A Partner at Boxer & Gerson LLP, Julius Young has practiced worker’s compensation law and social security disability law since 1979. He has represented thousands of individuals who have sustained life-changing injuries or illnesses while on the job. In every case, his goal is to secure the medical treatments his clients need.
Is the Labor Code Section 4610.6(d) 30 day time-frame limit during which Maximus “shall” issue an Independent Medical Review determination “mandatory” or “directory”? That’s been one of the lingering uncertainties some four years after the passage of SB 863. And it’s a question that is at stake in several cases that have been pending at […]
Interest in the difference between California workers’ comp as practiced in Northern vs. Southern California continues to build. This was the topic at the 2016 WCIRB Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference in San Francisco, framed as “The California Conundrum. One System. Many Outcomes”. I missed that meeting, but David DePaolo has done three thoughtful blog posts […]
Provider fraud cases continue to generate big headlines in California workers’ comp. Last week the Orange County DA refiled charges against Dr. Kareem Ahmed and a number of other prominent Southern California physicians regarding an alleged fraudulent billing and kickback scheme. Today on Workcompcentral.com is a featured article noting a Riverside County indictment of Peyman […]