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Oct
30

Friday catch up

Heading home from California, where I had the honor of spending most of a day with the good folks at the California Workers’ Compensation Institute.  Really fun (yes, fun!) to discuss research topics, methodologies, limitations, and uses with the real experts. CWCI has a robust research agenda heading into the winter, and we’ll see much of it published before their annual meeting.

Which is a “don’t miss”.

If you haven’t seen their latest work on drug testing in work comp, it is well worth a read.  This is one of those complicated topics where a brief scan of the report isn’t enough to do it justice.

There’s been a lot of great research from NCCI and WCRI published recently as well.  I’ll be able to work thru the backlog while enjoying a cross-country flight, and will report back on Monday.

In the interim, there’s been a bit of buzz about a big acquisition of late.  I’d suggest that folks take a deep breath and relax.  These things take a lot of time, there are lots of regulatory hurdles to navigate, and things are especially sensitive when a publicly-traded company is involved.  If you are thinking something will happen before NWCDC in Vegas, you should re-think.

Finally, the just-announced Stevens decision affirmed the Constitutionality of California’s IMR process.  This is BIG NEWS, as it removes a lot of uncertainty about utilization review and related matters. Read Stephanie Goldberg’s piece for the details.


4 thoughts on “Friday catch up”

  1. Did you ask them if they are aware of the California Chiropractic Association’s allegations of upcoding, steering, delayed payment, and take backs by a major WC middleman?

  2. To Bob Jones – anonymous comments by individuals too cowardly to use their real names are not allowed.

    If you want to engage in a discussion, I’m happy to do so. If you want to troll, go elsewhere.

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