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.
The Schwarzenegger Administration is beginning to wind down, but the folks over at the DWC must be plenty busy. Consider their project list….Revise schedule for payment of doctors, the RBVS…..revise the QME regs to plug the loophole that permits traveling docs to dominate the system…..change reimbursement for spinal surgery hardware….devise E-billing regs….. unveil ambulatory service […]
The teetertotter has been shifting for over a year now. Furloughs were on, then they were off, then they were on. State workers, including folks at the WCAB and the DWC, held out hope for back pay they might recoup. Now we know that the furloughs are legal. There will be no back pay.The California […]
There’s word coming out of Sacramento that California’s longest budget impasse is resolved with a budget deal among the Big 5. If the deal can pass muster with both houses of the legislature, that will be good news for some workers’ comp claimants. This week Susan Gard of the DWC noted that California was quickly […]
Here’s what I’d like to know….. Did Meg Whitman pay for workers’ comp coverage on Nicky Diaz Santillian, her domestic employee? Santillian served Whitman (and her neurosurgeon husband Griffith Harsh IV) for nine years. It appears that Harsh blew off a Social Security “no match” letter. Did they blow off the requirement to carry California […]
Does California really have too much regulation, or not enough? Meg Whitman’s talking points claim that she will reduce regulations. But which ones? The idea of a nanny state is unpopular. But many regulations were developed for a purpose. To promote health and safety. To prevent abusive conduct. To set standards for fair competition. Buzz […]
In a victory for disabled workers, the California Court of Appeals 6th District has upheld the decision in the Guzman case (actually known as Milpitas Unified School District v. WCAB and Joyce Guzman). While not final/final, its starting to look like the Almaraz/Guzman II decision of the WCAB will survive. Workerscompzone is on vacation. But […]
September 28. That’s the day now scheduled for public hearings on the WCIRB’s recommendation for a 30% workers’ comp premium rate increase (actually the recommendation is for a 29.6% increase). Yesterday the WCIRB submitted its pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance. You can see the filing here:https://wcirbonline.org/wcirb/resources/rate_filings/2011_rate_filings.html The hearing will be […]
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