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CWCI : Drop in IMR Volume Continues in First Half of 2022

09/16/2022
did drop sharply falling by 11.3 to a 5-year low of 163899 with the annual letter counts subsequently declining another 16.6 to 136738 in 2020 the initial year of the pandemic followed by a 2.4 decline to 133494 letters in 2021 CWCI said in a bulletin released Wednesday. The decline

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Paduda: If Only Florida was like California

09/12/2022
from their physicians. Thanks to CWCI we know that’s the real impact of doc dispensing. Now we know even more – we know that dispensing docs prescribe more opioids for longer times thereby

Category: Industry Insights

Liability Determination Deadline Bill Amended to Require Appropriation for Data Collection

08/25/2022
denials and litigation on complex claims. More than 90 of accepted claims have a liability decision within 75 days CWCI said. Investigation periods are longer on litigated claims that are eventually denied. CWCI Said only 49.2 of these claims have a compensability decision within 75 days suggesting

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Committees Pass Bills to Expand COVID Presumption, Narrow Liability Investigation Window

08/15/2022
of cooperation with the investigation will trigger more litigation as well as significant increases in allocated and unallocated loss adjustment expenses related to the investigation period CWCI said. CWCI also said some provisions in the bill are in direct conflict with another measure before

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CWCI Offers On-Demand Webinar on Impact of MLFS Changes

08/02/2022
The California Workers Compensation Institute is offering an on-demand webinar reviewing findings from a study on the impact of changes to the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule. CWCI in July reported that payments for med-legal services increased sharply under the new fee schedule that took effect in

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Young: Top Developments of California Workers' Comp 1st Half 2022

08/01/2022
According to a COVID claims tracker maintained by the CWCI as Omicron peaked 56 of total claims in January 2022 were COVID claims 55248 reported COVID claims. According to the WCIRB 41 of indemnity claims filed in January 2022 were COVID claims. But that dropped quickly. COVID claims were

Category: Industry Insights

COVID-19 Presumption Measure Scheduled for Aug. 8 Hearing

07/29/2022
conflict with the amended language in Labor Code Section 5402b2 75 days currently included in SB 1127 CWCI said in a research paper available for free to members and the public under the research tab of its website here. The Senate Appropriations Committee will hear AB 1751 Aug. 8. The

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CWCI : Frequency Hits 14-Year High for Private Self-Insureds

07/26/2022
increased by 97.4 million according to a CWCI review of new data from the state the institute said in a bulletin published Friday. Private self-insured employers reported a total of 93430 claims in 2021 compared to 86503 in 2020. With about 2.4 million workers covered by private self-insured

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Paduda: Golden State's Med-Legal Mess

07/22/2022
toxicologists. Reduce overuse of supplemental reports. Do this all without more than a 25 increase in aggregate med-legal fees. CWCI’s research indicates that results appear to be far less than intended The number of QMEs increased slightly &mdash

Category: Industry Insights

CWCI Study Questions Efficacy of Narrowing Window for Liability Decisions

07/22/2022
Compensation Institute. CWCI said in a statement that its analysis of more than 475000 claims concluded that reducing investigation timelines as proposed in Senate Bill 1127 would create compensability determination thresholds that are unnecessary for accepted claims and unrealistic for litigated and

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