by (November 1, 2005)
Change is the name of the game in 2005. It appears that the legislative intent was much more than putting California on a “diet” to reduce its ever growing workers’ compensation waistline. The intent was…
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by (September 3, 2005)
Per the AMA Guides, a 0% WPI (whole person impairment) rating “is assigned… if the impairment has no significant organ or body system functional consequences and does not limit the performance of… activities of daily…
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by (September 2, 2005)
There is a great deal of information (and misinformation) about when the AMA Guides and new PDRS are to be applied. Given that the application of the “new” rating system can easily result in a…
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by (September 1, 2005)
A subject of great debate and much criticism, the new Permanent Disability Rating Schedule used RAND study results “to establish the ratio of average California standard ratings to proportional wage losses for each of 22…
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