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.
After the Court of Appeals holding in Ogilvie, many of us have been waiting to see what the WCAB would do. How would the WCAB interpret the 1st DCA’s Ogilvie decision? In its decision the Court of Appeals rejected the mathematical formula that the WCAB had developed for possible rebuttal of the PD schedule but […]
Sometimes there is a great divide between what an injured work can receive in the workers’ comp system and in the civil justice system. Being a no fault system, workers’ comp was not designed to “make workers whole”. Although workers’ comp benefits are payable regardless of who was at fault in causing the injury, those […]
If there is one thing that leaves injured workers frustrated, it’s the procedures that frequently result in treatment denials. Between 2005 and 2010, medical cost containment expenses almost quadrupled. That includes expenses for utilization review and bill review. Insurers assert that without cost containment procedures, medical treatment costs would be even higher, resulting in unsustainable […]
The California Department of Insurance will be holding a hearing today in San Francisco on the WCIRB mid year filing requesting a hike in the advisory workers’ comp rate. THe insurance market is not required to follow WCIRB recommendations or the rate finding of CDI. Rates continue to be far, far below the levels that […]
Do ambulatory surgery center owners do more surgery? If so, is that bad? What are the implications for workers’ comp? On an anecdotal level, I recently had minor hand surgery at an ASC. The facility was incredibly efficient, with far less bureaucracy than I had experienced with even more minor procedures in a hospital setting. […]
Various workers’ comp bills have ben introduced in the legislature. I’ll be covering them soon, and following them as the legislative season progresses. But today is the time to shine a spotlight on a deserving bill that might just help unemployed injured workers and victims of the economic downturn alike. It’s AB 1450. Sponsored by […]
This was a week where I personally learned one of the obstacles injured workers face. I was lucky. The malady was not industrial. Between my persuasive powers and the fact I knew the doctor, a thirty day wait for an appointment was reduced to one-half day. There was no UR hoop to navigate. My bleeding […]
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