, 2015 - California’s Minimum Wage Increases to $10 per Hour December 25, 2015 - Los Angeles Insurance Broker Sentenced After Stealing Clients' Premiums, Including A Construction Company's Work Comp Premiums December 22, 2015 - Stockwell Firm To Become Stockwell, Harris, Woolverton & Helphrey Effective January 1, 2016. Honors Retirement Of Edward S. Muehl. December 20, 2015 - Trudy Maurer, Former CEO Of Implantium, Appears in San Diego Superior Court December 17th. Case Continued For Preliminary Hearing To February 16th 2016. December 18, 2015 - CA Dept Of Insurance Arrests Nine For $24.6 Million Fraudulent Interpreting Services Billings To Workers' Compensation Payers December 18, 2015 - Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical-legal Travel Expenses Decreases Effective January 1, 2016 December 17, 2015 - CA DIR Releases 2015 Legislative Digest with Overview of New Laws December 17, 2015 - CA DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) December 16, 2015 - CA DWC Adds New Form to Expand Electronic JET File Options December 15, 2015 - The Honorable John Conley Says “Trial Is Imminent” For The Aspen Medical Resources Defendants In Orange County. December 14, 2015 - Jon Wroten To Leave CA DIR's Office Of Self Insurance Plans To Join Sedgwick As A Senior Vice President December 9, 2015 - Jacelle Ford, May 25, 1961 – December 7, 2015. Jacelle Worked Throughout California As A Workers’ Compensation Claims Examiner And Manager For Over 35 Years. December 4, 2015 - DWC Issues First 15-Day Notice for Modification to the Proposed Chronic Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines and the Opioids Treatment Guidelines of the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule December 3, 2015 - Genex Services Acquires Alpha Review Corp. December 1, 2015 - DWC Updates Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit Voucher Form With Notice of the Return-to-Work Supplement Program
November 2015 November 25, 2015 - U.S. Dept Of Justice Announces Charges Against Philip Sobol, M.D. And Four Others In Central Dist Of California November 23, 2015 - Ronald House, Retired Veteran Claims Manager, Dies On November 3rd 2015 November 17, 2015 - Ronald Grusd, Radiologist, Facing More Federal Charges. Being Defended by Richard Moss, Well Known Fraud Doctor Defense Lawyer. November 13, 2015 - Injured Worker's Hearing Representative And Co-Conspirator Caught Cashing Settlement Check November 7, 2015 - CA DWC Accepting Nominations for 2016 Carrie Nevans Community Service Awards to be Given at Educational Conferences November 5, 2015 - California Office of Self-Insurance Plans (OSIP) Posts Proposed Regulations, Announces Public Meeting November 4, 2015 - DWC Reinstating Lien Activation Fees on November 9
October 2015 October 29, 2015 - Trudy Maurer, Former CEO Of Implantium, And Co-Defendant Arraigned Today In San Diego On 24 Counts Of Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud October 26, 2015 - Applicant Attorney Robert Pearman's Paralegal Accused Of Stealing $42,450 From Claimant October 22, 2015 - DWC Chief Judge Richard Newman to Transfer to WCAB, Executive Medical Director Dr. Rupali Das Will Retire from State Service in 2016 October 21, 2015 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) October 13, 2015 - Workers' Compensation Claims Adjuster Kimberly Jones To Be Sentenced On January 7th 2016 For Fraud October 9, 2015 - Online QME Form 106 Process Successfully Eliminates Waiting Time—DWC Posts Additional Information, Resources to Website
September 2015 September 29, 2015 - California DWC Launches New Online QME Form 106 Panel Process October 1st September 16, 2015 - Former Work Comp Defense Attorney, Katrina Woolverton, Has New Single On iTunes And Amazon September 1, 2015 - Thomas Finn of Patrico, Hermanson & Guzman, A P.C. Retires
August 2015 August 27, 2015 - California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) Approves DWC Final Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations August 25, 2015 - Aspen Medical Case Still Arguing Over Receivership In Orange County Superior Court. But Trial Setting Conference Now Set For December 11th 2015. August 20, 2015 - Three Work Comp Fraud Cases Working Through The Courts In Orange County As Dave Jones Grants OC $3,966,000 August 19, 2015 - California DWC Announces Public Meeting on September 8 to Discuss Evidence-Based Drug Formulary—Note New Date and Location August 18, 2015 - Joseph Patrico Has Been Invited To Join The Claims And Litigation Management Alliance August 17, 2015 - California DWC Announces Public Meeting on September 14 to Discuss Evidence-Based Drug Formulary August 12, 2015 - California DIR Department of Workers' Compensation Announces Oakland Meeting to Discuss Electronic Transmission of Medical Records and Reports August 10, 2015 - City Of Chico Now Charges Salary And Benefits To Respective Departments Rather Than Workers' Comp Fund. Trying To Create Incentive To Get Injured Workers Back To Work. August 5, 2015 - Jay Fishman, CEO of The Travelers, Reveals He Has ALS As He Praises His Successor August 5, 2015 - CA DWC Medical Unit Accepting Applications for October 17 Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination August 3, 2015 - Skip Creasey Now Chief Operating Officer At York
July 2015 July 29, 2015 - Zurich Considering Buying RSA Insurance Group July 27, 2015 - Anthem Finally Gets Cigna To Agree To Purchase For $54 Billion July 23, 2015 - Report on Workers’ Comp Reforms Shows Benefit Increases for Injured Workers, Reduced Costs to Employers July 21, 2015 - No Responses Yet On How ACE - Chubb Merger May Affect Claims Department In California July 21, 2015 - CA DWC Enacting New Online QME Form 106 Panel Process, Posts Training Video and FAQs on Website July 20, 2015 - Chubb Cancels July 23 Conference Call To Discuss Its Quarterly And Annual Results July 17, 2015 - DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing for the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule Regulations to Update Chronic Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines, Adopt Opioids Treatment Guidelines July 15, 2015 - Cal/OSHA Cites Construction Company in Fatal Steel Pipe Accident July 12, 2015 - Federal Indictment Unsealed As Chiropractors Bahar Gharib-Danesh, Na Young Eoh, And Clinical Psychologist John Terrence Are Arrested In California On Thursday For Workers’ Compensation Fraud July 8, 2015 - California DWC Posts Ethics Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2014 July 7, 2015 - 2015 Headed For Record Year For Insurance-Related Organization Mergers and Acquisitions July 3, 2015 - Aetna Will Pay Approximately 35 Billion Dollars To Buy Humana. July 3, 2015 - Class Action Filed June 23rd Claims Berkshire Hathaway And Other Comp Carriers Hacked Into Applicants' Attorney, Claimant Confidential Files
June 2015 June 30, 2015 - Ninth Circuit Court Upholds California's SB 863 Requirement For Lien Holders To Pay $100 Activation Fee June 30, 2015 - New Decision Helps In Filing Negligence In Transportation Claims To Save Work Comp Costs June 25, 2015 - California Temporary Total Disability Rates Announced For 2016 June 22, 2015 - CWCI Reports California Workers' Comp Benefits Will Increase In 2016 June 18, 2015 - California DWC Issues Second 15-Day Comment Period for Workers’ Compensation Benefit Notice Regulations June 18, 2015 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) June 17, 2015 - Liberty Mutual Not Leaving Workers’ Compensation Market, Just Changing Strategies. June 15, 2015 - California Workers' Compensation Premium Volume Up 11% From 2013 To 2014. Up $4.5 Billion From Cataclysmic Recession Low Of 2009. June 12, 2015 - Important Corrective Notice: Network Claims Systems, Inc. & Network Claims Systems-North, Inc. June 12, 2015 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 12, 2015 - John Finston Appointed General Counsel For The California Department Of Insurance June 8, 2015 - AIA Supports Legislation to Improve the Administration of Workers' Comp Set-Asides June 5, 2015 - DWC Issues First 15-Day Comment Period for Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations June 2, 2015 - Workers' Compensation Claims Decline 15% in Santa Monica, California
May 2015 May 29, 2015 - Furnace-Explosion Victims Assail Pennsyvania Plant May 26, 2015 - Wisconsin Legislators To Vote Tomorrow On Scott Walker’s Re-Do Of Wisconsin's Workers’ Compensation System May 22, 2015 - California DIR, DWC Post Draft Regulations Regarding Transition of DWC Regulations and Forms to ICD-10 May 21, 2015 - Inaction Could Leave Ohio Employers Ineligible for $1.2 Billion Workers' Comp Credit May 20, 2015 - For Laureen Pedroza, Success In Fighting Insurance Fraud Comes With Working Together May 19, 2015 - Patrico, Hermanson & Guzman, A P.C. Names Erik Wachowiak as Newest Shareholder May 18, 2015 - DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing on June 17 to Revise the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Fee Schedule May 18, 2015 - Don Marshall Tells Audience At Pala Resort And Casino That It's About Perception And Creating The Sentinel Effect May 16, 2015 - The Big 2015 Fraud Fighting Conference Hits Big At Pala Casino May 11, 2015 - Christine Oliver Appointed by Capital Insurance Group as Agency Development Manager for Northern California May 8, 2015 - Dave Jones Issues Mid-Year Advisory Pure Premium Rate Reduction Of 5 Percent For Workers’ Compensation Insurance In California May 7, 2015 - DWC Posts Draft Home Health Care Fee Schedule Regulations to Online Forum for Public Comment May 6, 2015 - Louisiana Workers' Compensation Costs Stabilize May 5, 2015 - Patrico, Hermanson & Guzman (PHG), A P.C. Opens Seventh Office in Sacramento. California Workers’ Compensation Defense Firm Expands to Serve More Clients. May 4, 2015 - California's Office of Administrative Law Approves Dept of Workers' Compensation's Final Copy Service Fee Schedule Regulations May 1, 2015 - Drywall Contractor Ordered to Pay $1 Million to Workers' Compensation Insurer For Misclassification
April 2015 April 29, 2015 - California Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Landmark Medical April 29, 2015 - No Answer From The California Supreme Court Yet On Landmark Medical Case In Orange County April 27, 2015 - Streamline Resolution Services Expands Under Its New Name In The Southland April 27, 2015 - California DWC Issues First 15-Day Comment Period for Workers’ Compensation Benefit Notice Regulations April 22, 2015 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) April 22, 2015 - DWC Final Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) Regulations Now in Effect April 21, 2015 - Prosecution And Defense Filed Their Arguments With California Supreme Court April 17th in Landmark Medical Case in Orange County April 20, 2015 - Destie Overpeck Appointed Administrative Director of California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) April 20, 2015 - Colorado Man Accused Of Murdering Wife And The One Before Makes Claim On Life Insurance To Pay His Defense April 15, 2015 - CA DWC Final WCIS Medical Billing Reporting Regulations Approved April 13, 2015 - SB 863 Return-to-Work Program Offers Supplemental Payments for Injured Workers April 10, 2015 - Hospital, Nurse Fight Over Ebola Claim April 7, 2015 - Workers' Compensation Legislative Update And Commentary April 3, 2015 - York's Success in Fighting Workers' Compensation Fraud Recovers More than $1.5M for Clients April 3, 2015 - CA DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Regulations on May 22
March 2015 March 30, 2015 - Landmark Medical Case Now Awaits Response From California Supreme Court March 26, 2015 - Tharpe & Howell Celebrating 40 Years March 24, 2015 - Landmark Medical Case Of 200 Mil Workers' Comp Fraud Trailed To May 1st 2015 In Orange County March 23, 2015 - Two Additional Insurers Agree To Appropriate Use Of Death Master File March 19, 2015 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) March 19, 2015 - CA DIR, DWC Respond to Concerns Regarding Ongoing Home Health Care March 19, 2015 - California DIR Office of Self Insurance Plans Seeking Assistance for Self Insurers’ Administrator Exam Review March 19, 2015 - Employer caught denying workers’ comp benefits after employee loses limb March 19, 2015 - CA DIR Offers Contact Information for Status of IMR Requests March 19, 2015 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, makes statement on revocation of Blue Shield’s tax-exempt status March 18, 2015 - DIR Issues First 15-Day Comment Period for Return to Work Supplement Program March 17, 2015 - Tim Cloney Promoted To Vice President of Investigations at Investigation Solutions, Inc. March 16, 2015 - Connecticut Takes Another Look at Workers' Compensation Benefits For First Responders Who Suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder March 13, 2015 - Patrico, Hermanson & Guzman, A P.C. New Firm Name For Former Heggeness, Sweet, Simington & Patrico, A P.C March 11, 2015 - Mercury Insurance Agrees To One Million Dollars In Settlement For Compliance Violations March 9, 2015 - Travelers Insurance Wrote Most Workers' Compensation Insurance In U.S. In 2014 March 8, 2015 - Liberty Mutual's Written Premiums For Workers' Compensation Have Decreased By More Than 1 Billion Dollars in Past Three Years March 2, 2015 - Law Firm Of Knox Ricksen Sued By Reyes And Barsoum For Allegedly Hacking Into Computer System And Stealing Confidential Client Information
February 2015 February 25, 2015 - California DIR Reduces Fees for Independent Medical Review, Independent Bill Review February 25, 2015 - California DWC Invites Public to Participate in a Discussion of Issues Related to the Home Health Care Fee Schedule on March 3rd February 24, 2015 - Tennessee Vies To Follow Texas And Oklahoma To Opt-Out Of State Workers' Compensation Program February 19, 2015 - Genex Explores the Tipping Point Of A Seemingly Routine Workers' Comp Claim In Latest White Paper February 18, 2015 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services) February 17, 2015 - Former Hartford Chairman, President, And CEO, Liam E. McGee, Dies At Age 60 February 17, 2015 - Lawyers Accused of Fraud Regarding Asbestos Claims In RICO Suit Against Them February 11, 2015 - California DWC Files Amendment to Official Medical Fee Schedule with Secretary of State, Posts Adjustment to Inpatient Hospitals Section February 10, 2015 - Debra Levy Now Senior Vice President-National Workers' Compensation Practice Leader For York RSG February 8, 2015 - California's State Compensation Insurance Fund Files For 9% Increase In Workers' Compensation Premiums February 7, 2015 - Maryland's Attorney General Urges New Tool to Crack Down on Fraud February 5, 2015 - Clifford D. Sweet Joins Law Firm Pearlman, Borska & Wax As Of Counsel February 3, 2015 - Orange County DA Bristles Over Comments On Proposed Contract By Board Of Supervisors Chairman Todd Spitzer. Spitzer Was Victim Advocate in 2011 For Workers' Compensation Defense Attorney Louise Armstrong.
January 2015 January 30, 2015 - DWC Issues Third Revision to Copy Service Fee Schedule Regulations with Additional 15-Day Public Comment Period January 29, 2015 - 29 Charged In Bust Of Southland Organized Family Insurance Fraud January 29, 2015 - California DWC Posts 2014 Audit Unit Annual Report and the Ranking Report January 29, 2015 - California DWC Announces Recipients of 2015 Carrie Nevans Community Service Award January 27, 2015 - California DWC Posts RAND Study on Home Health Services Fee Schedule, Invites Public to Participate in a Discussion of Issues Related to the Fee Schedule January 27, 2015 - Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Proposes Rate Cuts For Private Employers by 10.8 Percent. January 21, 2015 - NJ Doctor Arrested After Writing Fraudulent Rxs for People He Never Treated or Examined January 19, 2015 - Prosecution To File A Second Amended Indictment For Landmark Medical Case In Orange County. January 15, 2015 - Atlas General Has New Workers' Compensation Program In Texas With Partner Republic Group. Claims To Be Handled By Sedgwick. January 14, 2015 - Wrap Up Policy Limits Workers’ Compensation Immunity to General Contractor and Employer of Injured Employees Only January 11, 2015 - Allianz agrees to change its use of the Death Master File. Commissioner Jones encourages other insurers to do the same for consumers’ benefit. January 9, 2015 - DWC Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Upcoming Qualified Medical Evaluator Examination on April 25 January 8, 2015 - DWC Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Ambulance Fees Section) January 7, 2015 - Intercare Not For Sale. Company Spokesperson Representing Intercare’s Executive Offices Calls adjustercom To State That Rumor Is False. January 5, 2015 - The Hartford’s Chief Executive Officer, Christopher J. Swift, Now Elected Chairman Of The Board January 4, 2015 - AB 60 Now In Effect Giving Drivers' Licenses To Illegals. Positive Effect Hoped For By Insurers And Policy Holders.
December 2014 December 30, 2014 - California DWC Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) December 29, 2014 - California DWC Issues a Third 15-Day Notice for Modification to Proposed Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule Regulations December 29, 2014 - California DWC Issues Revisions to WCIS Regulations for an Additional 15-Day Public Comment Period December 29, 2014 - A San Diego Area Registered Nurse, Golnaz Gholipour, Gets Six Years In Jail For Workers' Compensation Fraud December 24, 2014 - DWC Posts Example of an End of Medical Provider Network (MPN) Coverage Notice (No Effect on Medical Treatment) December 24, 2014 - DIR Releases 2014 Legislative Digest with Overview of New Laws December 24, 2014 - DWC Administrative Director Announces 2015 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Performance Standards December 21, 2014 - California DWC Responds to Public Inquiries Regarding the 2015 Update to the Physician Fee Schedule Portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule December 16, 2014 - Mileage Rate for Medical and Medical-legal Travel Expenses Increases Effective January 1, 2015 December 12, 2014 - Workers' Compensation Claims Veteran, Michael McFadden, Promoted To Executive Vice President At Patriot National In Woodland Hills, California December 8, 2014 - DWC Posts Proposed “Chronic Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines” to Online Forum for Public Comment December 5, 2014 - Kareem Ahmed Requests Change In Conditions To His Five Million Dollar Cash Bail. Two Orange County Indictments Amended And Refiled While 15 Defendants Rearraigned. December 5, 2014 - DWC Posts Example of Medical Provider Network (MPN) Application/Plan for Reapproval December 3, 2014 - Governor Brown Appoints Juliann Sum Cal/OSHA Chief December 3, 2014 - Sedgwick Acquires Absentys, A Software Application Developer December 2, 2014 - Three Guilty in New Jersey and Each Gets Three Years in Prison December 2, 2014 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to DMEPOS Section of Official Medical Fee Schedule December 2, 2014 - Arson for Profit Results in Murder December 1, 2014 - Claims Adjuster, Fariborz Romero Rahrovi, Guilty of Fraud In Cahoots With Lawyer to Cheat Claimant
November 2014 November 25, 2014 - CA DWC Initiates Procedure to Assess Administrative Penalties for Failure to Submit IMR Medical Records November 25, 2014 - DWC Issues Second 15-Day Notice for Modification to Proposed Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule Regulations November 24, 2014 - Energi and HDI-Gerling Select York to Manage Workers’ Compensation Claims November 14, 2014 - California Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones, Recommends Lower Pure Premium Rate Than Suggested By Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau November 13, 2014 - Medical Provider Offers Clients Pilates, Then Bills Insurance Companies For Expensive Diagnostic Services. Medical Billing Fraud Worth $77,237 Results In Jury Conviction And A Two-Year Jail Sentence. November 11, 2014 - Bogus Coffee Burn Photos Lead To Arrest Of McDonald’s Customer For Fraud November 10, 2014 - Fuel Distributor Cited Nearly $100,000 After Fatal Explosion At Corona, California, Facility Killed Welder November 5, 2014 - Aspen Medical Resources Trial Set For April 24th 2015 In Orange County, California. Benjamin Gluck Now Representing Majority Aspen Owner, Abraham Khorshad, As Defense Counsel. November 3, 2014 - Forged Prescription Adding Narcotic Results In Conviction In Riverside County November 2, 2014 - California DWC Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments/ Ambulatory Surgical Centers
October 2014 October 30, 2014 - Illinois Workers’ Comp Reforms Showing Results; Costs of Medical Payments Continue To Fall, New Study Says October 25, 2014 - DWC Issues Revision to Copy Service Fee Schedule Regulations for Second 15-Day Public Comment Period October 24, 2014 - Los Angeles County Probation Officer Arrested For Disability Fraud October 23, 2014 - Dental Office Assistant Serving 120 Days In Jail For Fraud October 23, 2014 - DWC Accepting Nominations For 2015 Carrie Nevans Community Service Awards To Be Given At Educational Conferences October 22, 2014 - El Cajon, California, Insurance Agent, Dawna Ernster, Arrested For Stealing Premium Payments. San Diego District Attorney Continues To Search For Additional Victims. October 18, 2014 - WCAB’s Final Rules Published and Will Become Effective January 1, 2015 October 16, 2014 - Last Call To RSVP For Michael Sullivan Party At Lake Chalet Seafood Bar & Grill in Oakland. Opening Of Oakland Office To Be Celebrated. October 14, 2014 - DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing to Revise the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) October 14, 2014 - DWC Opens Registration for 22nd Annual Educational Conference October 12, 2014 - Why Was Dubon Reversed? October 6th En Banc Ruling Is Huge And Precedent Setting. October 8, 2014 - Three insurance companies receive awards for community investments October 5, 2014 - Michael Sullivan & Associates, A Workers' Compensation Defense Law Firm, Opens Up In Oakland. Party to celebrate welcomes workers' compensation claims professionals. October 2, 2014 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services / Non-Physician Practitioner Services) October 1, 2014 - Santa Barbara, California, Institutional Officer Arrested For Illegally Collecting More Than $60,000 In Workers’ Compensation Benefits
September 2014 September 29, 2014 - California DWC Invites Claims Administrators to Webinar on Electronic Submission of Records for IMR September 25, 2014 - DWC Posts Amendment to Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Fee Schedule Effective September 1, 2014 September 22, 2014 - California DWC Posts the Assignment of Medical Provider Network Identification (MPN ID) Numbers and Updated Forms Online September 22, 2014 - Sedgwick To Buy VeriClaim And All Its Parent Company’s Subsidiaries September 17, 2014 - California DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS) September 17, 2014 - California Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Updated Physician Fee Schedule FAQs Regarding Physician-Dispensed Durable Medical Equipment September 15, 2014 - Landmark Medical Defendants Plead Not-Guilty In Orange County. Southern California Radio Station KPCC Publishes FBI Recordings. September 10, 2014 - Drop Seen in Injuries to Alberta Workers September 8, 2014 - Ohio Chiropractor Ordered To Pay Nearly $400,000 In Restitution For Workers’ Compensation Fraud. Voluntarily Decertifies Himself As An Ohio Workers’ Comp Health Care Provider. September 3, 2014 - AAA Copy, LLC Given Probation And Ordered To Pay Restitution In San Bernardino September 3, 2014 - The National Underwriter Company to Publish The Zalma Insurance Claims Library
August 2014 August 29, 2014 - Kareem Ahmed Arraignment A Crowd Scene In Orange County Superior Court. Nearly 12 doctors now stand to lose their licenses. August 26, 2014 - Kareem Ahmed's Toxic Compound Pain Medication Was Distributed To Claimants Without Warning. Arraignment For 15 Defendants Continued To September 12th 2014. August 20, 2014 - Cal/OSHA Cites Menzies Aviation for LAX Worker Fatality: Investigation Determines Menzies' Flawed Safety Policy Discouraged Employee Seatbelt Use, Led To Death of a Worker at Los Angeles International Airport August 20, 2014 - DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing on September 18 to Revise the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Fee Schedule August 19, 2014 - Landmark Medical Management Coterie Of Fraudsters To Appear In Orange County Superior Court Next On Friday, August 22nd 2014 August 14, 2014 - Macy's To Pay Nearly 1 Million Dollar Fine After Crushing Death And Decapitation Of Factory Worker August 12, 2014 - Shawna Palmer, Contestant For Miss Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix Beauty Contest, Arrested As Her Social Media Highlights Her Workers' Comp Fraud August 11, 2014 - California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Ethics Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2013 August 5, 2014 - WCAB Issues Notice of September 17 Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Rules August 4, 2014 - Business Insurance USA, Headquartered In Burbank, CA, Now Writing General Liability Coverage For Tattoo Parlors
July 2014 July 30, 2014 - Peyman Heidary, D.C. Arrested By Riverside District Attorney. Three Other Defendants Also Arrested. Peyman's Bail Set At 5 Million Dollars. July 29, 2014 - DWC Posts Ambulance Fee Schedule Update to Conform to Changes in Medicare Payment System July 25, 2014 - DWC Commences Rulemaking Action to Delay ICD-10 Implementation Until October 1, 2015 July 24, 2014 - American Claims Management Now Handling GL & Excess Claims For Golden Insurance Company RRG July 17, 2014 - Report on Workers’ Comp Reforms of SB 863 Shows Progress, Challenges in Enacting Law’s Wide-Ranging Changes July 14, 2014 - Aspen Medical Resources’ Defense To File A 995 Motion To Dismiss In Orange County 36 Million Dollar Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case. Next Court Appearance Set For August 29th 2014. July 10, 2014 - Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Corrected Spanish Language Time of Hire Pamphlet July 7, 2014 - Orange County DA Relentless Against Workers' Comp Fraud. New Case Indictment Soon Coming To Court. Aspen Medical Returns To Court Room This Friday, July 11. July 2, 2014 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services) July 1, 2014 - The Hartford To Release Second Quarter Earnings July 30th. Sells Hartford Life Insurance KK To Orix Life.
