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 California Commission of Health, Safety and Workers’ Compensation held its first 2013 meeting this past Thursday. Here’s a thumbnail sketch of some of the more interesting tidbits discussed: Christine Baker, Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations, stated that the DIR is thriving despite resource limitations. She noted that the DWC is examining […]
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation needs more time to finish regulations required under the 2012 SB 863 reforms. That appears to be the bottom line to be gleaned from a DWC newline release of June 12, 2013 (see link below). In late 2012 the DWC had issued emergency regulations on the following topics: -QME […]
The DWC has recently posted its “2013 Study of Access to Medical Treatment for Injured Workers”, written by the Berkeley Research Group. Labor Code 5307.2 requires the DWC to do annual access studies. Specifically, Labor Code 5307.2 includes the following language: “The study shall analyze whether there is adequate access toquality health care and products, […]
Bloggers are dependent on others. I found that out this week as I was blocked trying to get into my own site.At first it appeared that the site might have been hacked. Perhaps I had succumbed to a phisherman. But later it became apparent that it was simply a problem with the host’s server. Such […]
Workers’ comp may be becoming more and more of a women’s issue. Women are now 47% of the U.S. workforce. As women are a larger part of the workforce, workers’ comp becomes a more important issue for them. A May 29,2013 study by the Pew Research Center concludes that 40% of all households with children […]
“California, home of high-tech, has tough time upgrading own computers”. When I viewed that headline of a Capitol Weekly article by Samantha Gallegos, I found myself chucking. In the workers’ comp community we know about that after having watched the rollout of EAMS (the electronic adjudication management system) several years ago. But workers’ comp is […]
It seems that the DWC is listening. Recently there has been an outpouring of concern from all quarters in the comp community about the DWC backlog in processing QME panel requests. Those delays adversely affect employers and injured workers alike. Delays can adversely affect medical treatment and may in fact lead to increased indemnity costs. […]
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