Monday, April 15, 2019

WILL AB 1107 TRIM THE CLAWS OF UTILIZATION REVIEW?

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Under current law, employers are obliged to establish Utililzation Review panels whose purpose is to review, approve, modify, or deny dia...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

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Duty of Care Revisited -- all is not well in Hawaii or California Duty of Care (King v. CompPartners) was reviewed in this column on 10/...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

SURPRISE BILLING MAKES NEWS AGAIN

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Under the direction of Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones the Department of Insurance has adopted new regulations intended to implement th...
Friday, November 23, 2018

BURNOUT AND THE PACIFICATION OF PHYSICIANS

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- The "Pacification of Physicians" is the process used by insurers, adjusters, politicians, and others to take down physicians...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

DUTY OF CARE VERSUS UTILIZATION REVIEW: Corrective legislation is indicated (revised from earlier article)

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Worker's Malpractice Action Against UR Doctor Comes to an End, viz., workcompcentral, 2018-16-12. This unfortunate decision has trigger...
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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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