June 2014 June 30, 2014 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services) June 24, 2014 - CA Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Updated Time of Hire Pamphlet June 23, 2014 - Orange County DA Indicted Landmark Medical Management Owner And 15 Others For Conspiracy And Insurance Fraud Last Week. Indictments Unsealed Late Last Thursday. June 19, 2014 - Ohio Governor Signs Bill Allowing Captive Insurance Companies in Ohio June 16, 2014 - General And Professional Liability Claims Of Security American Risk Retention Group To Be Handled By American Claims Management (ACM). June 12, 2014 - New Partner At Sullivan & Associates, Rosa Williams, To Be Celebrated June 20th In San Diego's Gaslamp District June 12, 2014 - City of Los Angeles Employee, Kelvin Piazza, Arrested For Grand Theft June 9, 2014 - Christopher J. Swift Appointed New Chief Executive Officer Of The Hartford June 5, 2014 - Judith Parrish, Risk Manager Of Workers’ Compensation Program At UCLA, And Once The Right Hand Woman To Zenith Executive Bill Saake, To Be Memorialized Tomorrow, June 6th 2014, At Forest Lawn In Glendale, California June 2, 2014 - Judith Parrish, Former Zenith Executive And Most Recently Workers’ Compensation Manager Of UCLA, Passed Away Last Week. Memorial Service To Be Held Friday, June 6th.
May 2014 May 29, 2014 - Department of Insurance Intensifies Efforts To Fight Workers’ Compensation Fraud In Southern California May 27, 2014 - Senior Vice President of Claims of Zenith Insurance Company, Vernon Steiner, Becomes President and CEO of California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) May 22, 2014 - You Will Smile When You See The Work Comp Savings Of On-Site Cameras May 20, 2014 - DIR Reduces Fees for Independent Medical Review, Independent Bill Review by 25 Percent May 19, 2014 - DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing for Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule Regulations May 18, 2014 - DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing on July 1 for Proposed Copy Service Fee Schedule May 15, 2014 - Lying A Way Of Life For Workers’ Comp Fraud Claimant According To Judge Imposing Maximum Sentence May 12, 2014 - WCAB, DWC Issue New Forms, Document Types and Titles for E-form and OCR Filers May 8, 2014 - Parks And Recreation Worker Exploits Lyme Disease Diagnosis For $364,000 Through A Fraudulent Workers' Compensation Claim May 5, 2014 - York Risk Services Group Acquires Sacramento-Based Bickmore May 2, 2014 - DWC Issues Third 15-Day Notice for Modifications to Proposed Medical Provider Networks Regulations
April 2014 April 30, 2014 - CEA Policyholders File Claims, Receive Payments For Damage From La Habra Earthquake. But recent earthquakes show that Californians are uncertain about their insurance coverage. April 28, 2014 - San Bernardino Prosecutor’s Head In Sand When Charging An Undocumented Immigrant With Identity Theft When Filing For Comp Benefits Using Fake SSN. April 25, 2014 - Aspen Medical Owners And Their Collector Plead Not-Guilty In Orange County Superior Court Today To $36 Million In Overbilling To Workers’ Compensation Carriers And Self-Insureds. April 23, 2014 - Cal/OSHA Fines Butler Amusements over $100,000 for Willful Violations at Big Fresno Fair April 18, 2014 - DWC Posts Adjustment to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section) April 17, 2014 - Cal/OSHA Fines BART $210,000 in 2013 Accident that Killed 2 Transit Workers April 15, 2014 - Jason Landrum Promoted To CIO Of Sedgwick. Believes In Leading In Technology So Everyone Can Choose How To Interact. April 15, 2014 - Three Frogs Real Estate Cited For No Work Comp Policy Plus Safety Violations Leading To An Employee Death April 11, 2014 - California DWC Announces Changes to Panel QME Request Process to Comply with Navarro v. City of Montebello April 8, 2014 - Matt Horton Hired As Vice President Of Marketing At Atlas General Insurance Services April 7, 2014 - DWC Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS and Physician Services/Non-Physician Practitioner Services) April 3, 2014 - New York Grand Jury Makes Recommendations to Deter Workers' Comp Fraud April 1, 2014 - Michael Drobot, Former Owner Of Pacific Hospital And Raper Of Work Comp System In California, Surprisingly Pleads Not-Guilty In Federal Court. Judge Reveals Initial Plea Purely Procedural.
March 2014 March 27, 2014 - Disbarred Lawyer Served As Workers' Compensation Judge Within A Secret Web Of Deceptions And Falsehoods March 25, 2014 - Cal/OSHA Launches 2014 Heat Illness Prevention Campaign March 19, 2014 - CA DWC Posts Proposed Changes to Regulations Reflecting Transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 to Online Forum for Public Comment March 18, 2014 - Richard Grossman, M.D., Revered So Cal Burn Specialist, Dies At Age 81 March 17, 2014 - Aspen Medical Quartet Of Defendants Appear In Orange County Superior Court For Continuing Arraignment March 14, 2014 - California Employers To Post Annual Work-Related Injury And Illness Summary March 12, 2014 - Claims Examiners At Tristar Risk File Class Action March 11, 2014 - California DWC Issues Second 15-Day Notice for Modifications to Proposed Medical Provider Networks Regulations March 6, 2014 - AIG Appoints Michael Smith COO of Commercial Insurance; James Shea, President Global Financial Lines; And Robert Thomas, President Global Specialty Lines March 4, 2014 - Tim Cloney Promoted From Manager To Director At Investigation Solutions Inc. March 3, 2014 - California DWC Posts Adjustment of Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) Inpatient Hospital Section to Conform to Medicare Changes March 3, 2014 - Claims Adjuster Down, Shot, Code Three March 3, 2014 - Sedgwick Closes Transaction With New Investment Partners
February 2014 February 27, 2014 - Office of Administrative Law has Approved DWC’s Final Version of the Predesignation of Personal Physicians and Reporting Duties of the Primary Treating Physician Rulemaking February 26, 2014 - DWC Reminds Parties to Include Required Documents when Filing IMR and IBR Applications, Will Cease to Issue Reminder Letters February 26, 2014 - Sense and Sentencing; A Comparative Look at Work Comp Fraudsters Michael Drobot and Ron Calderon. February 24, 2014 - Ron Calderon Expected To Be Arraigned In Federal Court Today On Various Fraud And Corruption Charges February 21, 2014 - Chandra Cebello Now Executive Vice-President of Business Development for CCMS Based In Torrance, California February 20, 2014 - Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. Appoints Bill Farran as President of its Professional Liability Division February 19, 2014 - California DWC Posts Non-Substantive Changes to the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit Voucher Forms February 17, 2014 - California DWC Posts Proposed Copy Service Fee Schedule Regulations To Online Forum Area. Public Invited To Comment. February 15, 2014 - Update on California DWC Santa Barbara Satellite Office Conference Scheduling February 14, 2014 - Office of Administrative Law Has Approved California DWC’s Final Versions of the Independent Medical Review and Independent Bill Review Regulations February 11, 2014 - Exam Works Acquires Gould & Lamb February 10, 2014 - Maine’s Governor Announces Workers’ Compensation Rates To Fall By 7.7 percent. February 6, 2014 - John Morris Speaks Again To Employers' Fraud Task Force To Ask For Financial Support For His Campaign For L.A. County Assessor February 3, 2014 - Two New Executives Join Atlas General Insurance Services Business Development Team
January 2014 January 28, 2014 - Calif DWC Announces Recipients of 2014 Carrie Nevans Community Service Award January 27, 2014 - Sedgwick Announces New Majority Ownership by KKR January 27, 2014 - The Wolves Of Work Comp Street January 23, 2014 - 2014 Onset Of Affect Agents For Workers’ Compensation Claims: The Affordable Care Act, A Botched Computer Upgrade, And All The Rest. January 21, 2014 - Ohio's Bureau Of Workers' Compensation's Investigations Bring Forth Guilty Pleas And Convictions In November January 17, 2014 - California DWC Medical Unit Accepting Applications for Upcoming Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination on April 12 January 15, 2014 - Mileage Rate For Medical And Medical-Legal Travel Expenses Decreased Effective January 1, 2014 January 12, 2014 - Herb Schultz, from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, to Speak at Employers' Fraud Task Force Luncheon on Affordable Care Act January 28th. January 8, 2014 - Jennifer Snyder, Head Deputy of Heathcare Fraud For The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Addressed The Employers' Fraud Task Force Christmas Party Attendees. 'If It's A Material Lie, Make My Day,' She Said In Closing. January 5, 2014 - Your Car Insurance Rates and Your Driving Record January 1, 2014 - DWC announces agenda for the January 13 and 14 meetings in Van Nuys and Oakland, California, on UR and IMR
December 2013 December 31, 2013 - DWC Files Certificate Of Compliance For IMR And IBR Regulations With OAL December 30, 2013 - Arrested LAPD Officers For Workers' Comp Fraud Inspire New York Applicants' Attorney To Make His Pitch For Claimants To Seek Representation December 24, 2013 - DWC Posts RBRVS-Based Physician Fee Schedule and 2014 Updates Effective January 1, 2014 December 20, 2013 - California Bay Area Janitorial Service To Large Supermarkets Cited For Wage Theft December 16, 2013 - CA DWC Posts Adjustments to Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Section of Official Medical Fee Schedule to Conform to Changes in Medicare Payment System December 13, 2013 - Constitutional Challenges Portend Set-Back For Lien Defense. Combating Liens On Merits Now The Better Action Over Dependence On Procedural Defenses. December 13, 2013 - Division of Workers’ Compensation Administrative Director Announces 2014 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Performance Standards December 12, 2013 - DWC Issues Second 15-day Notice for Modifications to Proposed Independent Bill Review (IBR), Billing and Payment Regulations, and Third 15-day Notice for Modifications to Proposed Independent Medical Review (IMR) Regulations December 10, 2013 - DWC Issues 15-Day Notice for Modifications to Proposed Medical Provider Networks Regulations December 10, 2013 - Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Reached In Lincoln National Death Master Case. Over half of the total market is now in compliance. December 7, 2013 - DWC Issues Second 15-day Notice for Modifications to Proposed Utilization Review and Independent Medical Review Regulations December 6, 2013 - DWC Announces Meetings in Oakland, Van Nuys to Discuss UR and IMR December 4, 2013 - DWC Offers Free Webinar on “The Independent Medical Review Process Explained for the Injured Worker” on Wednesday, Dec. 18 from 10-11 a.m. December 4, 2013 - IEA and the Employers' Fraud Task Force Together Have Formed a New Designation: the CPFI December 3, 2013 - John Morris Addresses Employers' Fraud Task Force Lunch Group. Announces He's Running For Los Angeles County Assessor.
November 2013 November 27, 2013 - Department of Industrial Relations Workers’ Compensation Policy Assessment Rates for Fiscal Year 2013/14 Reflect Aggregate Reduction of $9.5 Million November 27, 2013 - RIMS: Proposed Legislation Would Streamline the Claims Settlement Process November 24, 2013 - British Union Urges More HSE Safety Funding November 21, 2013 - Oakland Restaurant Owner Charged With Workers' Compensation Fraud Along With Wage Violations In Excess Of One Million Dollars November 20, 2013 - DWC Final Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit Regulations Approved November 19, 2013 - Sim Hoffman, M.D., Indicted With Three Others for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud In May 2011, Has His Case Continued In Orange County Superior Court To December 6th 2013. Judge Absolutely Beyond Fed Up. November 14, 2013 - Indictment Against Aspen Medical Resources Owners and Hearing Rep/Collector Spells Out Overt Acts of Conspiracy To Commit Insurance Fraud November 13, 2013 - DWC Issues Notice of Public Hearing to Revise the RBRVS Physician Fee Schedule November 13, 2013 - DWC Posts Revised QME Form 105 and Instructions for Forms 105, 106 and 37 November 11, 2013 - Three Owners Of Aspen Medical Resources In Anaheim Had Bail Set At A Million And A Half Dollars November 6, 2013 - California Department of Workers' Compensation To Open Santa Barbara Satellite Office In December November 5, 2013 - California Work Comp Community Is Saddened By The Death Of Applicants' Attorney Marvin N. Shapiro November 4, 2013 - Owners Of Aspen Medical Resources, Anaheim, Indicted By Orange County District Attorney. Details Of Case To Become Public By Thanksgiving. November 1, 2013 - Sedgwick Makes Two Executive Appointments Designed To Drive Their Innovation
October 2013 October 30, 2013 - For Halloween, the Day of the Dead: A Ghostly Site. Hundreds Killed When Two Vessels Explode. October 28, 2013 - ACE USA Announces Key Executive Appointments In Some Regional Operations October 25, 2013 - John Pike, UC Davis Cop Who Pepper-Sprayed Seated Campus Protesters, Receives $38K Work Comp Settlement October 25, 2013 - $32 Million In Grants To District Attorneys Awarded Statewide In California To Assist Law Enforcement In Fighting Workers' Compensation Fraud October 23, 2013 - Costa Bella Builders, Operating In Aptos, Calif, Convicted Of Workers' Compensation Premium Fraud October 22, 2013 - Minnesota Sees Drop in Paid Workers Comp Claims October 18, 2013 - One of Biggest Shams in Comp Claims Is Unwarranted Diagnostic Testing October 16, 2013 - California Is On The Brink Of Adopting The AMA Guides, Sixth Edition October 14, 2013 - Probe Information Welcomes Christine Alire, Attorney At Law, as SIU Supervisor October 10, 2013 - AB 1309 Signed Into Law. Professional Athletes Will Now Stick Within Their Own States. October 8, 2013 - 'Insurance Fraud & Weapons to Fight Fraud' Webinar October 4, 2013 - AB 60 Signed By California Governor Brown. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Says Thank You. October 2, 2013 - Allstate Insurance Company Sued By Company Retirees. Law Firm of Heninger Garrison Davis Forms Class Action.
September 2013 September 30, 2013 - Settlement Conference For Intercare Adjusters' Class Action Trailed To October 16th 2013 September 25, 2013 - National Insurance Crime Bureau: Questionable Workers' Compensation Claims Increase. California, Illinois, and New York Lead the States. September 23, 2013 - USA Business Insurance Now Offers General Liability For Tree And Lawn Care Services Under One Policy September 20, 2013 - Watch Out For The ‘Swoop And Squat’ Scam, The California Department Of Insurance Warns Drivers. Dave Jones And Company Grants $6,963,600 To Los Angeles DA For The Investigation And Prosecution Of Auto Insurance Fraud Rings. September 19, 2013 - Atlas Hires Billy Garren And Kristi Tinker With Strong Work Comp Underwriting Experience For Knoxville, Tennessee, Marketing Office. September 16, 2013 - Zenith Insurance Should Be Commended For Taking On Workers' Compensation Insured In Pennsylvania State Court. Insured Lied To Zenith About Its Farm Operation. September 13, 2013 - Berkshire Hathaway Agrees Not To Poach AIG Business Insurance Executives For One Year September 11, 2013 - Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Names Vice President, Executive & Professional Liability Claims September 9, 2013 - Dave Jones Announces Death Master Settlement With Aegon September 6, 2013 - Huntington Park, California, Widow Arrested For Fraudulently Collecting Over $500,000 On Her Now Deceased Husband's Workers' Compensation Agreement. Claimant Had Fallen From A Scaffold While Employed At Aramark. September 5, 2013 - The Law Firm of Doyle Raizner Files Suit against Safeco Insurance on Behalf of Public Adjusters September 3, 2013 - Workers Compensation Claim Handling Standards: what are they?
