Category: Weekly Podcast News

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: MSP Manual Update Requires Providers to Identify and Bill MSAs. City of L.A. Retail Industry Fair Work Week Ordinance Starts April 1. Carson CA Facility Closes After $838,800 Cal/OSHA Citations. WCIRB Study Shows Experience Rating Improves Workplace Safety. San Diego Doctor Pleads Guilty to $2M Insurance Fraud. Congressman Seeks to Plug Fraudsters “Shocking Loophole”. Evidence in 17 YouTube Videos Leads to Insurance Fraud Arrest. Burned Out Healthcare Workers Considering Leaving the Industry. P&C Insurers 2022 Underwriting Losses Soar and Net Income Shrinks. GPT-4 AI Technology Easily Passed the Multistate Bar Exam – What’s Next?

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Insurance Carrier Resolves Policy Dispute Class Action for $6.2M. Covid Misinformation Law Entangled in Conflicting Lawsuits. No Liability For Off Worksite, Weekend Sexual Misconduct Between Friends. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash Prevail in AB 5 – Prop 22 Appeal. PEO Owners Plead Guilty to $54M Insurance Fraud Scheme. CSLB Stings Show Abundance of Unlicensed and Uninsured Contractors. Probes Reveal Decades Long State Bar Unethical Conduct. No ACOEM/MTUS Adoption Yet of New CDC Opioid Guidelines. Nurses Across the State Protest Working Conditions. Feds Move to Rein In Health Insurance Prior Authorization Rules.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Carrier and Defense Firm to Face Applicant Fraud/Slander Lawsuit. NLRB Limits Confidentiality & Non-Disparagement Severance Agreements. Employer Fined $27K For Water Not Close Enough to Workers. California COVID-19 State of Emergency Ends February 28th 2023. DEA Proposed Rules for Permanent Telemedicine Prescribing. Anti-Inflammatory/Anticonvulsant Drugs are Significant Comp Cost Drivers. WCIRB Publishes New Industry Profile Series on Healthcare. Amazon closes $3.9B Buyout of Health Company One Medical. Wallmart, Best Buy, Dollar General Announce Health Care Expansion. $2.6B in Major Hospital Construction Under Way in Sacramento Area.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Commercial Traveler Rule Applies to Workers Assisting Firefighters. Employment Law Arbitration Cases Queue up in Cal Supreme Court. Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California Ban on “Forced Arbitration”. “Yellowstone” actress Q’orianka Kilcher’s Comp Fraud Case Dismissed. Estimated EDD Fraud Losses Increased to Nearly $40 Billion. Pharmacist Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison For Faked Prescriptions. Supermajority of Physicians Now Employed by Corporate Entities. Half of California Hospitals Are in the Red, – Some Are Closing. WCRI Says Work Comp Medical Outcomes Worse than Other Payors. 350 MDs Lobby Congress for AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: WCAB Awards SJDB Benefits Despite Successful RTW. Court Rejects “Offset” to Injured Firefighter’s Disability Retirement. Safeway Stores Still Litigating Same Wage Hour Claims – for 21 Years. California and 19 States File as Amicus Against OSHA Rights Challenge. Grand Jury Indicts Disbarred Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Tom Girardi. Central Valley Medical Provider Agrees to $26M Settlement. Prosecutors Say Pharmaceutical Makers Are Victims of $1B Fraud. CMS Rule to Collect $4.7B in Penalties to “Hold Insurers Accountable”. WCRI Reports – 7% of Workers with COVID-19 Develop Long COVID. Congress Reluctant to Fully Embrace Telehealth Care.