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Politics of health care with emphasis on California legislation including workers compensation and utilization review and federal legislation in Washington, DC

Thursday, August 18, 2016

NOW COMES SB 1160 (Mendoza): Unreasonable Denials

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SB 1160 (Mendoza)  would require that lien claimants in workers comp file declarations with all liens as of 1 January 2017. Failure to foll...
Friday, August 12, 2016

AB 72 (Bonta): a pending bait and switch bill: Oppose Unless Amended

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AB 72 (Bonta) is supposed to be consumer-friendly legislation since it'll do away with "surprise billing." The term, ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

SB 863 (De Leon) benefits employers, harms injured workers

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News Release # 2016-73, Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), July 15, 2016, boasts that workers comp reforms have shown "benefit...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

FORENSIC AUTOPSY BILL, SB 1189, CLEARS SENATE, MOVES TO ASSEMBLY

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SB 1189 by Senators Pan and Hannah-Beth Jackson passed the state senate on 2 June 2016. This bill was the subject of two previous stories...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

WHEN IS DEATH BY DROWNING DESCRIBED AS "UNDETERMINED?" HOW SB 1189 (PAN) COULD BRING CLARITY.

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Our story datelined 23 May 16 described an unusual case of death by drowning wherein the subsequent forensic autopsy report obscured the ca...
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IS ABIM'S TRANSFER OF ASSETS TO OFF-SHORE ACCOUNTS A PROPER OR IMPROPER USE OF TAX AVOIDANCE?

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On 26 May 16 we asked why the ABIM Foundation would ship financial assets overseas into off shore non-taxable accounts. We assumed that t...
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

WHY DOES THE AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE FOUNDATION SHIFT ASSETS OVERSEAS?

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More and more, healthcare is joining the industrial complex, read industrial-medical complex, similar to military-industrial complex, or, ...
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Writing in Neurology Today, Vol. 3 (8), August 2003, Dawn Antoline writes "Robert L. Weinmann, MD, has never been one to shy away from controversy. Whether he is writing muckraking editorials about HMOs that deny physician claims or ... billing practices ... he has committed himself to a life of activism. At the heart of his advocacy is a passionate regard for his patients -- and the ability of physicians to provide unfettered optimal care."
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