August 2013 August 31, 2013 - United States Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Billing Manager August 29, 2013 - Kimberly George Placed By Sedgwick Into New Role Of Senior Vice President, Senior Healthcare Advisor August 28, 2013 - Katrina, Five Years Ago A Defense Lawyer At Tobin Lucks, Sells Out Her Singing Performance At The Mint In Los Angeles August 26, 2013 - How Can A Workers’ Comp Adjuster Be Out On Workers’ Comp? August 24, 2013 - Texas Employer Cited for Workplace Safety Violations August 22, 2013 - Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announces Death Master settlement with ING. Conduct exam of a second insurer finds MassMutual using Death Master Database properly. August 20, 2013 - Try Not To Be So Optimistic When Reserving A Work Comp Claim August 18, 2013 - IAS Claim Services Makes Two Executive Promotions August 15, 2013 - Frasco Investigator On A Work Comp Claim Discovers Evidence Leading To Arrest For Illegal Arsenal Of Weapons Possession August 9, 2013 - Poll Shows 1 in 3 Make Insurance Claims August 7, 2013 - Arizona Applicants' Law Firm Files RICO Action Against York August 5, 2013 - AIG Property Casualty Reports Operating Income Of $1.1 Billion In Second Quarter 2013 August 1, 2013 - American Claims Management Wins El Camino Hospital Contract
July 2013 July 30, 2013 - Mitchell Advances Medical Bill Review Capabilities With SmartAdvisor™ 6.0 July 26, 2013 - Workers’ Compensation Claims From Spider, Insect, And Other Small Critter Bites And Stings July 22, 2013 - Summit Staff Members To Speak At National Workers' Compensation Educational Conference July 16, 2013 - SW Australia Unveils Work-Related Mental Stress Report July 12, 2013 - John Riggs Addresses Employers' Fraud Task Force On SB 863. Calls For Industry Individuals To Get Involved In Shaping Legislation And Reform. July 9, 2013 - Dodgers And Giants On The Same Team In California When It Comes To Workers' Comp Bill July 3, 2013 - Missouri Governor Vetos Legislation That Would Give Employers Online Database To Check Workers' Compensation Claims July 1, 2013 - Allstate Goes After Frauds
June 2013 June 26, 2013 - Structured Settlements Frequently Asked Questions June 24, 2013 - Marni Wood Joins iUnlimited Investigative Services as a California Senior Claims Consultant June 20, 2013 - In Memory Of Gordon Doddridge, Veteran Southern California Workers' Compensation Claims Examiner. 1964 - 2013. June 18, 2013 - Oxnard Police Officer, Edward Idukas, Is Sentenced to 120 Days In Jail For Workers' Compensation Fraud June 14, 2013 - Landmark Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 2013 Spotlight of Tennessee Workers' Compensation Conference. June 10, 2013 - California Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone June 6, 2013 - Applicants’ Attorney, Robert Pearman, Literally Tears Up Las Vegas Hotel Suite With Drunken Bacchanalian Revelry. Pearman Arrested, Booked, And Released Pending Court Appearance. June 4, 2013 - Kelly Soo Park Found Not-Guilty Of First Degree And Second Degree Murder. Court Room Explodes With Volatile Emotions And Outbursts Of Grief For Juliana Redding. June 3, 2013 - Judge Suspends Verdict Of Not-Guilty Of First Degree Murder For Kelly Soo Park. Says, 'I'm taking no verdicts at this time.' June 2, 2013 - Deliberating Jury In Kelly Soo Park Murder Trial Asks For Read Back Of Jury Instructions About First And Second Degree Murder
May 2013 May 30, 2013 - The Jury Still Deliberates For Fifth Full Day In The Kelly Soo Park Trial. Family And Friends Of Both Victim And Accused Wait In Agony And Anxiety. May 28, 2013 - No Verdict Yet! But The Fate Of Kelly Soo Park Lies In The Hands Of 12 Jurors Who Want To Hear The Damning Evidence Over And Over Again... May 26, 2013 - The Jury Further Deliberates In The Kelly Soo Park Murder Of Juliana Redding Trial. Jury Asks For Read-Back. Rarity Of DNA In Blood Drop To Match Another Profile Other Than Kelly Soo Park's Is One In One Trillion. May 23, 2013 - Closing Arguments By The Prosecution Brilliant, Not Credible By The Defense In The Kelly Soo Park Trial For The Murder Of Juliana Redding. The Jury Now Deliberates May 22, 2013 - Kelly Soo Park Collected $1,043,927.47 Within 18 Months From Frontline Medical According To The Testimony Of Detective Karen Thompson May 19, 2013 - Juliana Redding's Friends Testify At Murder Suspect Kelly Soo Park's Trial. None Asked Had Ever Heard Of Or Seen Kelly Soo Park. May 18, 2013 - Greg Redding Takes The Stand In Trial Of Kelly Soo Park For The Murder Of His Daughter. Tells Of Tens Of Thousands Of Containers For Compound Pain Creams. May 15, 2013 - Kelly Soo Park attorneys try to enter third-party culpability evidence May 15, 2013 - Kelly Soo Park Trial: Opening Statement By The Prosecution Has Courtroom Riveted May 14, 2013 - The Kelly Soo Park Trial - Day Two, Tuesday May 13, 2013 - The Kelly Soo Park Trial - Day 1 – Monday May 12, 2013 - Trial Of Kelly Soo Park For The Murder Of Juliana Redding Starts Tomorrow Morning May 9, 2013 - American Claims Management Continues To Expand In The U.S. Southeast May 8, 2013 - Workers' Comp Battle Over Professional Athletes In California Heats Up After Passage Of AB 1309 May 4, 2013 - Amerisure Names Bill Dennis Assistant Vice President of Claims May 1, 2013 - Idaho Supreme Court Affirms Idaho Industrial Commission. Thus Rejects Claimant's Psyche Claim For PTSD
April 2013 April 29, 2013 - What A Wrap! Thrown In Spectacular Style By Sedgwick In Downtown Los Angeles At Studio One. April 28, 2013 - What The Passing Of Major Workers' Compensation Reform Bill Will Mean In Tennessee April 24, 2013 - RIMS Conference Draws The Risk Management Glitterati To The LA Convention Center April 22, 2013 - Star Singer-Songwriter, Katrina, Alleges She Was Stalked By Workers’ Compensation Defense Attorney Richard Widom. Feels She Let Down Defense Lawyer Lisa Kerner. April 17, 2013 - Sedgwick Introduces Performance 360 April 16, 2013 - Tennessee House of Representatives Approves New Workers’ Compensation Court Panel System April 12, 2013 - Union Groups Protest New Proposed Legislation In Tennessee Which Would Take Workers' Comp Out Of The Courts And Align It With A Government System Already Fraught With Dysfunction April 10, 2013 - Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, California, Was Served Friday With A Search Warrant By The FBI April 9, 2013 - Will New Worker's Comp Rules Turn Injured Workers into Lifelong Drug Addicts? April 5, 2013 - Counterfeit workers' compensation insurance leaves injured workers without benefits. Four-year investigation, hundreds of victims in 19 states and losses exceeding $700,000. April 2, 2013 - Tennessee Senate Approves Bill That Would Create A Work Comp Court System
March 2013 March 29, 2013 - John Kallas of SmartComp Speaks At Employers' Fraud Task Force Luncheon On Latest Workers' Comp Cost Drivers March 28, 2013 - Workers' Comp Plan Goes Against Conservative Ideals March 26, 2013 - Southern California Claims Manager, Darrell Brown, Appointed Chief Performance Officer by Sedgwick. March 24, 2013 - Say It Isn't So: Ex-Adjuster Guilty of Fraud March 20, 2013 - Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Ordered By Judge To Refund $859 Million To Employers March 19, 2013 - Stockwell Firm Seeks Further Discovery In Defense Against Former Partner, Richard Widom. March 15, 2013 - Ohio Judge Considers 860 Million Dollar Demand By Employers For Workers’ Compensation Premium Overcharges March 13, 2013 - Kelly Soo Park Set For Trial May 13th. Husband Tom Files Claim Against Former Employer, The City Of Oxnard. March 11, 2013 - Workers' Comp Figures Prominently in National Rx Drug Abuse Summit March 8, 2013 - Intercare Holdings Responds To adjustercom Published News Editorial On Their Pending Class Action Lawsuit March 6, 2013 - Tim Cloney Hired as Special Investigations Unit Manager at Investigation Solutions, Inc. March 5, 2013 - Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announces He Will Defend Rate Reduction Against Mercury Insurance Lawsuit March 1, 2013 - Kelly Soo Park Trial Pushed To May 13th. Judge Accuses Defense Of Shenanigans. Prosecution Loses Motion To Admit Other Crimes.
February 2013 February 25, 2013 - Crawford & Company Announces Review of 4th Quarter 2012 Tax Provision. Reaffirms Initial Guidance for 2013 February 21, 2013 - Intercare Offers Adjusters $500 To Opt-Out Of Class Action February 19, 2013 - SB 863: Workers’ Comp Cases In Many Areas Will Not Be Able To Adhere To A Fee Schedule For Home Health Services. February 14, 2013 - WCRI - Compscope™ Identifies Medical Cost Drivers, Trends, And Impact OF Regulatory Changes In 16 State Workers' Comp Systems February 12, 2013 - Products Liability Suit Filed Against Merck Over Failure To Properly Warn Of Propecia Side Effects February 8, 2013 - EMPLOYERS® Inducted into Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Hall of Fame February 6, 2013 - CNA Gets Trial Court Judgment On Workers' Comp Audit Affirmed By Connecticut Court Of Appeal February 4, 2013 - George Burr Hired As Vice President, California Workers' Compensation Claims For Crum & Forster In Orange Office February 1, 2013 - Sedgwick Appoints Robert A. Johnson Executive VP Of Specialty Operations
January 2013 January 31, 2013 - Steven E. Penman Appointed Sedgwick Chief Operating Officer January 30, 2013 - Veteran Claims Professional Michael McFadden Promoted To Regional Vice President Of Patriot National Insurance Company For California January 29, 2013 - Richard Widom's Motion For Net Worth Discovery Of The Stockwell Firm Denied By The Court January 28, 2013 - PMSI Mobile App Helps Injured Workers Manage Workers' Compensation Injury January 24, 2013 - Slew Of New Employer Laws Hit The Books In California January 22, 2013 - The SMART Act. What It Really Does... January 18, 2013 - Intercare Arbitration Decision At Odds With Witness Accounts January 16, 2013 - Secret Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Which Is Privileged To Law Enforcement, Catches Harley Davidson Motorcycle Owner In Insurance Fraud January 14, 2013 - 2013 Workers' Compensation Management Guidebook Includes 80 New Topics, Helps Employers Cut Workers' Comp Costs 20% to 50%. Amaxx and Advisen Collaborate to Provide Cost-Reduction Tools for Employers, Insurance Brokers, TPAs, Carriers and Consultants. January 10, 2013 - SB 863--Advice To Claims Operations To Review The Regulations. January 8, 2013 - Anne Ruiz Named Vice President and COO of Angela Livingston Collaborations January 6, 2013 - The Kelly Soo Park Case For Murder. Judge Says, “This Is A Very Old Case. We Need To Get Going.” January 3, 2013 - Hutterites Must Have Workers' Compensation Insurance According To Montana Supreme Court Ruling. January 1, 2013 - 270,000 Ohio Employers Win Restitution After Judge Rules They Were Overcharged By The State
December 2012 December 27, 2012 - City Of Monroe, Louisiana, Sees More Firefighter Claims December 25, 2012 - Arkansas' Workers Comp System Could Be A Model December 20, 2012 - Former Football Players Sue Over Arbitration Award Barring Them From Workers' Compensation December 17, 2012 - Sprinter For Sex Sentenced To Nine Months In Jail For Workers' Compensation Fraud. December 13, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park Marries Tom Chronister. She Appears In Court With Him Alone. December 10, 2012 - Have A Seat. Retail Cashiers May Just Take A Load Off After K-Mart Employees Class Action Suit. December 7, 2012 - Patriot National Subsidiary To Start Writing Workers' Comp In Michigan December 6, 2012 - Widom vs. Stockwell Case To Come Back To Court In January 2013 For Possible Evidentiary Hearing December 4, 2012 - Janet Frank New President And CEO Of Pacific Compensation Insurance Company.
November 2012 November 29, 2012 - California Department Of Insurance Announces Streamlined License Application Process November 28, 2012 - Trial For Kelly Soo Park Set For March 11th 2013. November 27, 2012 - Spanish Will Be Spoken In The Name Of The Lord. Hope For No Large Liability Against Intercare. (Op-Ed) November 24, 2012 - Arizona Court of Appeals Overturns Lower Court Decision And States That Lawmakers Can Access State Compensation Fund To Balance The Budget. November 21, 2012 - Thanksgiving - The Importance Of Being Grateful November 19, 2012 - If You Can Eat Your Turkey With A Toothpick, Maybe It's Not A Dinner. But Watch Out-- There Are No Free Lunches. November 17, 2012 - Melanie Louise Schodde, Riverside Workers' Compensation Judge, Passes Away November 12th November 15, 2012 - California Indian Tribal Nations Workers' Compensation Fraudster, Greg Chmielewski, Finally Arrested And Taken To Task November 15, 2012 - Oklahoma's Workers' Compensation Rates Just Continue To Rise. It's More Of The Same. November 13, 2012 - Colorado Workers' Compensation Premiums To Rise In 2013 By 5.2 Percent November 12, 2012 - The Stockwell Firm’s Cross-Complaint Reveals More Motivation For Firing Former Partner Richard Widom Than Him Beating His Wife November 12, 2012 - American Medical Association's Impairment Ratings Often Unfavorable to Injured Workers in Illinois. The AMA impairment ratings may negatively impact Illinois workers' compensation claims. November 8, 2012 - Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Names New Press Secretary November 7, 2012 - The Liberalization Of America. A Nation Divided. What It Means For Businesses, Individuals, And Insurance Claims. November 6, 2012 - Notice Issued to Health Insurers Reminding Them of Legal Obligation to Consumers When Claim Is Denied. Insurance Commissioner Educates Consumers About Their Right to Appeal Treatment Denials. November 4, 2012 - Paul Turley, D.C., Uwaydah's Business Partner, Left Macedonia For Lebanon Today. Money Machine Up And Running In Eastern Europe Aimed At Exploiting U.S. November 1, 2012 - Judge Gregory Alarcon Steps Into Richard Widom vs. Stockwell Case In Los Angeles Superior Court After Writs Of Mandate, Peremptory Challenge, And Other Legal Verbal Spear Chucking.
October 2012 October 31, 2012 - Claimant Who Insisted She Couldn't Drive At All Appeals Her Workers' Compensation Fraud Conviction. But CA Court Of Appeals Affirms. October 29, 2012 - Richard Widom vs The Stockwell Firm Back On Calendar. Case Management Conference Set For October 31st In LA Superior Court. October 25, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park Signs DA's Waiver Of Conflict-Of-Interest. Judge Warns Kelly Soo Of The Possible Consequences And Poignantly Asks Park If She Fully Understands. October 24, 2012 - Former U.S. Marine And City Of Pomona Police Officer Terrorizes Pomona Human Resources And Workers' Compensation Claims Departments. Permanent Restraining Order Affirmed After Claimant's Appeal. October 23, 2012 - Controller Chiang, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announce Settlement With AIG Insurance. Company to Pay California Life Insurance Beneficiaries an Estimated $25-$30 Million October 21, 2012 - Judge Expected To Rule In 45 Days Whether English-Only Imperative At Intercare Impacted Hispanic Adjuster October 18, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park's Independent Counsel Asks For One More Week On Waiver Of Conflict-Of-Interest October 15, 2012 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Announces $1 Million In Grant Funds To Combat Insurance Fraud In Ventura County. Grants for Investigation, Prosecution of Workers’ Compensation; Automobile Fraud. October 13, 2012 - Dave Jones, CA Insurance Commissioner, Announces Settlement In Death Master Investigation. Nationwide Agrees to Multi-Million Payment and Important Business Reforms. October 11, 2012 - Illegal Activities Of Dr. Gonzalo Flores Ruiz Not Connected With Central Valley Occupational Medical Group's Practice, Officials State. Dr. Ruiz To Be Sentenced On December 3rd. October 10, 2012 - Claims Industry in So Cal Mourns Death Of Veteran Claims Assistant, Theodore Concepcion. Funeral Services To Begin Friday. October 9, 2012 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Announces Arrest Of Los Angeles County Educator For Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud. Para-Educator Allegedly Files Fraudulent Claim After Breaking Up Fight. October 8, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park Lawyers Being Paid By Uwaydah, Detective Karen Thompson Advises DA's Office. Judge Orders Independent Counsel To Inform Park Of Conflict-Of-Interest Problems And To Sign Waiver. October 5, 2012 - Family Members Convicted In Central Valley Workers' Compensation Fraud Case. Father, Daughter From Bakersfield Ordered To Repay Over $600,000 In Restitution. October 4, 2012 - Gonzalo Flores Ruiz, M.D. of Central Valley Occupational Medical Group in Bakersfield, California, Pleads Guilty To Distributing Addictive Pain Killer For No Legitimate Medical Purpose October 3, 2012 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Launches Innovative New Senior Protection Web Site October 1, 2012 - California's WCIRB Backs Off From Recommending A Pure Premium Rate Increase For January 1st 2013
September 2012 September 27, 2012 - Football Injuries Not Intentional As Time And Practice Not Essential September 25, 2012 - AIMS To Hire 30 Claims Professionals In A Brand New Office In Pomona, California, Opening On November 30th September 21, 2012 - Marathon Depositions Must Now Learn To Sprint September 19, 2012 - Jerry Brown Headed South Yesterday Hoping SB 863 Won't Do The Same. He Signs Bill In San Diego At A Small Family Owned Printing Company. September 18, 2012 - Search Warrant Served Against Aspen Medical Resources In Anaheim Reveals Double Billing Was Consistently Done For Renting Hundreds Of ThermoCool Hot-Cold Units September 15, 2012 - America’s $182.3 Billion Total Commitments To AIG Fully Recovered. More Than $15 Billion Combined Positive Return From AIG To Date. September 13, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park's Consort, Retired Police Commander, Tom Chronister, Under Investigation By The Oxnard Police Department September 11, 2012 - Injured Workers’ Groups Struck By Lightning Before Hearing Thunder Of SB 863. September 10, 2012 - Elizabeth Demaret Now Chief Customer Relationship Officer For Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. September 7, 2012 - Rosa Moran Resigns As Administrative Director Of The CA Division Of Workers' Compensation September 6, 2012 - May The Real Work Begin. Workers' Compensation Reform In California With SB 863 Will Require A Herculean Effort By Claims Adjusters. September 5, 2012 - Why I Think SB 863 Was Passed By The Legislature In California September 2, 2012 - We Have Workers’ Compensation Reform In California. Almost! Just Need The Governor’s Signature.
August 2012 August 31, 2012 - California Department Of Insurance Grants Riverside County 2.4 Million Dollars August 30, 2012 - Mad Dash On SB 863 May Not Be Such A Quick Fix August 28, 2012 - California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Releases WCIRB's Report On Workers' Compensation Reforms August 27, 2012 - Farmers Insurance And Subsidiaries Prepared With Adjusters To Handle Hurricane Isaac August 24, 2012 - Hector Porrata, Former Work Comp Claims Manager, Released From Prison August 22, 2012 - Discovery Continues Over Numerous Investigators In Kelly Soo Park's Murder For Hire Prosecution August 19, 2012 - Aspen Medical Resources Raided By Orange County District Attorney. Accused Of Egregious Overbilling And Kick-Backs. August 16, 2012 - California Supreme Court Denies Workers' Comp Defense Attorney Richard Widom's Petition For Review. Stockwell Firm Alleges Widom Beat And Battered Stockwell Attorney Lisa Kerner August 15, 2012 - Jungle Drums Beat That Major Work Comp Reform Is On The Horizon August 13, 2012 - Might Does Not Make Right For Orange County Police And Deputy Sheriffs. No Crime In Photographing Sim Hoffman, M.D. On The Sidewalk. Part II. August 10, 2012 - Might Does Not Make Right For Orange County Police And Deputy Sheriffs. No Crime In Photographing Sim Hoffman, M.D. On The Sidewalk. Part I. August 8, 2012 - Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Intercare Holdings, Inc. For Adjuster Overtime Pay August 7, 2012 - Ex-NFL Player Can't Seek Workers' Comp in California August 3, 2012 - Appellate Court Says Claims Adjusters Can Get Overtime August 2, 2012 - Slow Recovery Affects Workers' Compensation Benefits and Costs
July 2012 July 31, 2012 - Sick Of Workers' Compensation Fraud. Can You Analyze This? July 27, 2012 - New Anti-Fraud Partnership Aimed At Dismantling Medical Insurance Schemes July 25, 2012 - California Appeals Court Strikes Down Liberty Mutual’s Argument That Claims Adjusters Are Exempt From Over-Time. But Who Is Frances Harris? July 23, 2012 - Lynchburg, Virginia Area Still Busy With Claims Borne Out Of June 29th Wind Storm July 19, 2012 - West Virginia Governor Tomblin Announces Another Reduction For Workers' Compensation Loss Cost Rates July 17, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park Has A New Man. About To Stand Trial For Murder, She Snags The Recently Retired Veteran Watch Commander Of The Oxnard Police Department. July 16, 2012 - An Ankle Injury, High Heels, A Tryst, And An Arrest July 13, 2012 - Workers' Compensation QME Pain Specialist, Dr. Steven Sadler, Dies After Fall From Horse July 11, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park Appears In Court With The Grim Sleeper. Her Trial Predicted Not To Start Until November. July 10, 2012 - Spanish Speaking At Intercare Causes Conflict July 9, 2012 - “Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: MSA/LMSA Trends” at the August 19-23 Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference at the Orlando World Center Marriott will offer guidance in that area. July 6, 2012 - Former CA State Comp Attorney Who Was Sued By Dr. Uwaydah Is Now Being Sued By State Comp Itself Under RICO July 3, 2012 - West Virginia Court Determines Special Employment Status for Workers’ Compensation Immunity
June 2012 June 29, 2012 - Sex, Marriage, Criminal Charges, and the Firing of a Company Man, Part II June 28, 2012 - Sex, Marriage, Criminal Charges, and the Firing of a Company Man, Part I June 26, 2012 - EK Health Expands Leadership to Advance National Footprint in Workers' Comp Managed Care June 25, 2012 - Tropical Storm Debby To Affect WorkersCompensation.com Office Operations June 21, 2012 - California Insurance Commissioner Jones Announces $32 Million in Grants to Local Law Enforcement to Fight Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud. Funds to Aid District Attorneys in Investigation, Prosecution. June 19, 2012 - John Morton Memorial To Be Held Tomorrow Morning. His Mother Has No Clue As To The Motivation Behind His Suicide. June 18, 2012 - California DWC's TTD Rates For 2013 Announced June 15, 2012 - Workers’ Compensation Claims Supervisor Takes His Own Life. Investigation Into Penalty Payments Disguised As Total Temporary Disability Launched In The Wake Of Suicide. June 13, 2012 - Kern County Doctor And Consorts Indicted On 21 Felony Counts. Authorities Say He Conspired To Defraud Insurers Out Of 95 Million Dollars. June 12, 2012 - Hearing For Jailed Doctor Accused Of Prescription Fraud Trailed To July 10, 2012 June 11, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park Case Still Doing Discovery At Least Until July 11th. DA Eric Harmon Changing Jobs. Trial Now Predicted To Start In The Fall. June 10, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park To Appear In Court With New Defense Counsels Tomorrow Morning In Downtown L.A. June 8, 2012 - Alaska Bill Introduced To Reform Workers’ Comp June 6, 2012 - New WCRI Study Helps Policymakers Design Medical Fee Schedule June 2, 2012 - TRISTAR Acquires Industrial Claims Management June 1, 2012 - Tristar Risk Management To Move REM’s Brea Office Into Tristar’s Santa Ana Building. An interview with Tristar President and CEO Tom Veale.
