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.
One of the emerging successes of the Division of Workers’ Compensation under Jerry Brown is that the Medical Unit appears to be whittling down the backlog of requests for QME panels for both represented and unrepresented workers. DWC Administrative Director was recently quoted in an article by Greg Jones of workcompcentral.com on the topic of […]
One of California’s largest unions, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, is circulating two healthcare initiatives, both aimed at California hospitals. One is called the Fair Healthcare Pricing Act of 2012, the other the Charity Care Act of 2012. The latter, according to the SEIU webiste would:“Sets the minimum level of charity care at 5 percent of […]
California’s unemployment insurance fund continues to sink in a sea of red ink. The fund has been insolvent since 2009, with a current UI fund deficit of over $10 billion. Projections are that the deficit could grow to $13 billion by 2014. Already California owes the federal government $10 billion on a loan that has […]
If you are an injured worker (or doctor or employer) unhappy with aspects of California’s workers’ comp system, you have an opportunity to make yourself heard. You can register to speak at the hearings the DWC is holding around the state in April. Have you had problems finding treating doctors on medical networks or problems […]
AIG is back in the news, This time it’s in an analysis by New York Times financial reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, who follows AIG in his Dealbook column. AIG, which was bailed out to the tune of $182 billion by the U.S. taxpayer, continues to write workers’ comp coverage through its Chartis division and a […]
The millennials get a lot of attention in our culture. Advertisers crave their eyeballs. Social media companies build software and business empires around their habits. Publishing and entertainment companies buckle under the weight of change wrought by their predilections. Sociologists debate whether they are the most apathy-prone generation, or on the verge of becoming one […]
The California Department of Industrial Relations and Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced plans for a series of 6 forums in April to solicit opinions about the direction of reforms to the California workers’ compensation system. The short press release notes the following schedule: Tuesday, April 10, 2012—West Sacramento, CA 95605 Monday, April 16, 2012—Los […]
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