Sunday, August 26, 2018

Utilization Review Physicians Do Not Owe Injured Workers "Duty of Care"

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That Utilization Review (UR) physicians do not owe a duty of care to injured workers can reasonably be deduced from the recent California...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

SENATE BILL 790 (McGuire) BITES THE DUST

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Our decidedly negative story on SB 790 (McGuire) about gifts and benefits in medication prescribing and dispensing was published on 15 M...
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Monday, August 13, 2018

KP PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSUMES ADVOCACY AT CSIMS

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The California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery (CSIMS) aligned with AdvoCal represented private physicians engaged in industrial...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

CAN INSURANCE COMPANIES DISREGARD ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES' (ALJ's) ORDERS?

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When can insurance companies ignore judge's orders? Anytime they want to it appears. Following is a case example (this piece is a foll...
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Monday, May 14, 2018

MALPRACTICE CASE SOON TO BE DECIDED BY SUPREME COURT

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Malpractice reform in Utilization Review is again on the line, this time because the California Supreme Court has scheduled hearings re...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSED DIALYSIS INITIATIVE (Proposition 8)

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The California Dialysis Initiative is up for vote in November. Its avowed purpose is to set arbitrary limits on what insurance companies ...
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Thursday, May 3, 2018

SB 1303 (Pan and Galgiani) is a step forward

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SB 1303 is follow-up legislation to SB 1189 (Pan) and expands upon the partial success of the earlier bill.This legislation, initially sp...