When I graduated from college, I never thought I would have any real need for what I had studied. After all, that was the whole reason I went to law school. What did I study,…
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Torres Commissioners: Go Back to School
by (September 1, 2006)
The Case of the Missing Comma
by (July 1, 2006)
Effective January 1, 2005, California’s newest Permanent Disability Rating Schedule (PDRS) was implemented. This PDRS is used to convert impairment (obtained via the AMA Guides) into PD. This conversion takes place by adjusting for diminished…
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AMA Selects Don Barthel
by (May 1, 2006)
It was recently announced that Don Barthel’s name was submitted to the American Medical Association as a potential expert reviewer of the AMA Guides (6th edition), which is scheduled for publication in late 2007. That…
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Epilogue: Keep California Out of the Bedroom!
by (May 1, 2006)
In our last issue in the article entitled Keep California Out of the Bedroom, we discussed numerous strategies to defeat CAAA’s plans to make you overpay permanent disability. We learned that a recent CAAA convention…
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WCAB Nixes Apportionment Efforts
by (May 1, 2006)
The WCAB, in its 2/27/06 en banc decision, Pasquotto v. Hayward Lumber, WCC 31452006, dramatically gutted the applicability of Labor Code §4664’s apportionment tools. Labor Code §4664, one of California’s two apportionment statutes, provides, in…
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Medical Provider Network CAAA Fights Transfers. How Can You Fight Back?
by (March 1, 2006)
How long does it take to create a habit? Some say twenty-one days. Others will tell you four weeks. Wait a minute. This is workers’ compensation, folks! One year later, and we’re still not in…
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Keep CAAA Out of the Bedroom
by (March 1, 2006)
The California Applicant’s Attorneys Association (CAAA) recently met in Palm Springs to discuss ways to re-energize their post-SB-899 practices. No longer content to keep their heads in the sand and deny that the laws have…
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Don Barthel Becomes Newest Advisor to A.B.I.M.E.
by (January 1, 2006)
In a dramatic turn of events, Dr. Mohammed I. Ranavaya, MD, MS, CIME, FFOM, FRCPI, the president of A.B.I.M.E. (American Board of Independent Medical Examiners), recently announced the name of the newest member of A.B.I.M.E.’s…
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Sneak Preview of the AMA Guides’ 6th Edition
by (January 1, 2006)
Don Barthel and Mark Fletcher, managing partner, recently met with members of the American Medical Association in Chicago to obtain insights into the forthcoming 6th Edition of the AMA Guides. As you are all aware,…
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Bradford & Barthel, Proudly Announces That Vincent J. Rodriguez, M.D., J.D., Has Joined the Firm
by (January 1, 2006)
In keeping with Bradford & Barthel’s commitment to cutting edge analysis of California’s ever-changing Workers’ Compensation world in which we live, we are pleased to announce that Bradford & Barthel has recently retained the services…
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