May 2012 May 29, 2012 - Employer Who Sent Has To Bring Employee Home To End Business Trip Liability, Kentucky Supreme Court Demonstrates. May 25, 2012 - Claim Costs For Medical Treatment In Workers' Comp Claims In California Increased After Year 2005 May 23, 2012 - Former Workers’ Compensation Doctor Convicted Of Prescription Abuse, Arrested Again May 17, 2012 - California WCIRB Offers Testimony About System Cost Drivers May 15, 2012 - Promising Sign Of Growth Reported In The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Market, Although Not Out Of The Woods May 11, 2012 - Workers' Compensation E-Billing Webcasts Will Drive Industrywide Engagement -- May 11th AMA Webinar for Vendors about California's Workers' Compensation eBilling Kicks Off Campaign Webcast Series for Physician Practices Starting May 17th May 10, 2012 - California Department of Transportation Honors 178 Workers Killed On The Job May 8, 2012 - U.S. Treasury On The Road To Potentially Earning 15 Billion Dollars From Its Loans To American International Group. May 6, 2012 - U.S. Treasury To Cut Its Ownership In AIG From 70% To 63% May 2, 2012 - Employers' Fraud Task Force Produces Top Film On Workers' Comp Claims Handling And The Problem Of Liens In Southern California May 1, 2012 - One Call Medical and Group & Pension Administrators, Inc. Surpass $2 Million in Diagnostic Radiology Savings -- Easy-to-Implement, Easy-to-Use Diagnostic Program Delivers Significant Cost Savings, Quality Imaging, and Patient Advocacy
April 2012 April 30, 2012 - Ohio Offers Bill To Senate To Prevent Illegal Workers From Collecting Workers' Compensation April 27, 2012 - New WCRI Webinar on Avoiding Litigation: What Employers, Insurers, and State Workers' Compensation Agencies Can Do April 24, 2012 - California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announces Arrest Of Belmont Business Owners -- Co-owners of roofing business charged with 29 felonies April 23, 2012 - One Devastating Week of Tornadoes and Storms Last Year Caused 93 Percent of Alabama's Insured Catastrophe Losses April 20, 2012 - Court Ruling: Woman Is Entitled To Workers’ Compensation Benefits For Injury That Happened During Sex April 17, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park Fires Her Lawyers: Undergoes Change Of Counsel Once Again. April 16, 2012 - George Woolverton Appointed To CIGA Board Of Governors April 13, 2012 - Tristar Risk Management Acquires Risk Enterprise Management April 11, 2012 - Broadspire® Promotes Lorraine Shriner to Atlanta Service Center Manager April 10, 2012 - Los Angeles City Firefighter Charged With Fraud April 6, 2012 - Lawrence Hamilton New SIU Manager At Horsemen Investigations April 5, 2012 - EK Health Names Douglas Benner Chief Medical Officer -- Richard Thompson Focuses on EK Health Next Step Medical Advisory Programa' April 2, 2012 - ISYSEd Sponsors Extraordinary Educational Seminar On Burn Injuries At Anaheim Crowne Plaza
March 2012 March 29, 2012 - Workers' Compensation Medical Prices Were Higher and Grew More Rapidly in States without Medical Fee Schedules, Says New WCRI Study March 26, 2012 - Mercury Insurance Named One of 'America's Most Trustworthy Companies' by Forbes March 24, 2012 - Leslie Dilbeck Joins iRatings, LLC as Vice President of Marketing and Sales March 21, 2012 - Kelly Soo Park Back In Court On A Cold Monday Morning in L.A. Where Greg And Patricia Redding Speak Out On Their Right To A Speedy Trial March 19, 2012 - Sim Hoffman, M.D., Files A Motion For Discovery Only To Get It Denied. Will Be Back In Orange County Superior Court On May 18th To Continue To Attack DA's Case Of 887 Counts Of Insurance Fraud. March 15, 2012 - Henry Eford Named Sales Executive for Employers Holdings March 11, 2012 - Australian Oil Rig Workers Injured In The 2009 Montara Blow Out Frustrated By Lack Of Compensation March 7, 2012 - Union For Claims Adjusters At California's State Compensation Insurance Fund Files Request With State Personnel Board To Disapprove Contracts With Outside Vendor PIs March 3, 2012 - Matthew Hopkins Now President and CEO of Argus West Investigative Services
February 2012 February 28, 2012 - California Department Of Insurance Files Action Against Workers’ Compensation Insurers Using Illegal Agreements -- Unapproved agreements evaded review by Commissioner February 27, 2012 - American Claims Management Continues To Expand. Opens An Office in Tampa Bay, Florida. February 24, 2012 - Tristar Insurance Group Bought Keenan's Innovative Care Systems On January 1st Says Tristar's President Tom Veale February 23, 2012 - Jackie Secia, of York RSG, Named To Stanford's Who's Who February 20, 2012 - Dallas Insurance Attorney, Marc Fanning, To Address Subject Of Insurance Fraud At 14th Annual Texas Department of Insurance Fraud Conference. February 17, 2012 - York For The Moment Just Taking Care Of Its Own. No New Purchases Quivering On The Horizon. February 14, 2012 - Marguerite Sweeney, An Applicants’ Attorney, Appointed By California Governor Brown To The Workers Compensation Appeals Board February 13, 2012 - Louisiana Citizens Property Ins. Corp. Offers $80M For Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Settlement February 8, 2012 - Lebanese Consulate Gets Admonishing Answer From Adjustercom. Munir Uwaydah's Corruption Must Be Confronted With Iron Hand February 7, 2012 - Munir Uwaydah Launches Legal Assault From Beirut. Tries To Manipulate Home Court Advantage. February 6, 2012 - Facebook Pictures Gaining Precedence As Admissible Evidence In Workers' Compensation Claims February 3, 2012 - Deborah L. Michel Now Liberty Mutual's Helmsman Management Services' President February 1, 2012 - Barry Zalma Starts New Video Series Called 'Who Got Caught' on WIRN.tv
January 2012 January 26, 2012 - Woodland Man Found Guilty of Five Counts of Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud January 24, 2012 - Faster Growth in California Workers' Compensation Indemnity Costs Per Claim After 2007 May Reflect Impact of Recession, Says WCRI Study January 20, 2012 - State Fund's Plan To Outsource Investigations Department Won't Happen Overnight January 17, 2012 - Workers' Compensation Rate Filings Indicate That Significant Numbers Of Companies Are Using Insurance Commissioner's Advisory Pure Premium Rates January 15, 2012 - Insurance Industry Grows By An Increase Of 300 Claims Adjuster Jobs In November 2011 January 13, 2012 - Fireman's Fund Insurance Appoints Juliene Conway as Chief Marketing Officer January 5, 2012 - York RSG Purchases Avizent. But Avizent Might Just Keep Its Name. January 2, 2012 - California Supreme Court Overrules 2007 Appellate Court Ruling Stating Claims Adjusters Are 'Non-Exempt' Employees Entitled To Overtime Pay
December 2011 December 28, 2011 - Funeral For Veteran California Adjuster, Cynthia McShan, To Be Held Friday December 24, 2011 - Class Action Settlement Ruled In Favor Of AIG's Workers' Compensation Adjusters Upheld By Appellate Court December 21, 2011 - Cynthia McShan, Veteran Multiline Claims Adjuster, Passed Away Monday. She Was Working In Workers' Compensation Claims At Tristar In Alhambra, CA December 20, 2011 - Mike Mathews Named President and Chief Operating Officer of Atlas General Insurance Services December 16, 2011 - California's State Comp To Outsource Investigations Department. Contracts Will Go To A Few Big PI Firms. December 15, 2011 - State Comp To Return $50 Million To California Employers December 12, 2011 - Hardening Insurance Market The Dawn Of A New Cycle. California Workers' Comp Dances To Its Different Drummer. December 8, 2011 - Sedgwick SVP Kimberly George Recognized Among Business Insurance 2011 Women to Watch December 6, 2011 - Des Moines County Supervisors To Clarify Workers' Compensation Process
November 2011 November 29, 2011 - Sedgwick CMS Now Transitioning Into Just Sedgwick November 28, 2011 - Stanley Zax, Decades Long CEO Of Zenith Insurance, To Be Chairman Of The Board In 2012 November 23, 2011 - Stanley Zax, The Formidable Leader Of Zenith Insurance Company, To Retire. Zax Has Served As A Powerful Force In The Fight Against Fraud In Workers Compensation Claims. November 21, 2011 - ISYSEd Rolls Out Web Site Offering Online Training November 18, 2011 - Gunman Who Stormed Canadian Work Comp Board And Held Hostages To Be Sentenced. Victim Impact Statements Read Aloud In Court. November 15, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park Will Get Her Cash, Cameras, and Computer Returned By December 12th. November 14, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park's Defense Demands Her Video Camera And $20,700 In Cash Returned. An MRI Will Require Her Ankle Bracelet Monitor Removed. November 10, 2011 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Issues Statement On Workers' Comp Rate Filing By State Compensation Insurance Fund November 4, 2011 - Stockwell And David Bautista, Former Stockwell Lien Specialist And Hearing Rep, Come To A Settlement Agreement
October 2011 October 29, 2011 - Comp-Insure.com Now Providing California With The Lowest Workers' Compensation Rates Possible October 27, 2011 - Petition on Ogilvie Denied By California Supreme Court October 21, 2011 - Jose Solorio Put His Passion Into Correcting The 'Scandalous State Of Affairs' In California Workers' Compensation In Authoring AB 378 October 19, 2011 - Association of California Insurance Companies Applauds Gov. Brown’s Workers’ Compensation Signature & Vetoes October 18, 2011 - Sedgwick CMS Awarded Employer Of Choice® Recertification October 17, 2011 - Central Valley Occupational Medical Group In Bakersfield Ostensibly Searched By The FBI. Irene Sanchez, M.D., Not Touched. October 17, 2011 - IAS Claim Services Acquires Jim Buckley & Associates. Purchase of California-based adjuster gets IAS step closer to nationwide service. October 12, 2011 - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Struggles To Dismiss Case Of Frontline Medical And Munir Uwaydah Against Former Administrator. Case Dismissed Without Prejudice But A New Case Lands In Another Court Room! Part III October 12, 2011 - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Struggles To Dismiss Case Of Frontline Medical And Munir Uwaydah Against Former Administrator. Case Dismissed Without Prejudice But A New Case Lands In Another Court Room! Part II October 12, 2011 - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Struggles To Dismiss Case Of Frontline Medical And Munir Uwaydah Against Former Administrator. Case Dismissed Without Prejudice But A New Case Lands In Another Court Room! Part I October 9, 2011 - Virginia Nurse Who Crashed After Answering Her Cell Phone Has Her Work Comp Claim Upheld By Virginia Appeals Court October 6, 2011 - California's State Compensation Insurance Fund To Lay Off 1,500 By June 2012 October 6, 2011 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Announces Arrests Of Suspects In Organized Insurance Fraud Ring And Conspiracy. Grand Jury indicts 22 suspects after two year investigation. October 3, 2011 - One Call Medical Acquires Raytel Imaging Network
September 2011 September 30, 2011 - Governor Vetoes Bills To Hike The Minimum Wage And Force Employers And Insurers To Pay Another Work Comp Penalty September 30, 2011 - Keith Jacobs Now President Of iUnlimited Investigations, Inc. September 29, 2011 - Dave Jones Discusses New Calculation Of California’s Workers’ Compensation Pure Premium Rate September 28, 2011 - Workers' Comp Claim Frequency Increases for First Time in Five Years September 26, 2011 - Darryl Nolan, The Car Jacker Who Brutally Beat Workers' Compensation Defense Attorney Louise Armstrong in January 2010, Gets 16 Years In California State Prison September 22, 2011 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Announces Arrest of Mia Rachel Brown of West Covina for Workers' Compensation Fraud. September 21, 2011 - U.S. Risk Acquires American Special Risk Insurance Services September 15, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park To Get Her Hard Drives Back Before November 10th. Stephen Bernard, New Defense Counsel, Moves The Case Forward. September 14, 2011 - Insurance Claims Payout For Joplin, Missouri Recovery Tops $1 Billion September 12, 2011 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Announces Passage Of Bill To Prohibit Insurers From Overriding a Physician's Opinion And Deny Disability Coverage. He Urges Governor To Sign SB 621 September 8, 2011 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Announces Passage of Bill to Make Workers' Compensation Policies More Transparent. Commissioner Urges Governor to Sign SB 684 into Law September 6, 2011 - Prometheus The Trickster, aka Munir Uwaydah, M.D., Bamboozles The Los Angeles Superior Court Into A Fraudulent Six Million Dollar Judgment Against A Beirut Businessman. Part III September 2, 2011 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Announces Passage Of Bill To Protect Life Insurance Beneficiaries
August 2011 August 31, 2011 - Settlement Agreement Underway In Case Of David Bautista And Petition Filed By Stockwell, Harris, Woolverton & Muehl August 29, 2011 - Hurricane Irene So Far Causes More Than 3 Billion In Insured Losses August 25, 2011 - Police Raid Medical Offices Of Advanced Radiology In Beverly Hills. Clinic Was Going To Factor $10 Million In Receivables Of Predominantly Workers' Compensation Liens. August 25, 2011 - Federal Court Rejects Liberty Mutual's Request To Appeal AIG's 450 Million Dollar Offer To Settle Work Comp Underreporting August 21, 2011 - Prometheus The Trickster, aka Munir Uwaydah, M.D., Bamboozles The Los Angeles Superior Court Into A Fraudulent Six Million Dollar Judgment Against A Beirut Businessman. Part II August 17, 2011 - Prometheus The Trickster, aka Munir Uwaydah, M.D., Bamboozles The Los Angeles Superior Court Into A Fraudulent Six Million Dollar Judgment Against A Beirut Businessman. Part I. August 13, 2011 - David Bautista, Former Stockwell Lien Rep, Talks About Divorce And Switching Sides. Settlement Negotiations On Petition Still Underway. August 10, 2011 - Dave Jones Issues Statement On Impact To Insurers Of Credit Ratings Downgrade August 8, 2011 - Workers' Compensation Deception Fails. Never Lie to Your Insurer. August 4, 2011 - Liberty Mutual Opposes Settlement Proposal From AIG Over Underreporting Of Work Comp Premiums. But Judge Gives Approval.
July 2011 July 28, 2011 - David Bautista, Ex-Stockwell Defense Firm Lien Specialist, Stipulates In Court. He Will Not Act Adverse In The 64 Cases That Were In His Former Case Load Now That He Has Switched Sides. July 25, 2011 - Dave Jones, CA Insurance Commissioner, Announces Enhanced System For Filing Workers' Compensation Pure Premium Rates July 22, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park Gets A New Lawyer. Debate Continues Over The Frontline Medical 100K And When The Feds Will Get To Confiscate It. July 20, 2011 - The Way We Were And Still Are Today. A Retrospective On Workers' Compensation Claims Departments In California: from Fred S. James To Zenith Insurance Company. July 18, 2011 - California Legislature Passes PacificComp-Sponsored Resolution; Efforts Heighten to Bring Necessary Reforms to the Medicare Secondary Payer Law July 14, 2011 - Joplin, Missouri May 22nd Tornado Damage Reaches One Half Billion Dollars In Insurance Claims, Thus Far July 11, 2011 - Liberty Mutual Sues Goldman Sachs July 8, 2011 - Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, Announces Rehab Plan For Majestic Insurance July 6, 2011 - Dr. Uwaydah And Frontline Medical Throw A Real Cog In The Wheel Of Kelly Soo Park's Defense. Proceedings Now Further Delayed. July 5, 2011 - Dave Jones Announces Nearly $32 Million in Grants For California Statewide District Attorneys To Fight Workers’ Compensation Fraud July 2, 2011 - Sedgwick CMS Fully Acquires Cambridge TPA Portion of U.S. Operations. All Former Cambridge Operations Now Sedgwick As Sedgwick Continues To Grow.
June 2011 June 29, 2011 - Munir Uwaydah, M.D. versus Marissa Schermbeck Most Likely To Get Dismissed June 26, 2011 - Portland, Oregon Audit Inspires Idea of Fire And Police Disability System Becoming Part Of Workers' Comp June 19, 2011 - Frontline Medical Now Suing Their Former Business Administrator In L.A. Superior Court. Dr. Uwaydah Playing His Usual And Customary Games. June 10, 2011 - State Comp in California Seeks Legislation To Allow It To Insure For Workers' Compensation In Other States June 2, 2011 - List Of Firms Raided By Search Warrants Last Week Sealed By Court
May 2011 May 26, 2011 - L.A. County DA's Office Raids Applicants' Attorney Dennis Fusi's Office. And Others... May 21, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park's Attorneys Withdraw As Counsel. Won't Take One Hundred Thousand Dollars From Frontline Medical. May 19, 2011 - Munir Uwaydah, M.D.'s Whereabouts Still Shrouded In Mystery. Kelly Soo Park Case For Alleged Murder Resumes Tomorrow. Part II. May 19, 2011 - Munir Uwaydah, M.D.'s Whereabouts Still Shrouded In Mystery. Kelly Soo Park Case For Alleged Murder Resumes Tomorrow. May 17, 2011 - Illinois' House Speaker Threatens To Back Legislation That Would Send Work Comp To The Pre-1911 Civil Court Days May 13, 2011 - Jobs Are On The Rise In California Workers' Compensation Claims. But It's Still Not The Good Old Days. May 10, 2011 - Yolanda Austin's Funeral Services Set For This Friday And Saturday May 9, 2011 - Wisconsin, First State To Create Workers' Compensation, Celebrates 100 Year Work Comp Anniversary May 5, 2011 - Yolanda Austin, Veteran California Workers' Compensation Claims Adjuster, Passes Away. May 3, 2011 - Liberty Mutual Files Opposition to American International Group's Proposed Workers Compensation Premium Underreporting Settlement May 2, 2011 - Majestic Insurance Filed For Bankruptcy In New York On Friday May 1, 2011 - World's Most Reviled Terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, Is Dead. Shot And Killed By U.S. Military Operation.
April 2011 April 29, 2011 - More Claims Adjusters Mobilized By More Destructive And Deadly Tornados April 27, 2011 - AB 52 Passed by California Assembly Health Committee. CA Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Applauds Prospect Of Having Power To Reject Excessive Health Insurance Rate Increases. April 25, 2011 - Healthpointe 13th Annual California Workers’ Compensation and Employer Seminar – Anaheim, Orange County April 22, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park's Murder Trial Still Not In Sight April 21, 2011 - California Department Of Insurance Announces Majestic Insurance Now Formally In Conservatorship April 19, 2011 - Two Hundred Tornados In The South Create Thousands Of Claims For Insurers April 15, 2011 - Former Crawford & Company Executive O.L. Anderson Joins TPA North American Risk Services As A Business Development Executive April 14, 2011 - Illinois Jumps On The Bandwagon To Curb A Workers' Comp System Out Of Control April 11, 2011 - Ohio Considers Appealing Workers' Comp Lawsuit From Small Business Owners April 8, 2011 - From The Writings Of Barry Zalma: Auto Fraud Conviction Upheld Against Kentucky Man Who Couldn't Get Past His Stupidity Of Using The Same Receipt Twice April 6, 2011 - American Claims Management Is Now The TPA For The California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corporation April 4, 2011 - State Fund Adjuster-Westside Rapist Case Should Inspire No Exceptions To Criminal Background Checks. April 2, 2011 - David Sokol, Top Berkshire Hathaway Executive, Resigns. Warren Buffet Ostensibly Blown Away.
March 2011 March 31, 2011 - All Defendants In Tristar-L.A. County Work Comp Claims Embezzlement Debacle Have Now Pleaded Guilty March 28, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park's Hard Drive Still In Conflict With Investigators. Workers' Comp Fraud Issue Won't Allow Case To Be Just About Murder. March 25, 2011 - From The Newsletter Of Barry Zalma -- Ohio Chiropractor Guilty Of Workers' Compensation Fraud March 23, 2011 - Majority Of Workers Hurt Or Killed While On The Job By Japan's March 11th Earthquake and Tsunami Won't Be Covered By Workers' Comp March 22, 2011 - Majestic Insurance To File Bankruptcy. Will Most Likely Be Put Into Conservatorship By The CA Department Of Insurance March 21, 2011 - Fiancee's Claim To Her Significant Other's Workers' Comp Death Benefits Could Make It To The Connecticut Supreme Court March 18, 2011 - California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Intervenes in Lawsuit Against Pharmaceutical Giant Bristol Myers-Squibb Alleging Illegal Kickbacks Provided to Doctors March 17, 2011 - Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire Signs SB 5801 Creating A Statewide Workers' Compensation Medical Provider Network March 15, 2011 - American Claims Management Now Handles Workers' Comp Claims For Sparta Insurance Company March 13, 2011 - Friday's Earthquake In Northeast Japan Could Hit 35 Billion Dollar Mark In Property-Insurance Claims Losses March 9, 2011 - CWCI Study Examines Prescribing Patterns for Schedule II Opioids in California Workers’ Comp March 5, 2011 - Washington State Senate Approves Salient Change In Workers’ Compensation System March 3, 2011 - Work Comp Defense Attorney Stacey Tokunaga Sponsors 'Taco Tuesday For A Cause' To Support Troubled Youths March 1, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park Doesn't Get Her Hard Drive Returned. DA Calls The Information On It A Warehouse.
