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By Greg Jones Western Bureau Chief
A change in how prescription drug reimbursement rates are calculated for the Medi- Cal database could cause billing problems in the California workers' compensation system and might also require regulatory changes for consistency in how medications are reimbursed
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14 additional employers ranged from 15125 to 87950 and averaged a little more than 41300.
The agency commonly referred to as CalOSHA said it opened inspections at San Quentin and Avenal state prisons following reports of staff hospitalizations.
The agency said in a statement that its
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The Oakland Area Director for the federal OSHA program in a June 26 letter said the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health commonly called Cal-OSHA needs to increase the number of inspections of high-hazard industries issue citations for safety violations more quickly and improve
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JURISDICTION AND SUBROGATIONIn Cherry v. County of Los AngelesDCFS AIMS Santa Clarita 2013 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 249 the WCAB held that an employer was not collaterally estopped from litigating an applicant's claim that he sustained an injury arising out of and in the course
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In White v. WCAB 2014 Cal. Wrk. Comp. LEXIS 183 writ denied the WCAB affirmed a WCJ's decision that an employer was 5 negligent in causing the applicant's injuries that 95 percent of the negligence was attributed to a third party and that
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saying Cal-OSHA can't meet the requirement of having safety and health standards that are at least as effective as federal standards due to low staffing compounded by the failure to expend available funds.
The DOL in 2012 took control of Hawaii's state-run workplace safety agency citing "severe
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employees in transit between their homes and their jobs." Zenith Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Worlanen's Comp.
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Appeals Bd DeCarmo 1967 66 Cal. 2d 944 945-46 32 Cal.Comp.Cases 2361; see also Ocean
Accident & Guarantee Co. v. LA.C. Slattery 1916 173 Cal. 313 322. For purposes of the
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with the provisions of section 9785 subdivision b and Labor Code sections 4061 and 4062 to change primary treating doctors."
TenetCentinela Hosp. Med. Cntr. v. Workers Comp. Appls. Bd. Rushing 2000 80 Cal. App. 4th 1041; 95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 858; 2000 Cal. App. LEXIS 391; 65 Cal. Comp. Cas
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1992 to 04192004 - 01012005.
There is a case on point Cortez v. Workers Comp. Appeals Bd. 2006 136 Cal. App. 4th 596; 38 Cal. Rptr. 3d 922; 2006 Cal. App. LEXIS 166; 71 Cal. Comp. Cas 155; 2006 Cal. Daily Op. Service 1170; 2006 Daily Journal DAR 1642 held that the old procedures under
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appear so from this case anyway.
FADIA ABDALA Plaintiff and Respondent v. FAWZIA AZIZ Defendant and Respondent; AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY Intervener and Appellant. 3 Cal. App. 4th 369; 4 Cal. Rptr. 2d 130; 1992 Cal. App. LEXIS 130; 57 Cal. Comp. Cas 94; 92 Cal. Daily Op. Service 1122
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