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Find Solutions & Strategies January 26, 2015
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 WCAB Questions Arbitrary UR Cycles of Denials and Authorizations for Prescription Medications
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Defendants can submit every prescription request to UR, but is this cost effective and does it fulfill their obligation to provide appropriate medical treatment to cure or relieve injured workers from the effects of their industrial injuries?
In Cordova v. Garaventa Enterprises, 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, a WCAB panel has clarified when the 12-month effective period for a UR treatment recommendation applies, whether UR decisions issued prior to 7/1/2013 go through IMR, whether an appeal review decision is subject to IMR, and how an unreasonable delay in providing prescription medication after the medication is authorized by a UR doctor entitles the applicant to a Labor Code § 5814 penalty and entitles his attorney to attorney's fees under Labor Code § 5814.5...read more. |
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temp nation: standing up for the walking dead |
Richard M. Jacobsmeyer and other panelists examine the impact of California's AB 1897 legislation
Karen C. Yotis, Esq., our Feature Resident Columnist,provides insights into workplace issues and the nuts and bolts of the workers' comp world
Temporary workers are having a decidedly permanent impact on the nation's workforce. This new breed of worker is making increasing inroads across a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing and logistics, IT, engineering, finance, and healthcare. Jobs involving security services, cleaning and maintenance work, and administrative tasks are also being filled more regularly via staffing agencies. Indeed, the temporary workers' ever-deepening penetration into the U.S. labor market has become as persistent and relentless as a parade of zombies marching toward the apocalypse. It's no small wonder then that the conference planners for the annual National Workers' Comp & Disability Conference...read more.
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