February 2011 February 28, 2011 - Dave Jones Applauds Support In Fight Against Excessive Premium Increases February 25, 2011 - Tuesday's Devastating Earthquake in New Zealand Could Hit 12 Billion Mark In Insurance Claims Losses February 21, 2011 - Nevada Work Comp Rates To Immediately Decline February 18, 2011 - Colorado's Medical Marijuana Laws And Workers' Compensation February 16, 2011 - One Call Medical Acquires Express Dental Care February 14, 2011 - The Hartford Now Offers Online Workers' Compensation Guide For Business Owners February 11, 2011 - Marsh Advises Clients Affected By Egyptian Mayhem To File Interim Payment Requests February 9, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park Receives A Large Package Of Discovery Documents From DA During Court Tuesday. She Asks For Her Hard Drive Back. February 8, 2011 - Carrie Nevans, Acting Administrative Director of DWC, Has Died. Memorial Services Set For Saturday, February 12th, in Rocklin, CA. February 7, 2011 - Plea Offers Refused By Remaining Ramirez Family Defendants In Tristar-LA County Grand Theft Case. Next Court Date To Set Preliminary Hearing Decided For March 25th. February 3, 2011 - California Work Comp All Choked Up Over Liens February 1, 2011 - Vermont To Reduce Workers Compensation Insurance Rates
January 2011 January 31, 2011 - Chubb's Net Income Falls 11 Percent in 4th Quarter 2010 January 28, 2011 - California Insurance Commissioner Announces That Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, And PacifiCare Will Hold Off On Rate Increases January 26, 2011 - ISYSEd Packs The House With Orange County Seminar On Spinal Cord Injuries January 25, 2011 - California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announces Approval Of Emergency Regulation January 23, 2011 - State Fund Appoints Two New Executive Officers January 20, 2011 - Kelly Soo Park Pre-Trial Conference Continued. Case Bogs Down Over Continuing Discovery Issues January 18, 2011 - OPINION: Hey Blue Shield, Davey Jones Has Made A Reasonable Request. So, Why Aren’t You Giving Him A Mere 60 Days? January 17, 2011 - Montana Lawmaker Proposes Cutting Workers' Comp Costs By Prohibiting Illegals From Compensation January 14, 2011 - On The Economy: Statistics Show Minimal Growth In Overall Insurance Industry, But More Significant Growth In Brokerage and Third Party Administrator Sectors January 11, 2011 - CA Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Calls On Additional Insurers To Halt Premium Increases January 10, 2011 - CA Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announces Arrest Of Central Valley Man For Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud And Grand Theft January 7, 2011 - Newly Elected California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Calls On Blue Shield To Delay Substantial Rate Increases January 5, 2011 - Case For Ramirez Family, Alleged L.A. County Embezzlers, Trailed To February 4th In Downtown L.A. No Preliminary Hearing Set, As Yet. January 3, 2011 - In The Matter Of Munir Uwaydah, M.D. - For The Workers' Compensation Fraud Doctor, Deception And Dishonesty Are The Sine Qua Non Of His Life, Part III January 1, 2011 - Steve Poizner, Current But Out-Going California Insurance Commissioner, Urges Governor-Elect Jerry Brown To Continue To Protect Workers' Compensation Reforms. Rates Could Skyrocket If Benefits Increased Without Cutting Costs, Warns Poizner
December 2010 December 30, 2010 - Legislation Underway In California To Stop The Abuses Of Compound Medications Upon The Workers' Compensation System, Part II December 29, 2010 - Legislation Underway In California To Stop The Abuses Of Compound Medications Upon The Workers' Compensation System December 28, 2010 - Oregon Boasts Of The Least Expensive Workers' Comp System In The Nation December 26, 2010 - AIG To Pay $146.5 Million To Settle Under-Reported Work Comp Premiums December 23, 2010 - Like A Thrown Cat, Tristar Insurance Group Lands On Its Feet With Bonuses For Christmas December 20, 2010 - The Hartford To Sell Specialty Risk Services To Sedgwick CMS December 20, 2010 - American Claims Management Announces New Business Relationship with Zurich American December 17, 2010 - CompWest Insurance Company Announces Exclusive Program for Golf and Country Clubs December 16, 2010 - Employers' Fraud Task Force Makes A Charitable Hit At Christmas Party December 15, 2010 - California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces $72 Million Rate Reduction For Mercury Insurance Auto Policyholders December 12, 2010 - Highest Daily Average Of Auto Insurance Claims Falls On December 15th December 10, 2010 - California State Comp To Begin Massive Consolidation And Relocations December 6, 2010 - LA Times Reports On Grand Jury Transcript Of Secret Proceedings Against Kelly Soo Park. Dr. Munir Uwaydah Not Even Mentioned. December 2, 2010 - Kelly Soo Park Misses The Boat. Appears In Court To Start Preliminary Phases Of Her Murder Trial December 1, 2010 - Existence of Multiple Red Flags Avoids Suit by Insured
November 2010 November 28, 2010 - Deer In The Headlights To The Hood Of Your Car. Auto Body Claims Skyrocketing This Holiday Season From Deer Collisions. November 24, 2010 - Steve Poizner Announces 18 Year Prison Sentence And 4.3 Million In Restitution Against Sacramento Man November 23, 2010 - Dominique Boudreaux, Tristar/LA County Embezzler Co-Defendant, Cops A Plea To Guilty On Three Felony Counts November 21, 2010 - Liberty Mutual CEO Calls Workers' Compensation Insurance A 'Time-Bomb' In Anticipation Of Coming Inflation November 19, 2010 - California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Rejects Request For Increase In Workers’ Comp Cost Benchmark--Requires Overhaul of Rate-Making System to Increase Transparency November 17, 2010 - Don Marshall and John Riggs Elected Chair and Vice Chair, Respectively, Of Fraud Assessment Commission November 15, 2010 - Editorial: Coalition Reports on Reduction of Funds to Fight Fraud November 11, 2010 - America First Insurance Honored for Workers’ Comp Performance. Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission Recognizes 100% Compliance November 8, 2010 - Cigna Corp. Selling Workers' Compensation Case-Management Business to Genex November 4, 2010 - Dave Jones Elected New California Insurance Commissioner November 2, 2010 - Kelly Soo Park, Alleged Murderer Of Aspiring Actress, Girlfriend Of Dr. Munir Uwaydah, Juliana Redding, Released On Bail November 2, 2010 - In The Matter Of Munir Uwaydah, M.D. - For The Workers' Compensation Fraud Doctor, Deception And Dishonesty Are The Sine Qua Non Of His Life, Part II
October 2010 October 31, 2010 - Rene Montes, Mastermind and Ring Leader of AIG/Matrix Workers’ Comp Claims Embezzlement Scam, Gets 12 Years In State Prison. Judge Tells Montes He Took 1.5 Million Dollars Just To Party October 29, 2010 - Poizner Hosts Insurance Recovery Forum To Assist San Bruno (Glenview Neighborhood) October 28, 2010 - In The Matter Of Munir Uwaydah, M.D.-- For The Workers' Compensation Fraud Doctor, Deception And Dishonesty Are The Sine Qua Non Of His Life October 26, 2010 - Ramirez Family Court Case Trailed Until November 22nd. Investigation Of Tristar/LA County Workers' Comp Department Embezzlement Scam Continues. October 24, 2010 - Deer In The Headlights: Deer-Vehicle Collisions Increase While Breeding Comes Into Season October 20, 2010 - Insurance Commissioner Candidate Mike Villines Favored By Insurers. Independent Spending Criticized As Fueled By Insurance Industry October 16, 2010 - Rene Montes' Sentencing Hearing Trailed For Fourth Time. Hector Porrata States From Prison That Martinez Named Him As Co-Conspirator. October 14, 2010 - LA County-Tristar Alleged Embezzler Sandra Orozco Bailed Out Of Jail. King Pins Believed To Be At Large And Targeting The Greater Industry October 12, 2010 - Tristar-LA County Work Comp Embezzlement Case Trailed To October 25th. Sandra Orosco's Bail Lowered to $200,000. October 10, 2010 - Allstate Sues Toyota For Subrogation Claims Related To Sudden-Acceleration Issues October 8, 2010 - Downtown LA Court Hearing Tristar/LA County Embezzlers' Case Today On Early Disposition Program. Will Anyone Cop A Plea? October 5, 2010 - Tristar Owner, Tom Veale, Can't Yet Comment On LA County Embezzlement Scandal, But Does Still Say A Few Things October 1, 2010 - Commissioner Poizner Announces Six Orange County Residents Busted For Allegedly Stealing $1.5 Million From LA County October 1, 2010 - Catastrophe Fraud Is Not Against Insurance, It's Against Government Charity. But It Comes Down To The Same Thing
September 2010 September 29, 2010 - GAB-Robins Sells Its Third Party Administrator And Managed Care Business, MedInsights, To Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. September 28, 2010 - A New Weapon Against Insurance Fraud – Refuse to Write Insurance In That State September 25, 2010 - Rene Montes' Formal Sentencing Hearing Gets Trailed Once Again September 22, 2010 - No Bail For Kelly Soo Park. No Dr. Uwaydah Either. Next Hearing Set For October 25th. September 18, 2010 - Workers' Comp Adjusters And Investigators Now Checking Out Facebook September 15, 2010 - Kelly Soo Park, Alleged Murderer And Employee Of Dr. Uwaydah, Appears At Hearing For Discovery Issues September 14, 2010 - Insurance Journal Academy Attending the First Virtual Insurance Marketplace Tradeshow September 13, 2010 - Claims Pour In From Downpour Of Tropical Storm Hermine In Texas And Oklahoma September 10, 2010 - Tristar New State-Of-The-Art Building Now Open And Running In Long Beach, California September 3, 2010 - Why Does New York Love Fraud Perpetrators? September 1, 2010 - A Matter of Munir: Is Munir Uwaydah, M.D., The Money Behind Kelly Soo Park’s Forthcoming Bail?
August 2010 August 30, 2010 - Fraudulent Slips-And-Falls Up 57% In Past Two-And-A-Half Years August 29, 2010 - The Good News And The Bad News For Workers' Compensation Insurance Today. Recession Cited As The 'Largest Impact On Workers' Compensation Exposure In 60 Years'. August 27, 2010 - Rene Montes' Hearing For Final Sentencing In Orange County Superior Court To Be Postponed Once Again. Montes' Attorney, Fred McBride, Not Ready. August 25, 2010 - Lisa Moore, Owner Of Accelerated Claims Services, Launches www.claimcrazy.com. It's For Fun And Games. And There's A Prize, Too. August 22, 2010 - Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. Announces Investor Relations Appointment August 19, 2010 - Kenneth Feinberg Takes The Helm Of Paying Out Gulf Oil Spill Claims August 17, 2010 - Arrowhead Announces Instant Online Workers' Compensation Quotes August 15, 2010 - Lawyer Reinstated After Conviction For Insurance Fraud August 11, 2010 - California Workers' Comp: A Letter From Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger To Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner August 7, 2010 - Where's Munir? Part IV. Workers' Compensation Treating Doctor And Alleged Subject Of Interest Behind The Murder of Juliana Redding Must Be Somewhere. August 6, 2010 - California State Compensation Insurance Fund Hires New President And CEO August 3, 2010 - Rene Montes' Final Sentencing Postponed. DA Confident Sentence Will Be For 12 Years In State Prison
July 2010 July 30, 2010 - SeaBright Files California Rate Increase July 27, 2010 - PacificComp Appoints Agency Relations Manager - Chris DeSales to Drive Partnership Strategy with Brokers in California Workers' Compensation Market July 22, 2010 - Long Time City of Santa Ana Risk Manager, Jeff Stevens, Has Died. Memorial Services Planned For Saturday July 19, 2010 - Tristar Acquires Two Iowa Based Administrators July 16, 2010 - Doctors Bill For Services To The Dead July 14, 2010 - Hector Porrata Speaks Out From Wasco State Prison. Attests To Wife’s Innocence. July 1, 2010 - Pressy Pascual, Veteran California Work Comp Examiner, Dies. Wake And Funeral Scheduled For July 9th and 10th
June 2010 June 30, 2010 - Treating Work Comp Doctor Now On The Lam. Munir Uwaydah, M.D., Connected To 2008 Murder Of Juliana Redding June 28, 2010 - Fireman's Fund Now Offers Discount For Energy Star Labeled Buildings June 22, 2010 - Lien Fiestas, Which Are Soon To Be Or Not To Be, Happened Last Week In Los Angeles And Sherman Oaks June 18, 2010 - Convicted Of Insurance Fraud - Nursing License Refused June 11, 2010 - Employers Direct Is No Longer Direct. It's Now Pacific Compensation. Part II June 10, 2010 - Employers Direct Is No Longer Direct. It's Now Pacific Compensation. Part I June 7, 2010 - Rene Montes Finally Accepts Plea Deal From Orange County DA. Judge Agrees To A Maximum Of 12 Years In State Prison June 2, 2010 - Poizner Announces Arrest of Former City and County of San Francisco Claims Examiner for Fraudulently Spending Public Money June 1, 2010 - Rene Montes Turns Down Plea Offer From Orange County District Attorney. DA Ready To Start Trial.
May 2010 May 27, 2010 - Joe Rippinger Out Of The Hospital After Being Stabbed At LA WCAB. An Eye Witness To The Aftermath Tells His Tale. May 24, 2010 - Joe Rippinger, Defense Attorney Stabbed Last Thursday, Expected To Make Full Recovery May 21, 2010 - Veteran Work Comp Defense Attorney, Joseph Rippinger, Stabbed By Unknown Assailant At Downtown Los Angeles WCAB. Said To Be In Critical Condition. May 19, 2010 - Insurer's Fraud Defense Succeeds - Summary of Louisiana Court of Appeal Decision May 14, 2010 - Slip and Fall Cases: What Businesses Need to Know to Minimize the Damages May 12, 2010 - Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner, Kim Holland, Issues Emergency Order To Speed Up Claims May 10, 2010 - George Martinez Cops A Plea Deal With Orange County DA. Gets Released From Jail On Friday Night. May 8, 2010 - Workers Comp Management Firm, CRM Holdings, Considers Options May 4, 2010 - Cara Cruz-Thompson In Good Spirits Looking Forward To Her Release From Orange County Jail On May 7th, This Friday May 2, 2010 - Failure To Appear For Examination Under Oath Is Fatal To A Claim
April 2010 April 27, 2010 - The Hartford Launches Integrated Leave Management Solution For Employers April 21, 2010 - The Impact Of Obesity On The Resolution Of Workers’ Compensation Claims April 13, 2010 - Tristar Insurance Group Makes New TPA Acquisitions April 10, 2010 - Hector Porrata Pleads Guilty. Gets 8 Years In State Prison In Plea Deal With DA. April 7, 2010 - Defendants' Plea Deals Continued Until April 9th 2010 In AIG/Matrix Embezzlement Debacle April 4, 2010 - No Joke – Expert Explains Insurance and Fraud April 4, 2010 - News Obit: Janis Presley, Hearing Rep, Dies At Age 61. Memorial Monday, April 5th, At Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills
March 2010 March 31, 2010 - Cara Cruz-Thompson Pleads Guilty To All Counts Against Her. Cuts Deal With Orange County DA For Two Years In State Prison. March 24, 2010 - AIG/Matrix Embezzlers' Case Continued, Catherine Tameny Murderer Sentenced March 17, 2010 - The Suffering Inside The Claim March 15, 2010 - Janet Frank Starts Today As President Of The Zenith March 10, 2010 - Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE, Has New E-Book, Insurance Fraud, Now Available March 5, 2010 - Insurance Fraud Can Be Expensive to the Perpetrator March 2, 2010 - No Deals Struck By Defendants In AIG/Matrix Embezzlement Case
February 2010 February 28, 2010 - Zenith's Deal To Be Acquired By Fairfax Financial Expected To Close In Second Quarter. Stanley Zax Not Talking. February 23, 2010 - New Arraignment To Take Place March 1st For Montes, Porrata, Cruz-Thompson & Martinez In AIG/Matrix Embezzlement Case February 20, 2010 - Zenith National Insurance Company Agrees To Be Bought By Fairfax Financial Holdings February 15, 2010 - Judge Rules DA Has Sufficient Evidence To Try Defendants Hector Porrata, Rene Montes, George Martinez and Cara Cruz-Thompson in AIG/Matrix Embezzlement Debacle February 11, 2010 - Craig Garner, CEO Of Coast Plaza Doctors' Hospital, Testifies In AIG/Matrix Criminal Embezzlement Case. DA Calls Rene Montes A 'Liar'. February 9, 2010 - Cheryl Nordheim Further Testifies In The People Versus Porrata, Montes, Martinez & Cruz-Thompson. Change In Method Found In Evidence. February 2, 2010 - Matrix Claims Manager, Cheryl Nordheim, Testifies In AIG/Matrix Preliminary Hearing in Santa Ana Court House
January 2010 January 28, 2010 - Cara Cruz-Thompson To Be Tried Separately Now In The AIG/Matrix Embezzlement Case January 25, 2010 - Jane Gerisimola, AIG Investigator, Takes The Stand on January 11th in The People Versus Porrata, Montes, Martinez & Cruz-Thompson January 21, 2010 - Workers' Compensation Defense Attorney Brutally Attacked And Carjacked By Assailant In Parking Lot At Anaheim WCAB January 21, 2010 - Testimony Strong For The Prosecution In January 7th 2010 Preceedings In The People Versus Porrata, Montes, Martinez, and Cruz-Thompson In Orange County Court Room C-53 January 1, 2010 - Florida's Work Comp Rates To Drop An Average Of 6.8% Today
December 2009 December 28, 2009 - John Riggs Appointed By Schwarzenegger To California State Fraud Assessment Commission December 11, 2009 - Funeral Of Mark Rodriguez Took Place Under Clear Skies December 10, 2009 - The U.S. Senate Concludes Health Care Fraud is $220 Billion a Year December 2, 2009 - Washington State Work Comp Rates Will Climb By Average Of 7.6 Percent
November 2009 November 25, 2009 - Mark Rodriguez, Recent Claims Manager Of Farmer John, Dies Of Complications From The Flu November 25, 2009 - Bill Zachry Appointed By California Governor To SCIF Board Of Directors November 23, 2009 - Richard Zapata, Well Known In California Work Comp Claims, Dies At 54 November 19, 2009 - Zenith Files 2.7% Increase In Its California Workers’ Compensation Rates Effective January 1, 2010 November 16, 2009 - California's State Fund Asks For 5% Workers' Comp Rate Increase In Spite Of All Poizner's Denials November 15, 2009 - Pinnacol Assurance and State Comp Have Colorado And California Drooling Over Their Assets November 13, 2009 - Chartis Ambitious About Achieving Independence From Parent AIG November 13, 2009 - Poizner Rejects Proposal for California Workers' Comp Insurance Rate Hikes November 12, 2009 - Avizent's New TeamCOMP Approach Helps Ensure Lower Workers' Comp Costs and Faster Claims Resolution
October 2009 October 30, 2009 - The Intrinsic Nature Of Ongoing Eduation In A Claims Career October 29, 2009 - The Claims Community Says Good-Bye To Louise Mitchell October 27, 2009 - Oscar Lemus Launches New Firm: Claim Network Services, LLC. October 25, 2009 - California -- Investigators to Meet Near LAX November 6th, 2009 October 22, 2009 - Louise Mitchell, Veteran CA Workers' Comp Adjuster, Dies On Saturday, October 17th. Memorial And Funeral Services Scheduled. October 14, 2009 - California Legislation Is Signed To Accept Workers' Comp Benefits In Racial Attacks October 13, 2009 - Schwarzenegger Signs Bill To Require WCIRB Verify On The Web If An Employer Has Work Comp Insurance October 11, 2009 - Association of Workers’ Compensation Professionals to Hold 11th Annual Fall Educational Conference in Sacramento October 8, 2009 - A Review Of Diminution In Value Cases In The United States – III October 6, 2009 - Angela Livingston, Long Time Executive With LWP Claims Solutions, Starts Own Firm October 2, 2009 - Premier Medical Agrees To Dismiss $70 Million In Work Comp Liens In So Cal October 2, 2009 - CEO of State Compensation Insurance Fund of California Resigns
September 2009 September 30, 2009 - Self-Insured 99 Cent Only Stores' Work Comp Claims Now Handled By Sedgwick In California September 25, 2009 - Head Injury Precautions for the Claims Professional September 24, 2009 - Washington State's Monopoly Work Comp System To Increase Rates September 16, 2009 - Construction To Start Any Day On New Signal Hill Tristar Claims Building September 15, 2009 - September 9th Preliminary Hearing On Porrata, Cruz-Thompson, Montes, and Martinez Embezzlement Case Has Been Continued To October 19th 2009 September 9, 2009 - Oklahoma Now To Consider Privatizing Its State Work Comp Insurer September 4, 2009 - CWCI Reports Medical Payments Have Soared For Private Sector Self-Insured Employers in California September 2, 2009 - Top Ten Reasons for Rising Medical Costs in Workers’ Compensation September 1, 2009 - Poizner To Sue California Over Its Design To Sell One Billion In State Fund's Assets
August 2009 August 27, 2009 - Work Comp Medical Mill Doctor Sued By Zenith Dies On Flight To L.A. August 25, 2009 - SB156 Strips Down For Insurers August 21, 2009 - AIG Wins Dismissal of Workers’ Comp Lawsuit Seeking $1 Billion August 13, 2009 - When A State And City Government Steal From The US, Crime Pays August 11, 2009 - The Insurance Broadcast System To Resume Global Streaming Video in Fall 2009 August 5, 2009 - FARA Moves To Laguna Hills; Tristar Reopens In Signal Hill August 2, 2009 - On The Job Again
July 2009 July 29, 2009 - International Insurance Fraud A La North Korea July 28, 2009 - The Zenith Further 'Right Sizes' Its Woodland Hills, California, Workers' Comp Claims Department July 24, 2009 - Gird Your Loins! Let's Sell Off California's State Compensation Insurance Fund July 17, 2009 - AIG Embezzlers Get Preliminary Hearing Set For September 9th 2009 July 15, 2009 - GAB-Robins Lays Off Five Claims People July 11, 2009 - Interstate Brands No Longer To Be Self-Administered In California For Work Comp Claims As Of July 31st. Claims Being Shipped To Broadspire In Rancho Cordova, California July 9, 2009 - Judge Denied New Trial For Convicted Doctor July 3, 2009 - A.M. Best Lowers Ratings of Employers Direct Insurance Company
June 2009 June 30, 2009 - York Insurance Services Group Has Purchased Claims Management, Inc. (CMI) June 26, 2009 - HEAT On Health Insurance Fraud June 23, 2009 - The Travelers To Close Work Comp Claims Department In Orange, California June 18, 2009 - Approximately 37.3 Million Dollars Recovered For Liquidation Estate Of Fremont Indemnity June 9, 2009 - All Alleged Conspirators In AIG/Matrix Absence Management Embezzlement Scam Still In Jail Pending One Million Dollars Bail Each June 6, 2009 - United States Job Losses Slowed Down In May June 3, 2009 - The Claims Community Mourns The Passing Of Robert Lee Long, Attorney At Law June 2, 2009 - Why Rescission Is An Appropriate Remedy to Health Policies Acquired Fraudulently
May 2009 May 30, 2009 - Tristar Signal Hill Office To Reopen In Approximately Three Weeks May 23, 2009 - Tristar Risk Management Makes Full Recovery From Long Beach Fire May 19, 2009 - Attorney General In Ohio Raises Workers’ Comp Worries Tied To Chrysler Sale May 14, 2009 - The Names Change, But The Game Remains The Same May 12, 2009 - Obama States 'Gears Of Our Economic Engine Slowly Turning Once Again' May 10, 2009 - Positive Signs Recession May Be Over By Summer's End May 4, 2009 - Tristar Long Beach Fire Destructive And Far Reaching
April 2009 April 29, 2009 - Definiti Reports Robust Growth in Medical Bill Review As Companies Combat a Tough Economy with Cost Containment April 28, 2009 - Poizner Asks For Lower Workers' Comp Rate Increase April 7, 2009 - Bill Banning Bonuses For Denying Insurance Claims Is Killed
February 2009 February 17, 2009 - Physician-Legislator Calls For Workers Comp Reform
January 2009 January 21, 2009 - Colorado Casualty Introduces Workers' Compensation to Product Line January 17, 2009 - Unemployment Fund Running Out Of Cash In Kentucky
December 2008 December 15, 2008 - Trial Starts For Former North Dakota Work Comp Director December 4, 2008 - Duke Sues Insurer Over Claims From Lacrosse Case
November 2008 November 18, 2008 - Are You Ready For EAMS? November 8, 2008 - Appeals court upholds workers' compensation claim
October 2008 October 21, 2008 - Zenith Announces Third Quarter Results October 7, 2008 - Appeals court denies rig worker's civil claim against Wyo workers comp October 1, 2008 - Corzine Signs Workers Compensation Reforms Into Law
September 2008 September 24, 2008 - Roberta Garrett, Former Independent Staffing Solutions Claims Manager, Tells How Greg Chmielewski Put All The Tribal Claims Into A Reservation Black Hole, part 2 September 22, 2008 - Roberta Garrett, Former Independent Staffing Solutions Claims Manager, Tells How Greg Chmielewski Put All The Tribal Claims Into A Reservation Black Hole, part 1 September 15, 2008 - Farmers' Offers Swift Claims Handling In Response To Hurricane Ike September 8, 2008 - The Case Of Rafael Manzano, Another Claimant Given The Tomahawk by Independent Staffing Solutions September 5, 2008 - Health Systems International Expands Workers' Compensation Cost Containment Service Through Acquisition of Bridgeway Medical
August 2008 August 28, 2008 - A Review of Diminution in Value Cases in the United States August 18, 2008 - Father Denied Claim Filed Against A Rainy Graduation August 6, 2008 - Kerfuffle Raised By Plaintiffs' Lawyers Over 'Post Loss Underwriting'
July 2008 July 24, 2008 - Lawyer Who Commits Insurance Fraud Must Be Summarily Disbarred July 16, 2008 - The Aftermath Of Carnage From Independent Staffing Solutions July 4, 2008 - Time For Independence From Fraud
June 2008 June 19, 2008 - Insurance Expert Calls for End of Tort of Bad Faith June 6, 2008 - Hispanic Workers In South Carolina Suffer From Highest Death Rate in United States
May 2008 May 22, 2008 - Reforms Lowering Tennessee Workers' Comp Claims May 5, 2008 - Murder is Not 'Just Insurance Fraud'
April 2008 April 21, 2008 - Public Adjusters Take Care Of Florida Homeowners--In More Ways Than One April 12, 2008 - Nebraska Lawmakers Kill Bill To Provide Workers' Compensation For Mental Illness April 11, 2008 - Columbia, South Carolina Attorney Samuel Painter Withdraws Name From Consideration For Workers' Compensation Board April 10, 2008 - California’s Self Insured Solutions’ Five Construction and Agricultural Self-Insured Groups Experience Record Growth April 7, 2008 - Editorial: Allegations of Fraud by Insurer Should Not Allow Rescission of Release Without Return of Consideration April 5, 2008 - Tragic Events Shatter a Host of Dreams
March 2008 March 27, 2008 - Egg On His Face Rather Than On The Spoon March 21, 2008 - Allstate Workplace Division Names Watkins Executive Vice President, Sales and Distribution
January 2008 January 8, 2008 - California's Look And Feel For Workers' Compensation In 2008
December 2007 December 24, 2007 - Memorial Service For Rich Fisher, December 28th at 1:00 P.M. December 23, 2007 - Rich Fisher, Claims Professionals’ Recruiter, Died Saturday Night, December 22nd 2007 December 5, 2007 - FSK Publishing Finally Releases Supplement to Judge O'Brien's California Workers' Compensation Claims And Benefits
November 2007 November 30, 2007 - An Amherst, New York, Man Is Charged After Making Duplicate Insurance Claims November 28, 2007 - New Insurance Books Published
October 2007 October 25, 2007 - Oklahoma Lawmakers Study Workers' Compensation System In Anticipation Of Reform October 11, 2007 - Kim Kunkel - In Memorium
September 2007 September 7, 2007 - Crowds Mourn Pavarotti In His Hometown
August 2007 August 30, 2007 - Assembly Speaker Backtracks, Will Not Call Vote On Health Plan
July 2007 July 17, 2007 - Insurance Agency Must Pay $5.8 Million To SoCal Firm
June 2007 June 22, 2007 - 2007 Legislature Maintains Balance Between Unions, Management
May 2007 May 29, 2007 - Insurance Companies Try To Cut Losses In Wildfire Hotspots May 2, 2007 - Prosecution Accuses Spector Defense Of Keeping Women Off Jury--But Defense Agrees To A Woman Claims Adjuster
April 2007 April 22, 2007 - CE Seminar For Texas Adjusters: April 23rd & 24th 2007 April 8, 2007 - Insurance Commissioner Will Audit State Workers' Comp Insurer
March 2007 March 11, 2007 - Louisiana Isn't The Only Coastal State With Insurance Troubles
February 2007 February 17, 2007 - Mississippi Attorney General Seeks Legislation on State Farm February 16, 2007 - Shuttle Bus Company Accused Of Insurance Fraud, Tax Evasion February 14, 2007 - Investigator Says Las Vegas Car Owners Set Fires To End Payments February 12, 2007 - Jeannie Baulis Named Vice President, Sales And Marketing At SCRMA February 11, 2007 - Supreme Court Sets New Precedent With Workers' Comp Ruling February 7, 2007 - Nevada's Med-Mal Changes Help Doctors, Hinder Lawsuits February 1, 2007 - Administration Says Disabled Workers Are Returning Sooner To Jobs
January 2007 January 12, 2007 - Schwarzenegger's Ambitious Health Plan Has Risk And Many Critics January 8, 2007 - Entering His Second Term, Schwarzenegger Will Face Tough Issues January 3, 2007 - State Farm Seeks $489M In Premium Reductions In California For '07
December 2006 December 17, 2006 - Governor Raises At Least $640,000 For Inaugural Celebration December 11, 2006 - Former Head Of California Insurance Committee Takes Insurance Job December 4, 2006 - Worker Output Stalls, But Pay, Benefits Rise
November 2006 November 19, 2006 - Secret Santa Reveals His Identity November 19, 2006 - Marin Couple Calls For Global Orgasm For Peace
October 2006 October 16, 2006 - A.M. Best: Few Americans Sign Up For Earthquake Insurance October 4, 2006 - Career Politician, Entrepreneur Battle For Insurance Commissioner
September 2006 September 19, 2006 - Campaign Finance Measure Unites Some Major Donors Against It
August 2006 August 27, 2006 - San Francisco Contractor Arrested For Felony Insurance Fraud August 19, 2006 - State Farm Abandons ZIP Code Rates Plan August 13, 2006 - Former Attorney For O.J. Simpson Settles In Scam Case August 10, 2006 - Judge's Tentative Ruling Refuses To Block New Rules On Auto Rates August 3, 2006 - Attorney Mervyn Hillard Wolf Accused By Prosecutors In L.A.
