Helpful Information Regarding Workers' Compensation

From the Desk Of:

Scott M. Tilley

President, Managing Attorney

Certified Specialist Workers' Compensation Law

The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

A $66,735 Lesson From LYFT: Discovery Delay Can Cost You More than the Claim.

Stall long enough on records requests in a California comp case, and a judge can find you acted with malice — and make you pay for it personally, not just for the claim. That's the lesson from a WCAB ruling against Lyft that every self-insured employer and TPA handling contested claims should read closely.

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RAND's New Study on SB 1160 Has a Message for Claims Manager: The UR Exemption Isn't Doing Much

A decade after Sacramento exempted early medical treatment from prospective utilization review, RAND just checked whether it worked. The short answer for claims managers: don't expect SB 1160's UR carve-out to move your numbers much, but..

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A Premium Fraud Bill Just Stalled in Sacramento — Here's Why Carriers Should Still Pay Attention

A bill that would have given insurers a new tool against premium fraud just got shelved for the year, but the idea behind it isn't going away. Carriers should treat this as a preview of where fraud-reporting obligations are headed, not as a closed file.

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