Category: Weekly Podcast News

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Failure to Properly Serve UR Determination Ends Ongoing RFAs. State Auditor Finds Large-Scale Hospice Fraud in Los Angeles County. EDD Faces New Scammers Sending Fake Text Messages. Ventura Farm Labor Contractor Pleads Guilty to Premium Fraud. Former O.C. Cop Pays Over $5.2M Restitution for Premium Fraud. CMS Releases WCMSA Reference Guide Version 3.6. Increase in Pharmacist Prescribing Privileges Heats Up Turf War. Gabapentinoid Abuse May Replace Opioids In Industrial Claims. New National Study Shows 7,060% Increase in Telehealth Utilization. 2022 Comp Trends Report Shows Increased Use of Technology.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: WCAB Panel Clarifies Requirements for Reopening an Award. WCAB Panel Reviews Case Law Allowing Minor Pleading Errors. 9th Circuit to Rule on Federal Preemption of California Sick Pay Law. After Ten Years of Litigation – Jury Clears Sutter Health of Antitrust Claim. Pain Clinic Chain with 20K Patients Abruptly Closes Under Investigation. Judicial Council Votes to Rescind Covid-19 Superior Court Rules. Newsom Proposes New Office of Health Care Affordability. Scientists Report on the Pandemic Related Research Sliver Lining. Researchers Study Use of Plastic Barriers On COVID-19 Transmission. Google Announces New Technology For Electronic Health Records.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Request for New QME Panel for Late Report Must be Timely. Drugmakers Finalize $26B Nationwide Opioid Settlement. Purdue Pharma and Sackler Family Agree to $6B National Settlement. Sutter Health Risks $1.2B in Price Gouging Class Action Trial. Sim Hoffman M.D. Acquitted of Comp Fraud After 10 Years of Litigation. WCIRB Report Focuses on COVID-19 Claims and Long COVID. Newsom Signs Order to Update Workplace Mask Rule. Arthroscopic and Open Rotator Cuff Repair Have Similar Results. Scripps La Jolla Earns Top-Tier Trauma Certification. NAIC Report Shows Travelers Has Largest Comp Market Share.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: 9th Circuit Sends Lyft Drivers A.B. 5 Class Action to Arbitration. Expect Increases in Telemedicine and Healthcare Digitization Fraud. Contracting Company Owners Get Jail Time for $1M Comp Fraud. Last Guilty Plea Wraps Up Fraud Case Involving SUI Investigator. COVID “Misinformation” Wars Reach California Legislature. West Covina Bolts From LA County Dept. of Public Health. DWC Posts Annual Report of Inventory Reminder. WCIRB Releases Multi-Bureau COVID-19 Analysis. Vaxx Wars Heat Up as Kern County Recruits 4K Unvaxxed LA Sheriffs. Survey Shows Fading Enthusiasm for Hybrid Work from Home.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Opioid Settlements for 400 California Cities, Most States and Tribes. WCAB Panel Clarifies DOI in Continuous Trauma Cancer Case. Cardinal Health to Pay $13.1M to Resolve Kickback Case. Sam Solakyan Sentenced to 5 Years and $30M Restitution. Deal Reached on COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave. Few Hourly Workers Compensated for Shift Cuts Required by Law. Push for California Single Payer Health Abruptly Ends. Gov. Newsom Announced New EDD and Cal/OSHA Leaders. Scripps Claims Omicron Surge Winding Down by Early March. Mitchell, Genex and Coventry Publish 2022 Predictions.