July 2006 July 27, 2006 - Widow's OC Lawsuit Says Clark Foam Chemicals Killed Husband July 20, 2006 - Insurers Sue State Over New Auto Regulations July 18, 2006 - Universal Health Care Plan Approved In San Francisco July 16, 2006 - Largest State Employees Union Ratifies New $500 Million Contract July 12, 2006 - Wife Will Stand Trial In Marine's Arsenic Poisoning July 10, 2006 - Club To Change How Car Insurance Calculated July 7, 2006 - House Bill Bolsters National Flood Insurance Program July 6, 2006 - Garamendi Orders Four Companies To Justify Homeowner Rates
June 2006 June 29, 2006 - SoCal Ring Allegedly Staged Auto Crashes To Swindle $4 Million June 23, 2006 - John Garamendi & John Floyd To Speak June 27th 2006 At SCCSI Luncheon June 15, 2006 - Immigrant Workers Suffer High Work Injuries, Less Medical Care June 14, 2006 - City Tackling Workers' Comp Claims Now To Save Money Later June 13, 2006 - Court Upholds Widows' Workers' Comp Benefits June 7, 2006 - Large Fine Proposed In Death at Wood Plant June 6, 2006 - Gasper To Plead Guilty To Charges June 2, 2006 - Ex-Workers' Comp Official Charged In Ohio June 1, 2006 - CCWC's Annual Conference In Newport Beach On July 12th & 13th 2006
May 2006 May 23, 2006 - Berkshire-Hathaway Completes Acquisition Of Applied Underwriters May 20, 2006 - Berkshire Discloses Stakes In 3 Companies May 19, 2006 - LA Police: Elderly Women Target Homeless Men In Fraud Scheme May 18, 2006 - Buffett: Berkshire Ready to Buy Anywhere May 16, 2006 - Berkshire Hathaway 1Q Earnings Up 70 Pct. May 12, 2006 - San Bernardino Officials Say Paraplegic Faked Disability For Cash May 9, 2006 - Commissioner Claims Shakedown Over Auto Insurance Regs May 8, 2006 - California Coalition on Workers' Compensation May 6, 2006 - Fair Claims Settlement Training For Earthquake Damage May 5, 2006 - Forensic Expert Witness Association May 5, 2006 - Study: More Workers Drop Health Insurance May 4, 2006 - Blue Cross Workers Say Policies Canceled For Mistakes May 1, 2006 - May 2006 Fraud Newsletter
April 2006 April 26, 2006 - Assembly Panel Approves Bill For Universal Health Care Coverage April 25, 2006 - TPA Probe Leads To Filing Of Charges April 25, 2006 - Bill Requiring Insurance In Flood-Prone Areas Dies Without Vote April 20, 2006 - Governor Claims Workers' Comp Changes A 'Huge Success' April 20, 2006 - Forensic Expert Meeting April 19, 2006 - Judge Rules For Allstate April 18, 2006 - Couple Faces Charges In Glass-In-Food Scam April 14, 2006 - Garamendi Getting Handle On Fraud April 6, 2006 - SoCal Residents Charged With Filing False Dismemberment Claims April 4, 2006 - Insurance Commissioner Recovering After Heart Surgery April 4, 2006 - Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter Available Free
March 2006 March 31, 2006 - Calif Insurance Regulator Launches Probe Into Blue Cross Units March 28, 2006 - Schwarzenegger Campaign Hires Former Bush Media Consultants March 23, 2006 - Democrats Press For Quick Fix For Disabled Worker Benefits March 21, 2006 - Zurich's U.S. Unit To Pay $171 million To Settle Probes March 20, 2006 - News Briefs From Southern California March 17, 2006 - State Says Michael Jackson Will Pay Neverland Workers Back Wages March 14, 2006 - State To Sue If Michael Jackson Doesn't Pay Workers By Tuesday March 10, 2006 - State Bars Workers From Neverland Ranch Due To Insurance Lapse March 8, 2006 - Ex-FEMA Director Regrets Lack Of Aggressiveness Before Katrina March 1, 2006 - LA Prosecutor Plans To Charge 200 Doctors With Phony Billing
February 2006 February 27, 2006 - Man Arrested After Abandoning Killing Plot February 23, 2006 - California Adds Training Requirement For All Workers' Compensation Insurers February 21, 2006 - Fallon Board's Push For Bill On Teen Smoking Meets Resistance February 16, 2006 - Unlicensed Contractors Arrested In Napa Sting February 14, 2006 - Study Finds Disabled Workers Losing Benefits Under New System February 10, 2006 - Berkshire Hathaway Acquiring Underwriting Company February 7, 2006 - GNW-Evergreen Insurance Services, LLC Announces New Executive Vice President And Chief Operating Officer February 3, 2006 - Boeing Employees In California, 2 Other States Ratify Contracts February 1, 2006 - LA Mayor Derides White House In Spanish-Language Speech
January 2006 January 31, 2006 - Gov's Bond Proposals Getting Thorough Examination By Lawmakers January 27, 2006 - Nevada Ads Look To Lure Away California Companies January 23, 2006 - Plight Of West Virginia Jockey Leads To Outcry For Workers Comp January 20, 2006 - Ex-Credit Lyonnais Chairman Pleads Guilty In Executive Life Case January 18, 2006 - Nevada Couple To Be Sentenced In Chili Finger case January 13, 2006 - Heirs Of Armenians File Class-Action Lawsuit Against German Banks January 11, 2006 - LA Doctor Pleads Not Guilty In Alleged Health Care Scam January 9, 2006 - Bus Driver Charged with Fraud And Grand Theft January 4, 2006 - Extradition Hearing Postponed For Woman Accused Of Killing Marine
December 2005 December 28, 2005 - Washington State Again Fires Warning To LA-Based Contractor December 19, 2005 - Latest News In Brief From Northern Nevada December 15, 2005 - Marine Wife Allegedly Poisoned Husband To Cash In Life Insurance December 13, 2005 - Six Arrested In Insurance Fraud Scheme December 7, 2005 - Study Finds Living By A Church Helps Keep Drivers Safe December 2, 2005 - Disability Insurers Challenge 'Underground Regulations' In Court December 1, 2005 - Job Fair At AIMS in Valencia, Friday, December 2nd, 2005
November 2005 November 28, 2005 - Broker Who Allegedly Stole $3.8 Million Has 2006 Court Date In L.A. November 28, 2005 - Under The Hood Also Under The Table November 21, 2005 - Charges Dropped Against CHP Dispatcher Targeted In Fraud Probe November 16, 2005 - The Answer According To WellComp Is To Be A Control Freak, Not A Discount Tijuana Bargain Network November 11, 2005 - Garamendi Calls For Bigger Insurance Rate Cuts November 10, 2005 - Marin County Roofer Pleads Guilty To Workers' Comp Fraud November 4, 2005 - Physicians Unhappy With Treatment Delays; Many Leaving System
October 2005 October 26, 2005 - Illegal Immigrants Can Get Workers' Compensation, LA Court Rules October 25, 2005 - Jury Rejects Harassment Claim Against LA Clippers Owner October 18, 2005 - Surgeon Pleads Innocent To Charges Of Bilking Insurers October 16, 2005 - Police And Firefighters Report Fewer On-The-Job Injuries October 6, 2005 - Farm Groups Endorse Governor's Reform Agenda October 3, 2005 - Worker Groups Sharply Criticize Veto Of Penalty Bill
September 2005 September 26, 2005 - Report Finds High Rate Of Tree Faller Deaths In British Columbia September 21, 2005 - California Post SB 899: Should Out-Of-State Doctors Be Allowed To Perform Med-Evals? September 20, 2005 - Quotes on Gov. Schwarzenegger's re-election bid September 12, 2005 - Editorial - California Needs Nonpartisan Prescription For Work Comp Reform September 8, 2005 - Katrina At A Glance September 8, 2005 - Federal Evacuation Of Katrina Victims To California On Hold
August 2005 August 29, 2005 - Workers' Compensation: Bill Sent To Governor's Desk August 24, 2005 - Man Wins $270,000 After Radio Show Identifies Him As Gay August 11, 2005 - L.A. Fire Dept. Complains About Cambridge August 3, 2005 - Nevada High Court Rules For Injured Workers
July 2005 July 21, 2005 - A California Editorial On Workers' Comp July 17, 2005 - Another Murder For Life Insurance July 10, 2005 - Marina del Rey Attorney Sentenced To 7 Years For Insurance Scam July 5, 2005 - Allstate Settles Claims It Overcharged On Auto, Home Insurance
June 2005 June 30, 2005 - Assembly Committee Rejects Rate-Regulation Bill June 20, 2005 - LA Contractor Accused Of Workers Compensation Fraud June 5, 2005 - Garamendi Calls For Bigger Reductions In Workers' Comp Insurance Rates
May 2005 May 30, 2005 - LA County MTA Approves $2.86 Billion Budget That Requires Layoffs May 20, 2005 - San Francisco Seeks To Recover Losses From AIG May 12, 2005 - Transportation Spending Underway May 5, 2005 - Nevada Legislation Would Make Insurers Pay Up May 2, 2005 - Senate OKs Workers' Comp Director; Labor Leader Blasts Senate Head
April 2005 April 28, 2005 - Al Vargas, County Supervisor Dies, Funeral Set April 25, 2005 - Employers' Attorney Criticizes Cuts In Workers' Comp Benefits April 19, 2005 - Rallies Accuse Governor Of Breaking Promise On Workers' Comp April 12, 2005 - Leaders Push California Funds To Recover $400 Million From AIG April 10, 2005 - Workers' Compensaton: News Brief April 7, 2005 - Study Says More Than Half Of California Adults Are Overweight April 5, 2005 - Former Senate Leader Criticizes New Workers' Comp Rules
March 2005 March 29, 2005 - Burn Victim Settles Suit Against IBM, Contractor For $9.5 Million March 21, 2005 - Injured Worker Group Making Progress But Facing Some Struggles March 7, 2005 - Schwarzenegger Campaigns Amid Protesters, Backers March 6, 2005 - Thirty Hospitals Sue State Over Frozen Medi-Cal Rates
February 2005 February 26, 2005 - Legislative Analyst Challenges CHP's 'Chief's Disease' February 13, 2005 - Dianne Oki, President Of State Fund, Announces Her Retirement February 10, 2005 - Retired Judges May Help With Nevada Lawsuit Overload February 9, 2005 - Some Doctors, Citing Care Denials, Leaving Workers' Comp System February 1, 2005 - Fines Imposed For Selling Unauthorized Workers' Comp Policies
January 2005 January 13, 2005 - Gov. Predicts 30 Percent Increase in State's Costs Despite Reforms January 7, 2005 - Largest Fraud Case in the Central Valley January 2, 2005 - Workers' Comp Still Imperfect
December 2004 December 27, 2004 - Governor Proposes New Worker Compensation Rules December 22, 2004 - SoCal Ring Allegedly Netted $1.5 Million From 75 Staged Crashes December 17, 2004 - Doctor, Attorneys Find Widespread Denial Of Care For Workers December 15, 2004 - Benefits Claims By Some Los Angeles Firefighters Questioned December 7, 2004 - Democrats Say New Disability Ratings Don't Follow Law December 5, 2004 - Ethics Review Ordered For Workers' Compensation Judges December 1, 2004 - Burton Hands Out Advice To Schwarzenegger, GOP On Last Day December 1, 2004 - State's Largest Insurer Announces Average 5 Percent Rate Cut
November 2004 November 23, 2004 - Workers' Comp Judges More Likely To File Claims For Job-Related Injuries November 17, 2004 - Garamendi Recommends 2.2 Percent Drop In Rates November 15, 2004 - Ex-Wife Sentenced To Nearly 11 Years in Prison For A Bungled Plot To Kill Her Former Husband For Insurance Money November 9, 2004 - Summary Box: California Insurance Regulator OKs Anthem Acquisition Of WellPoint November 4, 2004 - Former Controller Of Workers' Comp Agency Sentenced To Prison For Embezzlement
October 2004 October 31, 2004 - Shut The ATM October 25, 2004 - One Year After California Fires, Widespread Insurance Complaints October 18, 2004 - California's Landmark Pot Law Leaves State Dazed And Confused October 15, 2004 - Workers' Comp Overhaul Providing Little Relief, Newspaper Reports October 12, 2004 - Sedgwick CMS Awarded Employer Of Choice® Designation October 6, 2004 - Cambridge Just Sold To Scandent, A Singapore Based Company October 4, 2004 - CompWest Launches Workers' Compensation Operations In California
September 2004 September 20, 2004 - Florida Can Weather Its Storm Of Claims September 9, 2004 - Most Ground Zero Volunteers Still Waiting For Workers' Comp
August 2004 August 29, 2004 - Lawyers For Plaintiffs In The Sex Abuse Cases Put Claims At $1.5 Billion August 28, 2004 - Lawmakers Send Bill Restricting Foreclosures To Governor August 25, 2004 - Shasta County Declared Disaster After Wildfires August 25, 2004 - The Regional Medical Center Hopes To Increase Percentage Of Insured Patients August 25, 2004 - Nevada High Court Denies Bid To Block Doctors' Initiative August 19, 2004 - Jury Convicts Professor In Staged Hate Crime August 17, 2004 - Governor Brad Henry Vows To Tackle Workers Compensation Changes Next Session August 10, 2004 - Ex-Employees Sue Halliburton For Fraud August 9, 2004 - Conseco, Inviva Settle Annuity Probe August 5, 2004 - Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Conspiracy August 5, 2004 - Woman's Lawyers File Appeal Asking To Dismiss Felony Counts
July 2004 July 31, 2004 - Judge Approves Landmark Insurance Settlement To Benefit Armenians July 30, 2004 - Former Providence Basketball Player Charged In Scam July 22, 2004 - Buena Park Clinic Operators Arrested In Alleged Insurance Scam July 20, 2004 - Insurance Fraud Sentencing July 16, 2004 - Former SF Mayor Willie Brown Files Papers For Insurance Commissioner Post July 13, 2004 - Governor Seeks Repeal Of Two Labor Bills As Part Of Budget July 10, 2004 - Garamendi Says Largest Workers' Comp Insurer Can Cut Rates Another 5.9 Percent July 8, 2004 - Strict Smoking Policy For San Mateo County Safety Officers July 2, 2004 - Court Upholds Strict Workers’ Comp Standards July 1, 2004 - 2 Ex-HealthSouth Execs Indicted In Scam
June 2004 June 25, 2004 - Schwarzenegger On The Verge Of California Budget Victory June 24, 2004 - Supporters Will Revive Attempt To Aid Homeowners Who Lose Property In Natural Disasters June 23, 2004 - IBM Cancer Claims Dismissed After Deal June 20, 2004 - East Stroudsburg Man Loses Workers' Compensation Claim For Sept. 11 Trauma June 14, 2004 - Former Claims Adjuster For San Diego Company Sentenced In Fraud June 6, 2004 - State's Biggest Insurer Cuts Workers' Comp Rates 7 Percent June 1, 2004 - Bills From Legislature Could Raise Costs For California Businesses
May 2004 May 25, 2004 - Atascadero School District Hopes To Reduce Workers' Compensation Costs By $1 Million May 19, 2004 - Senate Stalemate Over Workers' Comp Broken May 11, 2004 - Bill SB 796 Sticks Employers May 7, 2004 - Missouri House Passes Tougher Workers' Compensation Standard May 6, 2004 - Productivity Grows, Jobless Claims Drop May 4, 2004 - State Of Vermont Investigates Vocational Rehab Provider
April 2004 April 29, 2004 - WTC Leaseholder Loses Insurance Battle April 27, 2004 - Commissioner Launches Team To Investigate Wildfire Insurance Complaints April 21, 2004 - Schwarzenegger Signs Workers' Compensation Reform Into Law April 19, 2004 - Workers' Comp Bill Passes. Optimism Is In The Air. April 15, 2004 - Workers' Comp Deal Imminent, Key Committee To Meet April 14, 2004 - Life In The Fast Lane For Schwarzenegger When It Comes To Work Comp Change April 12, 2004 - About One Dozen Protest Governor's Workers Comp Plan April 12, 2004 - Gov. Schwarzenegger Back From Maui. Ready To Review Draft Of Work Comp Reform Bill April 6, 2004 - While Governor Vacations, Staffers Try To Write Work Comp Bill April 5, 2004 - Tentative Work Comp Deal Reached In California! Schwarzenegger heads for Hawaii April 1, 2004 - Lobbyists Driving Schwarzenegger Bananas
March 2004 March 31, 2004 - We’re Almost There! A California Work Comp Agreement Is Close, According To Schwarzenegger March 28, 2004 - Ouch! Workers' Compensation Negotiations in California Hit a Glitch. No Deal. Schwarzenegger's Deadline Missed Again. March 26, 2004 - Serious Progress Is Really Happening With California Work Comp Negotiations March 21, 2004 - Schwarzenegger Wants It Now - Well, Within The Week, At Least March 19, 2004 - So. Dakota Supreme Court Approves Workers' Compensation For Plumber March 17, 2004 - WCIRB First Messes Up Statistics--Then Doubles Cost Savings Prediction To 7 Billion For Work Comp In 2004 March 15, 2004 - Native Americans Offer Alternative Insurance To California Workers' Compensation March 11, 2004 - Just What Does Schwarzenegger Want For California Work Comp? March 9, 2004 - Alaska Legislature Passes Limits On Construction Defect Claims March 5, 2004 - Schwarzenegger Flexes His Muscles For California Work Comp Package March 4, 2004 - Texas Accused Of Giving Auto Claimants The Major Run Around March 2, 2004 - Missed Deadline For Work Comp Makeover Not Likely To Terminate The Terminator
February 2004 February 26, 2004 - Too Late to Reboot a Work Comp Claim? February 25, 2004 - The Insolvent Carrier Ate My Claims Experience February 24, 2004 - Reliance Running Out of Cash February 19, 2004 - Alarcon Posturing on Poochigian’s Plan February 18, 2004 - Out On The Fringe Of Workers’ Compensation February 16, 2004 - Perfume Claim Stinks Up Courtroom February 13, 2004 - Desperate Times For Chiropractors and Applicant Attorneys February 11, 2004 - One Carrier Leads to Another February 10, 2004 - Garamendi’s Alternate Plan February 9, 2004 - Brea Ribbon Cutting Set for Zurich North America February 6, 2004 - CNA Calls in Cunningham Lindsay February 5, 2004 - Zax Not Lax When it Comes to Fighting Fraud February 4, 2004 - 26 Days and Counting February 3, 2004 - Walgreens Playing Hardball with Lowball Reimbursements February 2, 2004 - Ford to Exhume a Claim
January 2004 January 30, 2004 - Davis’ Business Friendly Parting Gesture January 29, 2004 - Network Wants Legislature to Snap out of it January 28, 2004 - Inside Job Ends Inside Cell January 27, 2004 - Auditors Take New Legislation on a Dry Run January 27, 2004 - Schwarzenegger Terminates First Two Comp Bills January 26, 2004 - Liberty Bonus Program Cost More Than Anticipated January 23, 2004 - Crying Over Spilt Milk? January 22, 2004 - Doctor Sour After Caught Milking Patients’ WC Claims January 20, 2004 - California Continues to Experience Lunar Claim Costs January 19, 2004 - A Claimant’s Dream Come True January 15, 2004 - Santa Monica Farms a Serious Claim January 14, 2004 - Appellate Court Shuts Off PG&E Employee’s Benefits January 13, 2004 - Investigation Rocks a Dispatcher’s Claim January 9, 2004 - Arnold’s Opposition Negative on WC Reform Ambitions January 8, 2004 - Fremont Claims Chilling up North January 7, 2004 - Arnold’s State of the State Comp Statements January 6, 2004 - Taking Comp Away From the Legislature January 5, 2004 - It’s the End of the Line for MTA Bus Driver
December 2003 December 31, 2003 - Chapter 11 Keeps Carrier From Collecting December 29, 2003 - Humboldt’s Hammering Down on Work Comp Fraud December 26, 2003 - Aggressive Claims Handling – Brokers = Lower Premiums December 24, 2003 - Los Angeles County Accidentally Issues Claimants a Holiday Bonus December 23, 2003 - San Simeon Quake Opens Up a New Fault of Claims December 22, 2003 - Buttafuoco Adds Insurance Fraud to His Resume December 18, 2003 - Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Claim December 17, 2003 - Spanked By a Claim December 16, 2003 - Attorney Looking for a Slam Dunk Claim December 15, 2003 - Ratings Raked Over by a Rand Report December 11, 2003 - Chiropractors Caught in the Act December 10, 2003 - Judge Benches Softball Players in a Federal Dugout December 10, 2003 - Remembering Industrial Indemnity Co.’s Chairman Fred Drexler December 8, 2003 - Intercare Insurance Puts the Federal Kibosh on an Inside Job December 5, 2003 - Holiday Shopper Takes a Claim for Mom December 4, 2003 - Commissioner Optimistic About Premium Relief December 3, 2003 - State Fund’s Rate Yo Yo December 2, 2003 - Zax Under Oath December 1, 2003 - Burton’s Sacrificial Offering
November 2003 November 28, 2003 - Is California Indemnity Headed For the TPA Pasture? November 26, 2003 - Alarcon’s Making a List and Checking it Twice November 24, 2003 - Superior’s BIG Deal Not Settled November 20, 2003 - Broker Safer in a Cell Than Back at His Agency November 19, 2003 - Bowl of Claim Chowder November 19, 2003 - Sovereign PEO Not Backing Down From CDI and DIR Threats November 17, 2003 - Arnold’s On Board For Work Comp Reform November 17, 2003 - Travelers Combines Forces With The St. Paul November 14, 2003 - Are You Ready For Jan. 1, 2004? November 12, 2003 - CDI Stops Broker From Pocketing Premiums November 10, 2003 - The DIR Breaks Up Another Under-Covered Pancake House November 7, 2003 - Drop And Give Me 14.9 Percent November 6, 2003 - Carriers Wanted November 5, 2003 - DOI Puts CheckMate Staffing in Check November 4, 2003 - Octagon Joins CompManagement’s Expansion Team November 3, 2003 - WC Loophole Big Enough to Drive a Hummer Through
October 2003 October 31, 2003 - Fourth Appellate Psyches Out the WCAB October 29, 2003 - Ashes to Ashes, Claims to Claims October 28, 2003 - Money Couldn’t Buy Surgery Centers Legislative Love This Year October 24, 2003 - Garamendi Greets Schwarzenegger at the DOI October 23, 2003 - Sierra to Announce CII Suitor Within Weeks October 22, 2003 - Garamendi’s Plans For Phase II Reform October 20, 2003 - Arnold Releases His Work Comp Reform Blueprint October 16, 2003 - Couple Accuse NFL of Liability Foul October 15, 2003 - IBM Employees Cashing In Their Chips For Claims October 13, 2003 - Garamendi Eager to Comp Arnold a Lunch October 10, 2003 - Claimant’s Re-Rating Leaves Him Financially Disabled October 9, 2003 - A Couple of Real Winners October 8, 2003 - The Claim Must Go On October 6, 2003 - Of Microfiche and Claims October 3, 2003 - Where There’s Smoke There’s a Claim October 2, 2003 - Wal-Mart Rattled by a Snake Claim October 1, 2003 - How Low Can Rates Go?
