Worker’s Compensation: Share your utilization review denials stories with us!

Worker’s Compensation: Share your utilization review denials stories with us! httpss://www.caaa.org/index.cfm?pg=Sedgwick_Page httpss://membercentral.wufoo.com/forms/ur-denied-story-form/ UTILIZATION REVIEW (UR) IS OUT OF CONTROL A campaign to bring out-of-control Utilization Review (UR) to heel. “Why does the State of California allow unacceptable treatment of Californians injured on their jobs?” Insurers’ Utilization Review routinely delays and denies doctors’ legitimate requests for…

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Yelp Reviews Cleveland & Metz

Yelp Reviews Cleveland & Metz Work injury Lawyers and Accident Attorneys For those of you that found us on the Yelp listing for our business listing at the Law Offices of Cleveland & Metz, we have numerous positive reviews on Yelp but they always are fluctuating into a recommended and not recommended status on a constant…

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Workers Compensation Reform 2012 Part IV: Vocational Rehabilitation

Workers Compensation Reform 2012 Part IV: Vocational Rehabilitation. Prior to 2005, California injured workers had an excellent program of workers compensation vocational rehabilitation benefits. It included a budget for schooling, equipment, payments while you went to school, and adequate compensation for a competent counselor. In the workers compensation reform of 2004 in Senate Bill 899,…

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Workers Compensation Reform 2012 Part III: Permanent Disability Benefits

Workers Compensation Reform 2012 Part III:  Permanent Disability Benefits  In 2004, Senate Bill 899 workers compensation reform slashed permanent disability benefits by as much as 70% to California injured workers. The 2005 permanent disability rating schedule drafted for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2005 was rigged by the business and insurance community to…

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