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.
My last post looked at some of the ways the current House proposal for Obamacare repeal/replace (dubbed Ryancare) might affect workers’ comp. A day in politics can be an eternity. But the vote in the House tomorrow looks to be very close . As of this morning, Politico has an article indicating that current vote […]
The $120 million “Return-to-Work Fund” has been troubled since its inception. Designed to compensate workers who have disproportionate earnings losses, the RTW Fund has been underutilized since its inception after the 2012 reforms. One of the problems was that many workers who might qualify had no knowledge of the RTW Fund. The California Applicants Attorneys […]
Paul Ryan’s plan to gut and amend Obamacare is now on the table. What are the implications for California workers’ comp? The American Health Care Act, aka AHCA or Ryancare, faces political hurdles in the next few weeks. Today it did survive a vote in the House Budget Committee, but it faces uncertain support in […]
If a lawyer or claimant hire a medical expert to write a report at their own expense challenging the report of a QME or AME, is that report admissible? That was the issue in Batten v. WCAB (2015) 241 Cal.App.4th 1009 (Batten). In that case an AME had determined that a psyche injury was not compensable […]
Santa Monica-based public radio station KCRW has now broadcast a segment focusing on the California workers’ comp system. The piece, done as part of KCRW’s KCRW Investigates, was produced by Karen Foshay and is titled ” A Denial of Care”. Readers can use the following link to access the audio and/or text summary of the […]
SB 1160 (Mendoza), enacted in 2016, makes a number of changes to California utilization review. One of the more unheralded provisions can be found in what has become Labor Code 4610 (o), which becomes operative January 1, 2018. Here is what L.C. 4610 (o) provides: “The administrative director shall develop a system for the mandatory […]
Sam Gold passed away recently, losing a battle with lymphoma. His name will not be familiar to many of the blog’s readers, but his passing merits mention and a tribute. Sam was a sheet-metal union member who eventually sustained career ending work injury. For years he was represented by Frank Russo, now one of my […]
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