September 2003 September 30, 2003 - Legislation Throws Rates Off Upward Trajectory September 29, 2003 - Alarcon and Davis Hit Arnold Up For a Job September 25, 2003 - E&O Policy Comes Through For Broker’s WC Mishap September 24, 2003 - Claim Center Stage September 23, 2003 - Work Comp Placebo Sovereignty Dispute September 22, 2003 - Take Two Before Going to Settle a Claim September 19, 2003 - Alliance’s Savings Just Can’t be Beat September 18, 2003 - Sedgwick Raises the Claims Bar a Few More Notches September 17, 2003 - Who’s Going To Pay For All The Rotten Claims? September 16, 2003 - Airline is Dogging Woman’s AKC Claim September 15, 2003 - DOI Lassoes a Long Horn Claim September 11, 2003 - Sink or Swim Legislation? September 9, 2003 - Officials Shut Down A Work Comp Peep Show September 8, 2003 - What If All Claimants Were Like Ron Hunt? September 5, 2003 - Claims Reflux Strikes Employers With Cheap Policies September 4, 2003 - Health Net Divests Its Work Comp Interests September 3, 2003 - Garamendi’s Legislative Math Lesson September 2, 2003 - A Shockingly Legitimate Shaky Claim
August 2003 August 29, 2003 - California’s Work Comp Poster Child August 27, 2003 - Getting Carriers to Sign on the Dotted Line? August 26, 2003 - SCIF Gets a Three-Year Restraining Order Against the Commissioner August 25, 2003 - Zenith Yanks Financial Cane Away from Med Equipment Distributor August 22, 2003 - Industrial Doc Dyeing to Get His Medical License Back August 20, 2003 - Two Carriers Get Pumped for $104 Million August 18, 2003 - Chiropractors Getting Fat on Work Comp August 15, 2003 - Massive Blackout Not Expected to Light Up Massive Claims August 13, 2003 - Hindsight is 20/20 on Glendale Claim August 11, 2003 - Commissioner Opts Out of the Circus August 8, 2003 - Garamendi, McClintock Not Gray on Work Comp August 7, 2003 - CNA Okay August 6, 2003 - Broker Pays for Deadly Insurance Certificate August 5, 2003 - DA Puts a Stop to Doctors Milling Around the County August 1, 2003 - Court Decision May Push Coaches Over the Edge of Liability
July 2003 July 31, 2003 - Fremont General Cashes in on Conservation July 31, 2003 - Four Alarm Legal Fire at Fireman’s Fund July 29, 2003 - Claim Shocks Taser Maker July 25, 2003 - Liberty Mutual Takes a Hit in Court July 23, 2003 - Kemper Cashes Out July 23, 2003 - Commissioner Draws the Line for SCIF July 22, 2003 - Virginia Slim Claim on Ice July 18, 2003 - Attorney Puts Career on the Line For a Bogus Claim July 17, 2003 - Hartford Says Amen to a Holy Man’s Unholy Claim July 15, 2003 - City Takes a Trip Down Memory Claim July 14, 2003 - 3000 Frivolous Claims Backfire on Law Firm July 10, 2003 - Legislature Cooking Up a Work Comp Stew July 9, 2003 - EICN’s Numbers Are Headed in the Right Directions July 8, 2003 - Employee Disciplined Beyond Exclusive Remedy July 7, 2003 - Judge Loads Up Two Chiropractors With a $1.7 Million Fine July 3, 2003 - Commissioner Backs New Board Members July 2, 2003 - Hawaii, No Claims Paradise July 1, 2003 - Framer's Business Practices Not Plumb With California Law
June 2003 June 30, 2003 - Nabbed by the Skin of a Claim June 27, 2003 - Appeals Board Appointment Goes to the Father of the Highest Bidder June 26, 2003 - Placebo Policy Pusher Heyday June 25, 2003 - California Claims Real Estate Paying Off For EICN June 24, 2003 - Claimant Caught With His Crutches Down June 24, 2003 - Twin Towers for Twin Claims June 23, 2003 - DOI Targets Attorneys Tied to Referral Payola Network June 19, 2003 - Illegal WC Policies Canceled at the Border June 18, 2003 - State Fund Sends A&J to the Mat June 17, 2003 - Argonaut’s Friday the13th Tale June 13, 2003 - Bummin' For Claims June 11, 2003 - High Tide on the Chesapeake for Claims June 10, 2003 - Lodi Attempts to Straighten Out its Nevada Accent June 9, 2003 - Dr. to Undergo “Cell” Replacement Therapy June 5, 2003 - Central Valley Claims Adjuster Not Taking Any Lip June 5, 2003 - Fremont Employers’ Disclaimer June 4, 2003 - Fremont Indemnity Inducted into Insolvency Hall of Fame June 4, 2003 - The Commissioner Conspiracy Theory June 2, 2003 - Statement For Statement: Commissioner’s and SCIF’s PR Battle
May 2003 May 30, 2003 - Rabid Claims Biting Into USPS Funds May 29, 2003 - State Fund Wants a Judge to Put Garamendi in His Place May 27, 2003 - Lake County Officials Weed Out A Claim May 23, 2003 - Claimant Tripping On His Claims May 22, 2003 - San Diego DA’s Trophy Catch May 20, 2003 - Sonoma Tangled in the WC Vine May 19, 2003 - Blame it on the Claim May 16, 2003 - CIGA Sorting Out Some Serious Financial Issues May 15, 2003 - DWC Shuffles Its Deck Of Operations May 15, 2003 - Paula Poised to Pick-Up Where State Fund Leaves Off May 13, 2003 - The Sweet Scent of a Claim May 9, 2003 - Is Kemper Going Down for the Count? May 8, 2003 - McMahon Cleans-Up in Mold Mishap May 7, 2003 - These Artifacts of a Museum Claim May 5, 2003 - Religious Claims May 5, 2003 - Tribune Targets Another Company to Pay its Claims
April 2003 April 30, 2003 - Warning Shot Fired Across Chiropractor’s Bow April 29, 2003 - The Boogie Night Claim April 28, 2003 - Doctoring Up a Legion Claim April 28, 2003 - Penn’s Liquidation Delay Prompts California Action April 23, 2003 - Delgadillo Wants Mayor to Hahn Over More Funds to Fight Fraud April 23, 2003 - Garamendi: For the Record April 22, 2003 - What About Tom? April 21, 2003 - Becoming State Fundable April 21, 2003 - Voc Counselor Still Standing After Guilty Plea April 16, 2003 - Union Attempts to Sling Mud on TPA April 15, 2003 - Industrial Strength Fine for Occupational Healthcare Provider April 14, 2003 - Fontana Chiropractor Fraud Crackdown April 10, 2003 - Noah Roofing Sinks During WC Fraud Flood April 10, 2003 - An Equation County Workers Can’t Resist April 8, 2003 - Party at the Fund April 7, 2003 - RAND Calls WC Judicial System too Old School April 4, 2003 - DA Calls Foul on Five for Double Dribbling WC Claims April 3, 2003 - One Company’s Risk is Another Company’s RSKCo April 2, 2003 - Bus Mechanic Gives Finger to Exclusive Remedy
March 2003 March 31, 2003 - Kemper Re-ups With CIGA March 31, 2003 - When Good Adjusters Go Bad March 28, 2003 - Chiropractors Cracking Carriers’ Financial Backs March 26, 2003 - State Fund to Cut Back on Extra Value Meals March 25, 2003 - Time For a Cosmetologist to Make-up a Good Story March 24, 2003 - Fed Steps in on Heavy Metal WC Claims March 21, 2003 - Zenith, Betters Days Ahead in California March 19, 2003 - SF Juve Under a WC Claims Assault March 18, 2003 - Good Samaritan Claim Denied March 14, 2003 - Real Claims: A Byproduct of Reality T.V. March 13, 2003 - Argonaut’s 2003 Strategy March 12, 2003 - Plumber Cross Threads Comp Claim March 11, 2003 - Insurers’ Fault for Northridge Aftershock Claims? March 7, 2003 - Honk if You're Liable March 6, 2003 - The Price Put on Fremont’s Shaky Tail March 4, 2003 - Kemper Finds Solace in Claims Services March 3, 2003 - Garamendi’s Words Out of State Fund’s Mouth?
February 2003 February 28, 2003 - Fitness Freak’s Fraudulent Claim Just Didn’t Workout February 27, 2003 - Garamendi Teases the Release of His WC Playbook February 27, 2003 - Fraud, Straight to Video February 26, 2003 - Gab Robins Playin’ Hardball February 25, 2003 - Stressing Back Pain February 24, 2003 - Above the Law, but not Liability February 20, 2003 - Ensuring a Terrorist Doesn’t Benefit From a Claim February 19, 2003 - Lunchroom Claims Buffet February 14, 2003 - Split Second Liability Claim February 12, 2003 - Claimant Not Happy He Was Forced to do the Chicken Dance February 11, 2003 - Employers Nearly Sandbagged by WC Budget Bill February 10, 2003 - Governor’s Valentine Card to State Fund February 6, 2003 - Dicey Attempt to Circumvent Exclusive Remedy Thwarted February 4, 2003 - AIG Pops Wall Street Bubble February 3, 2003 - Fraud Fermentation Ripe for Prosecution
January 2003 January 31, 2003 - CHP Captain’s Claim Just in Time For Retirement January 29, 2003 - Claimants Taking the Easy Way Out January 27, 2003 - Garamendi’s Special Teams Roster January 24, 2003 - Political Warming: State Fund’s Hiring Freeze is Melting January 23, 2003 - Travelers Stockholders Get Their Fair Share January 22, 2003 - Zenith Compensates for its California Anchor January 20, 2003 - Kemper Sticking to its Demutualization Playbook January 16, 2003 - Sierra to Sell Some Prime Real Estate January 15, 2003 - LAUSD Claims Fault Widens January 14, 2003 - MTA Avoids Work Comp Third Rail January 13, 2003 - Fresno, A Work Comp Paradise January 9, 2003 - Half Full, Half Empty WCIRB Data January 9, 2003 - Shredding by the Book January 8, 2003 - EDIC Free From Old Carriers’ Straight Jacket January 6, 2003 - Attorneys Throw in the Towel on Unfair Business Practices Claims January 2, 2003 - Once Again, Adjusters Save the Day
December 2002 December 31, 2002 - Lights Out on Sawmill’s Self-Insured Claims December 24, 2002 - Fresno Fraud Documentary December 24, 2002 - Chiropractor OD’s on Mushroom Claims December 19, 2002 - Smallpox Vaccinations Could Create an Outbreak of Claims December 17, 2002 - State Fund Backs Crooked Employee into a Cell December 13, 2002 - Businesses Call for 17200 Claims Safe Legislation December 9, 2002 - Tenet’s Got Game December 6, 2002 - The Million-Dollar Examiner December 4, 2002 - Static Over Digital Liability December 2, 2002 - State Foils Claim Identity Crisis
November 2002 November 27, 2002 - A Sip From Prop 65’s Deep Well of Claims November 22, 2002 - Claims With Some Serious Reservations November 20, 2002 - Crawford Kicks it Up Another Notch November 19, 2002 - Claims Supervisor Cut for Teamwork Approach to Voc Rehab November 18, 2002 - Pre-Terrorism Insurance Legislation Chatter November 15, 2002 - Paula Earnings Packing a Slight Punch of Profitability November 14, 2002 - Will Lame Duck Erect a Commercial Claims Backstop? November 13, 2002 - Crawford & Company Goes Big With Two New Contracts November 12, 2002 - Claims Straight off the Vine November 8, 2002 - Pay Now or Pay Later November 6, 2002 - HCO’s Gross Claims Nets 6,500 Employees November 6, 2002 - Operatic Claims November 4, 2002 - Zenith in a Wynn Win Situation November 1, 2002 - Garamendi Campaign to Benefit from Bannister Clout
October 2002 October 29, 2002 - What’s Taking State Fund’s Hiring Freeze so Long to Thaw? October 25, 2002 - Sheriff May Break on Through to the Other Side of a Cell October 24, 2002 - Commissioner’s Liquid Lunch at Alistar October 22, 2002 - Hot Cup of Coffee Burns Bosom Buddies October 21, 2002 - Special Interest Spending Showdown October 16, 2002 - City Hopes Zoo Claim Stays in its Cage October 15, 2002 - Mexico Holds California to a “Going and Coming” Exception Ruling October 11, 2002 - Honda is Found Liable After its Defense is Compromised October 8, 2002 - Incentives to Drive Down the Cost of Claims October 4, 2002 - Fremont’s Claims Head South October 4, 2002 - Benefits Increase Gets an AB 486 Overhaul October 1, 2002 - Fremont Compensation Claims Professionals Given Notice in SF
September 2002 September 27, 2002 - Perceived Profits for Property Casualty Insurers? September 25, 2002 - Simon Touches on the Gray Area of Workers’ Compensation September 24, 2002 - Court Sorts Out a Claims Double Standard September 23, 2002 - Let the Claims Begin September 20, 2002 - WC Costs Fueling Unemployment, Simon Says September 19, 2002 - Would Simon Pull a Wall Mart “Roll Back” on WC Benefits? September 17, 2002 - LA Times Parent Goes After Swiss Re September 17, 2002 - Claims Clarity Post Terrorist Attacks September 16, 2002 - Claims Panacea? September 13, 2002 - Aon Brokers Reinsurance Deal for Two Decades of State Fund Risk September 13, 2002 - State Fund President Names His Successor September 12, 2002 - Two Percent Legislation, 50 Percent Complete September 10, 2002 - Sacramento Seeks Subrogation From Rent-a-Cop Company September 6, 2002 - Governor Slashes the DIR’s Allowance September 5, 2002 - Intercorp Jumps on the HCO Bandwagon September 3, 2002 - Property Casualty Super Model
August 2002 August 29, 2002 - Fireman’s Fund Prepared For the Financial Fire Season August 28, 2002 - Study Finds Prevalence of Work Comp Naivety August 26, 2002 - MTA’s Busload of Claims August 23, 2002 - Double Barrel Liability Legislation August 21, 2002 - TRISTAR Draws EOS Into Its Solar System August 21, 2002 - TRISTAR Insurance Group Acquires EOS August 20, 2002 - Fraud Suspects Bugged by New Legislation August 15, 2002 - Travelers to be Added to the S&P 500 August 14, 2002 - WC Attorney’s War of Words August 13, 2002 - One Man’s Mold is Another Man’s Gold: The 21st Century Mold Rush August 9, 2002 - Tobacco Immunity Leaves Claims Smoking in Court August 8, 2002 - Fitch Finds WC Rate Hangover Tough to Snap Out of August 7, 2002 - Lone Star Carrier’s Numbers ‘Argonaut’ Bad August 6, 2002 - Tanker Pilots’ Deaths Fuel the Fire over Federal Benefits August 2, 2002 - The Hartford Plants its Flag in Riverside August 1, 2002 - The Captive Alternative to Claims
July 2002 July 26, 2002 - Living Off the Fat of the Land July 25, 2002 - Factoring AB 749 Into a Rate Increase July 23, 2002 - A Marine Corps Veteran’s Psychedelic Claim July 23, 2002 - Aetna and ICS to Help Employers Throw a Lid on SDI July 22, 2002 - Fine Line Between Paper Carriers and Workers’ Comp July 19, 2002 - CorVel at the Right Place at the Right Time July 18, 2002 - Travelers Reels in a Solid 2Q Net July 16, 2002 - The Best of Both Worlds July 11, 2002 - Bike Broker Dominates in the Tour de Recall July 9, 2002 - You’re on the Right Track July 8, 2002 - Remembering Former Kemper chairman, CEO James S. Kemper, Jr. July 3, 2002 - “EICN, Do You Take Fremont Comp to be Your Wholly Owned Subsidiary?” July 1, 2002 - Sedgwick Supersized its Final Second Quarter Order July 1, 2002 - Triathlete to Train in the County Jail Facilities
June 2002 June 27, 2002 - Suit Goes After Ex-Reliance Exec’s Mayonnaise Jar June 27, 2002 - DIR Takes the Day off to Party June 26, 2002 - Glendale SCIF Office: Where is the Love? June 25, 2002 - Kernels of Claims Still Popping at Popcorn Plant June 24, 2002 - Intercare First in Line at Paula Swap Meet June 20, 2002 - Bollier’s Journey to Lilliput June 18, 2002 - A Temporary War of Words Over Workers’ Compensation Liabilities June 17, 2002 - Hazelrigg to Open up Claims Shop in Ventura County June 13, 2002 - Railroad Company to Pay Record Sum to Injured Engineer June 11, 2002 - One Flew Over the Eagle’s Nest June 7, 2002 - SCIF President Sends Letter to Policyholders While Adjusters Remain “Low” Key June 7, 2002 - One Work Comp Bill to Go, Hold the Punitive Damages June 6, 2002 - Low Has the Fund’s Back up Against the Wall June 5, 2002 - Lock and Load Legislation Aimed at Gun Maker Liabilities June 5, 2002 - Majestic is on a Roll
May 2002 May 31, 2002 - Are We Having ‘Fun’gus Yet? May 30, 2002 - Liability Shocks Need for Defibrillators May 30, 2002 - Keenan & Associates Helping School Districts Control Liabilities May 29, 2002 - Trial Lawyers and Big Business Light the Peace Pipe Over Carcinogen Claims May 24, 2002 - Tiger Closes Door on Kemper Open May 23, 2002 - Low Advises a Premium Rate Lube in July May 22, 2002 - State Supreme Court Draws Line of Liability Around Public Entities May 20, 2002 - Claim Intoxication May 15, 2002 - Claims Out of Thin Air for LAUSD May 14, 2002 - AB 1985 Takes Workers' Compensation Back to 1995 May 13, 2002 - NCCI Releases its State of the WC Line Report May 10, 2002 - Ford/Firestone Spared a Consolidated Product Liability Suit May 8, 2002 - Weekend at Buffett’s May 7, 2002 - Juries Are Awarding More Money, More Often in Liability Cases May 6, 2002 - Professional and Clerical Work Comp Claims Most Expensive May 3, 2002 - SAFECO: Volunteerism is the Key to Success May 3, 2002 - Zenith is Fourth Largest Work Comp Writer in California May 3, 2002 - adjustercom.com Exclusive: SCIF Letter Provides Details to Recent Rating News May 2, 2002 - Insurance Companies Come Clean About Claim Payment Policies May 1, 2002 - Chubb 1st Quarter Earnings Up 23 Percent; CEO Announces Retirement
