by (January 1, 2007)
CAAA Celebrates Christmas in January with Pendergrass (1/24/07) The WCAB’s recent en banc decision, Pendergrass v. SCIF (1/24/07), gave cause for unexpected celebration among California applicant attorneys. In a blatant attempt to apply the old,…
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by (November 1, 2006)
Every week, B&B’s Rating and Consultation Services is requested to review and analyze MMI reports purporting to determine impairment for upper extremity injuries. Inasmuch as range of motion (ROM) is the primary AMA-based method used…
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by (November 1, 2006)
Do I have your attention? Allow me to explain: The Audit Unit is made up of people with backgrounds not dissimilar from most experienced claims professionals. They are given a set of labor codes and…
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by (September 1, 2006)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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