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 Applicant's Burden of Proof for Home Health Care |
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home health care burden of proof | |
Chairwoman Caplane recently indicated that the WCAB is discussing four home health care cases. Until we get more guidance on the new law, applicants should ensure they meet the statutory requirements for home health care services.
Application of SB 863 Changes to Home Health Care Services. The legal community posed many questions after SB 863 was enacted. One of the more pressing issues centered around how the WCAB would apply the new limitations governing reimbursement for home health care services. Would the limitations only apply to services performed after 1/1/2013? Would the limitations only apply to services regarding a date of injury after 1/1/2013? Or, would the limitations apply to all services, for all dates of injuries, regardless of when the services were performed? And, once the services are provided and reimbursement is requested, what is the applicant's burden of proof under the new statute? In the noteworthy panel decision of... read more.
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30,000 IMR requests & counting |  WCIRB reports that 30,000 requests for IMR were filed in August and September. The WCIRB states that if this pace continues, it raises "serious questions as to the anticipated savings in administrative costs as well as potential future savings in medical treatment costs" as projected by SB 863. Is IMR just bad economics? It's time to revisit The Rassp Report law blog, where Robert G. Rassp, Esq. warned us about the "blowback from UR and IMR" in a Jan. 6, 2013 blog post. |
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