April 2002 April 30, 2002 - Willis Coroon Property & Casualty Division Under New Tutelage April 29, 2002 - Claims Continue to Seep Through Legislative Cracks Created by Northridge April 29, 2002 - Worker Memorial Day – April 28, 2002 April 29, 2002 - Adjusters – Prepare for New Ergonomic Work Injury Regulations April 26, 2002 - Looks Like Low’s Gonna Stay Awhile at Paula’s House April 26, 2002 - Trains that Crashed Head-On Covered by Self-Insurance April 26, 2002 - AB 1985 – A Cooperative Work in Progress April 25, 2002 - Insurers to Receive Specific Guidelines to Comply with Federal Anti-Money-Laundering Legislation April 25, 2002 - Analysts Say The Hartford is Performing Well April 25, 2002 - Allianz AG to Insure Airline Liabilities April 24, 2002 - Workers are Overexerting Themselves April 24, 2002 - State of the State’s Workers’ Compensation Industry April 23, 2002 - Alistar Receives ‘R’ Rating but Fights Hard to Stay Alive April 22, 2002 - Claim Service is #1 Criteria for Risk Managers Buying Property/Casualty Insurance April 22, 2002 - New Executive Medical Director Appointed to Industrial Medical Council April 19, 2002 - Kemper’s California Presence Set to Contract as Argonaut’s Expands April 19, 2002 - CWCI to Host 4th Case Law Seminar April 18, 2002 - A Rater’s Rating of AB 749 April 18, 2002 - 2001 Marks First-Ever Net Loss for the Property/Casualty Insurance Industry April 17, 2002 - Highlands Insurance Group Considers Bankruptcy April 12, 2002 - BOE Plans to Expedite Hearing on Work Comp Deductible Taxation Appeal April 12, 2002 - Meth Lab Worker not Eligible for Workers’ Compensation April 11, 2002 - Work Comp Deductible Tax Appealed April 11, 2002 - CA Inmate Suing for Secondhand Smoke Exposure April 11, 2002 - Multimillion-Dollar Verdict Upheld in Ford Motor Co. Product Liability Case April 10, 2002 - If Congress "Billeds" it, They Will Build April 10, 2002 - LAUSD Awarded $3 Million in Belmont Lawsuit April 10, 2002 - Golden Gate Bridge Insurance Premium Up, Terrorism Coverage Gone April 9, 2002 - Legislature Proposes Workers’ Comp Definitions to Include WTC Rescue, Recovery and Clean-up Workers April 9, 2002 - Redding Doctor Arrested for Insurance Fraud April 8, 2002 - Kemper Sells Renewal Rights to Argonaut April 8, 2002 - Ex-Employee’s E-mail Rattles Intel’s Chattels April 5, 2002 - Asbestos Claim Pulls Landmark Award April 3, 2002 - Legion Puts Penn. Commissioner in Charge
March 2002 March 28, 2002 - The Newest Litigation Frontier - Slavery March 28, 2002 - California Workers’ Compensation Rate Increase Suggested March 26, 2002 - U.S. and European Governments Extend Airline Insurance Coverage March 25, 2002 - The Combined Claims Conference—An Educational Buffet March 25, 2002 - State Officials Take a Second Look at Workers’ Comp Deductible Taxation March 22, 2002 - Travelers IPO Successful So Far March 21, 2002 - Nevada Carrier Takes Over Where Fremont Left Off March 21, 2002 - Lane Home Furnishings Wants to Avoid Future Cedar Chest Claims March 20, 2002 - Pediatric Dentist Cleared on Remaining Three Charges March 20, 2002 - Combined Claims Conference Day 1 in the Books March 19, 2002 - Does The Typical Insurance Policy Cover Meteorites? Probably. March 18, 2002 - Stock – Terrorism Insurance = Risky Investment March 18, 2002 - Pasadena Dentist Cleared on Liability Charges but Not Out of Woods Yet March 15, 2002 - If You Want Something Done Right Do It Yourself – Airlines Plan Own Insurance March 15, 2002 - “Angel of Death’s” Shadow of Claims Passes Over Glendale Hospital March 13, 2002 - Los Angeles School Board Says Yes to Romer’s Choice for Belmont Bid March 13, 2002 - Let’s Get Physical March 12, 2002 - Bilked Employees of Wins of California Inc. Closer to Retribution March 11, 2002 - Claims Assistance Sites Up and Running for September 11th Victims Compensation Fund Recipients March 8, 2002 - Oil Companies ordered to pay for McColl Superfund Site Cleanup March 6, 2002 - All Eyes on Garamendi and Mendoza March 6, 2002 - Lockheed Martin to Settle Over CA Skunk Works Contamination March 5, 2002 - Citigroup Travelers IPO Plans March 4, 2002 - Do you Smell Something Funny? March 4, 2002 - Getting the Download From the State March 4, 2002 - Farm Labor Reparations March 4, 2002 - Sex Offender Information in Real Time March 4, 2002 - Let’s Talk Deductible Taxation – CDI Meets With AIA Today March 1, 2002 - A CDI Taxation Oversight Draws Fire from Insurance Industry March 1, 2002 - Umberg Undaunted by the Calderon—Garamendi Show
February 2002 February 28, 2002 - Paula’s Workers’ Comp Ink Runs Dry Before it Writes Too Much Red February 28, 2002 - Wes Bannister Wins Endorsement of Two Major Latino Associations in Insurance Commissioner Race February 28, 2002 - Nasdaq Sharpens its Competitive Edge February 28, 2002 - Workers’ Comp Puts a Drag on Horse Racing February 25, 2002 - Public Comment Extended on Rocketdyne February 22, 2002 - Wal-Mart’s TPA Solution Satisfies State Regulators February 22, 2002 - DOI’s Got the Power? February 22, 2002 - Two Insurers Take First Exit Off the Claims Laden Enron Highway February 22, 2002 - Rocketdyne Public Comment Comes to a Close February 22, 2002 - PG&E Opts for Appeal and Tweaks Bankruptcy Plan February 21, 2002 - Outtakes From the Campaign Front Lines February 21, 2002 - AIG’s Company Flu February 21, 2002 - Baca Trying to get a Handle on Lawless Claims February 21, 2002 - Benefits Late Than Never? February 19, 2002 - ISO Getting Connected February 17, 2002 - With AAA in His Corner, Bannister Comes Out Swinging at AB 749 February 14, 2002 - Umberg’s Star Power Leaves Calderon Holding a Political Hot Wire February 13, 2002 - Bankruptcy Judge Rejects PG&E’s Attempt for Federal Control February 8, 2002 - Liability Insurance An Issue for Belmont Bidders February 7, 2002 - Meeting PUC Standards Won’t Protect From Lawsuits February 7, 2002 - Exclusive Remedy Even Applies to Football February 6, 2002 - Hawaii Quack-O February 4, 2002 - Disney Settles with Family of Brandon Zucker February 4, 2002 - Michelle's Compendium February 1, 2002 - The Lowdown on Tobacco—A Series February 1, 2002 - Benefit Increase: Will it Happen this Time? February 1, 2002 - Life in the Fast Lane
January 2002 January 30, 2002 - Michelle’s Compendium January 29, 2002 - Andersen’s Right Brain Accounting has Firm Going Down (Under) January 28, 2002 - Michelle’s Compendium January 28, 2002 - Robert's Wrap-Up January 25, 2002 - Arthur Andersen’s Ollie North January 25, 2002 - Robert's Wrap-Up January 22, 2002 - Deadline Passes for Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund Input January 21, 2002 - A Good Samaritan is Hard to Find and Even Harder to Insure January 21, 2002 - Robert's Wrap-Up January 18, 2002 - Bannister, in the Pocket of Experience, Eyes the Commissioner End Zone January 17, 2002 - Glendale School District Tries to Reign in Workers’ Compensation Costs January 17, 2002 - Michelle’s Compendium January 16, 2002 - Court Rules Landlord Can be Tried for Child’s Fall January 16, 2002 - Michelle’s Compendium January 15, 2002 - State Fund President Silences Cynics January 15, 2002 - Robert's Wrap-Up January 15, 2002 - Michelle’s Compendium January 15, 2002 - “Desk Rage”: A Ripple Effect from Sept. 11 January 15, 2002 - Michelle's Compendium January 15, 2002 - Robert’s Wrap-Up January 11, 2002 - Brockovich Takes On Another Industry’s Heavyweight—Exxon January 9, 2002 - Low Says “No” to Terrorism Coverage Exclusions January 4, 2002 - Umberg’s Offensive for DOI Front Line January 3, 2002 - Agreement Says California Liable for Millions in Hazardous Waste Cleanup
December 2001 December 28, 2001 - Earthquake Claim Deadline Looms December 26, 2001 - Zurich Financial Forced to Embrace Change December 24, 2001 - Garamendi’s Return Bid December 21, 2001 - Citigroup Prepares Travelers for the Spin Cycle December 19, 2001 - British Court Asbestos Ruling is an American (Company’s) Dream December 18, 2001 - Staked out by the Fund December 18, 2001 - Disney Pays for Vendor’s Unfair Labor Practices December 13, 2001 - Editorial: Holiday Party Legend December 12, 2001 - Employers Could Pay Dearly for Allowing Discrimination Against Arab-American Workers December 11, 2001 - Insurers aren’t the Enemy December 7, 2001 - If Congress Won’t Then the State Will December 5, 2001 - Spreading the Risk of a Jihad December 4, 2001 - Brockovich Takes On Another Industry's Heavyweight-Exxon December 3, 2001 - It’s a Difficult Job but Somebody has to do it
November 2001 November 30, 2001 - Show Me the $$$Policy$$$ November 30, 2001 - Governor and Mayor Approve San Francisco Olympic Bid November 30, 2001 - House Approves Limited Liability Bill for Nuclear Industry November 29, 2001 - Second Injury Funds Are History In Some States But Not In CA November 14, 2001 - San Francisco's Private Bid for XXX Games November 13, 2001 - Bill Stems Nuclear Liability Meltdown November 8, 2001 - Time for a Tamper Resistant Burger November 6, 2001 - The Government Tries to Throw a Safety Net Under Anthrax Victims November 5, 2001 - To BB or Not to BB? November 2, 2001 - Liability Insurance for Dangerous Dogs Not a Bad Idea Said San Francisco City Official November 2, 2001 - Beyond 60-Days: Audit Shows Late Fees Add Up for L.A.
October 2001 October 31, 2001 - B.Y.O.C. (Bring Your Own Coverage) October 31, 2001 - Ford Leadership Shake-Up Coexists with Latest Recall October 31, 2001 - Cooper Tire Settles Lawsuit Over Damaged Tires October 29, 2001 - Supreme Court to Rule on Risky Jobs for Disabled Workers October 26, 2001 - Safety is Paying Off October 25, 2001 - Sports Medicine in the Workplace October 11, 2001 - Property/Casualty Insurers and Reinsurers Fare Well in Spotlight October 8, 2001 - Schrempf Waves a White Flag and Surrenders October 5, 2001 - When Popcorn Fumes Become Toxic October 5, 2001 - Bed Time For Reliance
September 2001 September 25, 2001 - Commissioner Candidate Ready for Duty September 21, 2001 - GM Goes After its Videos September 20, 2001 - Insurance Commissioner Won't Run for Post September 11, 2001 - Surreal Morning Across the Nation September 7, 2001 - Goodrich Splits in Two Over Asbestos Liability September 5, 2001 - Legal Maze for Victims of Rescue Helicopter Crash
August 2001 August 31, 2001 - AB 1679, Those Workers are Mine! August 29, 2001 - SB 71 Job Killer of the Year August 24, 2001 - Cal/OSHA Casts its Web on Spider-Man August 23, 2001 - Patching the System With SB 71? August 23, 2001 - AIG Scores Major News in Asia August 22, 2001 - Will Old Insurance Settlements Hold Up? August 22, 2001 - Three Damage Claims Keep Court, Feds, County Officials Hopping August 21, 2001 - Suit Settled in Molestation Case as New Church Policies Instated August 21, 2001 - Trends in WC Replacement and Economic Conditions to Be Aired August 17, 2001 - Jailhouse Blues for Taxpayers, Happy Faces for Lawyers August 17, 2001 - Recoil From Gun Liability Decision August 16, 2001 - City Settles Suit Against LAPD for Firing One of Its Own August 16, 2001 - Heated Ignition Switches Leave Ford's Corporate Image Stranded August 14, 2001 - Conference to Showcase Loss Prevention Programs August 14, 2001 - Fremont's Back in Town…Putting out "A" Paper August 13, 2001 - Tire-Separation Case Asks for $1 Billion Damages August 10, 2001 - Compensation At Last for Nuclear Exposure August 10, 2001 - Judge Slashes Tobacco Giant's $$$$$$$ Penalty August 10, 2001 - Doomed Aspen Flight Brings More Lawsuits August 10, 2001 - Posthumous Conception, Where Law, Science and Claims Meet August 10, 2001 - Aetna's Financial Woes Could Spell Trouble Down the Road August 7, 2001 - More Bad News for Ford's SUV Line August 7, 2001 - California Supreme Court Sets Precedence for Gun Maker Liability August 3, 2001 - Opponents of House-Backed Patients’ Bill of Rights Cry ‘Federal Power Grab’ August 3, 2001 - Insurance Industry Ill from Asbestos Exposure August 1, 2001 - How Do You Put the Smoke Back in a Cig
July 2001 July 31, 2001 - Double Trouble at Belmont High July 27, 2001 - State Chamber Calls for WC Reform July 27, 2001 - California Counties Want the Lead Out! July 26, 2001 - For Murder, They Write $150,000 July 25, 2001 - More HMO Machinations in DC July 25, 2001 - Dept. of Managed Health Care Appoints 'Solvency Experts' July 24, 2001 - Voluntary Recall of Baby Walkers July 23, 2001 - Voluntary Recall to Replace O-Ring Fire Sprinklers July 20, 2001 - WC Settlement in Projects Shooting July 19, 2001 - OSHA Advises Employers to Protect Workers from Heat July 17, 2001 - More Class-Action Suits in the Pipeline July 16, 2001 - Edison Hit with $21 Million Penalty in Avocado-Picking Mishap July 13, 2001 - Some Timely Advice on Earthquake Damage Claims July 13, 2001 - Understaffed, Overworked Claims Departments a Liability for Insurance Companies July 12, 2001 - 21st Century Latest Insurer to Take Overtime-Issue Lawsuit Hit July 11, 2001 - Jury Socks It to Farmers over Overtime Imbroglio July 11, 2001 - Cart That Killed Boy Center of Suit Against LA Schools July 10, 2001 - Hip/Knee Implant Maker Faces over 1,000 Liability Suits July 9, 2001 - 3 Years Later, Holocaust Claims Still Unpaid July 6, 2001 - Court Ruling Makes It Tougher to Recover On-the-Job Injury Damages July 2, 2001 - Senate Passes Sweeping Patients' Bill of Rights
June 2001 June 27, 2001 - Two More Patients' Rights Amendments Defeated by Dems June 22, 2001 - Jury Drops $3.6 Million Hammer in LAPD Damage Case June 21, 2001 - Compromise Could Be the Key to Patients' Rights Bill June 20, 2001 - Top Insurance Officials to Attend Seminar in Las Vegas June 20, 2001 - Associations Warn of Dangers to Insurance Consumers June 19, 2001 - Retired WC Judge Leon Berger Dies June 19, 2001 - GOP Wants 'Time Out' in Patients' Rights Squabble June 18, 2001 - Unique Pain-Killer Case Results in Jury Award June 18, 2001 - $7 Million Verdict Goes to Northridge Quake Victims June 18, 2001 - SSI Group and CompCare Group Sign Strategic Partnering Agreement June 15, 2001 - FM Global Posts Solid Ratings from A.M. Best, Fitch June 14, 2001 - Suit Filed for Infant Contaminated by Salmonella June 12, 2001 - Airlines Found Liable in Wrongful Death of Passenger June 12, 2001 - Dept. of Insurance Seeks Committee Volunteers June 12, 2001 - HMOs and Trial Lawyers Slug It Out June 8, 2001 - Modernizing Insurance Regulations Hot Topic at National Confab June 8, 2001 - Ergonomics Issue Centerpiece of LA Hearing June 8, 2001 - The Loud-Tie Mouthpiece...He's Baaaacckk June 5, 2001 - Calco Prepares to Dump Its WC Book of Business June 4, 2001 - Temp Worker Accused of Perjury in WC Case June 1, 2001 - Doh! Ford Motor Co. Hits the Wall (Again)
May 2001 May 31, 2001 - Glendale at the Fore of Crusading for Safe Drinking Water May 31, 2001 - Reliance Caught in the Wringer May 29, 2001 - California Claims Departments Getting Soapy May 29, 2001 - Contaminated Cantaloupes Can Take Down Consumers May 23, 2001 - Good Samaritans: Can They Afford Legal Eagles? May 23, 2001 - Govenor Appoints 2 WCAB Commissioners May 18, 2001 - Trigger Lock Co. Purchases Handgun Maker, With Liabilities Included May 17, 2001 - Strategic Alignment Between ePolicy and Republic Indemnity Announced May 16, 2001 - Fremont on the Verge of Profitability May 15, 2001 - Patients' Bill of Rights Squabble Sure to Heat Up May 14, 2001 - Davenport Appointed Commissioner to CHSWC May 11, 2001 - Sable Not Up to the Task of Survivability May 11, 2001 - The Thing Is, It's Our Right to Know May 10, 2001 - State Fund Off S&P CreditWatch May 10, 2001 - Safety on the Job Is No. 1 May 4, 2001 - OSHA Takes Black Eye in University's Top 10 Story-Censor List May 2, 2001 - The Hartford Comes Online with e-bill May 2, 2001 - Bush Administration Still Finds Environment a Bugaboo May 1, 2001 - Mishandled Bonds Leads to a Trail of Tears
April 2001 April 30, 2001 - CDI Nails Companies, Agents with Cease & Desist Orders April 27, 2001 - First Quarter not So Bad for Workers' Comp April 27, 2001 - They Want to Clean Up the Act at Santa Susana Field Lab April 27, 2001 - A Gag That Goes Through the Roof April 24, 2001 - Report on Wage Loss Issues Approved by Commission April 24, 2001 - Second Time a Judge Upholds RICO Claims in Rampart April 20, 2001 - Nations Target 'Dirty Chemicals' as Earth Day Approaches April 20, 2001 - EEOC Settles First Case Challenging Genetic Testing April 19, 2001 - Hefty Homeowner Insurance Rates in the Offing? April 19, 2001 - Massive Liability Class Action Suit to Cost GM Millions April 19, 2001 - Loss Cost Ratio Epidemic Not Exclusive to California April 17, 2001 - We Salute Coverage of FDA Investigation by Times Reporter April 17, 2001 - LA Superior Court Blowout Decision April 12, 2001 - Nation's Costliest High School Awaits RFP Fate April 11, 2001 - Tobacco-Liability Case Produces $$$ Allocation Proposals April 6, 2001 - One Says Black, One Says White: It's Red vs. Green April 4, 2001 - Worker Threatens Mass Destruction in Claims Hassle, Authorities Say April 3, 2001 - West Coast CCC Convention Draws 700 Attendees April 3, 2001 - If You Have Quake Insurance, It's Time for a Review
March 2001 March 30, 2001 - California Pushes for More Water Safety Standards March 29, 2001 - Environmental Issues Tug-of-War Spans Oceans March 27, 2001 - Environmental Quandary Keeps The Political Pot Boiling March 27, 2001 - Other Shoe Drops on HIH Money Woes March 27, 2001 - ""No Rate Hike"" Disappoints Insurers March 26, 2001 - Mushroom Fire Raises Damage Concerns March 22, 2001 - State Fund Receives a Clean Bill of Health March 21, 2001 - The Big Un-Do? March 21, 2001 - WCAB member Robert E. Burton Dies March 16, 2001 - Nurses Settle Yearlong Strike March 15, 2001 - The Squeeze Is On March 14, 2001 - Paula Financial Rides Out Another Storm March 9, 2001 - Navigating the Straights, Fremont Compensation Sets its Course for Deeper Waters in 2001 March 9, 2001 - It's not about the Motion of the Ocean March 8, 2001 - Gloves Are Off as GOP Flattens Dems March 6, 2001 - Please, No Earthquakes in My Backyard March 2, 2001 - International Group Posts 16% Increase in Premiums
February 2001 February 12, 2001 - Even the Poet/Philosopher Virgil Reminds Us, ""Rumor Flies...""
January 2001 January 22, 2001 - Homeowners Wary of a "Third Strike" January 21, 2001 - California Quake Insurance Scandal Jolts Former Commissioner's Aide
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