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Find Solutions & Strategies November 23, 2015
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 Expenses for Housekeeping Services Deemed Recoverable as Medical Treatment
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EXPENSES FOR HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES DEEMED RECOVERABLE AS MEDICAL TREATMENT
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But it remains to be seen whether injured workers can actually obtain this type of medical treatment through UR/IMR
 In Reese v. All Saints Health Care, 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 570, the WCAB rescinded the WCJ's finding that the applicant licensed vocational nurse who suffered an industrial injury to her lumbar spine, psychological system, central nervous system, and cardiovascular system on 6/16/2002, was not entitled to home health care in the form of housekeeping services, including food preparation, cooking, cleaning, laundry, yard work, shopping, and household chores, as recommended by the primary treating physician Philip A. Sobol, M.D. The WCAB rejected the WCJ's finding that, under Bishop v. W.C.A.B. (2011) 76 Cal. Comp. Cases 1192 (writ denied), the housekeeping services recommended by Dr. Sobol were not medical treatment as a matter of law. The WCAB concluded instead that pursuant to...read more.
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tragedy in paris reminds us that workplace violence is a serious risk
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By Jennifer C. Jordan, Esq., General Counsel, MEDVAL, LLC
 As the 2015 National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference concluded in Las Vegas last week, there were workers in restaurants and the concert venue in Paris experiencing real time workplace violence scenarios just like those discussed at the conference. Joining tragedies such as Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook and Columbine, the world will focus on the lives lost and the evil that is ISIS, all the while never realizing how much these events have impacted our day to day lives during the last decade. So it was rather fortuitous that the conference included a discussion of the issue of workplace violence...read more.
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 Supervisor's Verbal Attack on Applicant Was Not Disciplinary or Correction Action: Cal. Comp. Cases Advanced Postings (11/17/2015). Lexis.com and Lexis Advance online subscribers can read it. |
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eNewsletter archives
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Take a deep dive into our past eNewsletters for 2015 and prior...warning - some links to articles may not work...report any linking problems to Robin.E.Kobayashi@lexisnexis.com.
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