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.
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 […]
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 […]
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