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WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News

Work Comp Academy

The WorkCompAcademy is a full featured online learning experience. Our faculty includes the leading practitioners in the California Workers" Compensation Community. Our online curriculum covers all aspects of Workers" Compensation Claims, from basic concepts to advanced topics of value to experienced practitioners such as senior claims executives, attorneys, and Qualified Medical Evaluators. Students can access classes any time, from any internet connected computer. Courses can be completed at an

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26:56

WorkCompAcademy News - April 11, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/04/14

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Orthopedist Lacks Expertise to Add vs Combine Internal Disabilities. Truck Driver Hit by Train Was "Sudden and Extraordinary". Court of Appeal Clarifies Time for Service for Out-of-State Administrator. Injured Worker Has Two Years to File Wrongful Termination Claim. NFL Teams Sue Two Players Over California WCAB Jurisdiction. Uber Settles California Classification Class Action for $8.4M. Managing

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WorkCompAcademy News - April 4, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/04/13

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Failure to Properly Serve UR Determination Ends Ongoing RFAs. State Auditor Finds Large-Scale Hospice Fraud in Los Angeles County. EDD Faces New Scammers Sending Fake Text Messages. Ventura Farm Labor Contractor Pleads Guilty to Premium Fraud. Former O.C. Cop Pays Over $5.2M Restitution for Premium Fraud. CMS Releases WCMSA Reference Guide Version 3.6. Increase in Pharmacist Prescribing Privileges

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WorkCompAcademy News - March 28, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/04/09

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Calif. Supreme Court Clarifies L.C. Whistleblower Protections. Carriers Exempt From Insurance Frauds Prevention Act Liability. Insurance Survey Says Fraud Accounts for 10% of Claims Cost. IMR Reviews Hit All Time Low in 2021. CHSWC Annual Report Estimates COVID Costs at $1.25 Billion. California "Test to Treat" Facilities May be COVID Game Changers. Modesto Wastewater Surveillance Key to Early

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WorkCompAcademy News - March 21, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/03/24

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: WCAB Panel Clarifies Requirements for Reopening an Award. WCAB Panel Reviews Case Law Allowing Minor Pleading Errors. 9th Circuit to Rule on Federal Preemption of California Sick Pay Law. After Ten Years of Litigation - Jury Clears Sutter Health of Antitrust Claim. Pain Clinic Chain with 20K Patients Abruptly Closes Under Investigation. Judicial Council Votes to Rescind Covid-19 Superior Court

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WorkCompAcademy News - March 14, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/03/22

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Judge Allows Insurers San Francisco Antitrust Suit Against Drugmakers. Santa Paula Doctor and Patient Recruiter Arrested in $30M Fraud Case. White House Announces Help for EDD Fraud Prosecution. Sports Medicine Director Charged With Sexually Assaulting Athletes. RAND COVID-19 Presumptions Study Shows Challenges & Confusion. WCAB to Reopen for Trials on Monday March 21. OSHA Fines Pauma Valley

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WorkCompAcademy News - March 7, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/03/18

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Request for New QME Panel for Late Report Must be Timely. Drugmakers Finalize $26B Nationwide Opioid Settlement. Purdue Pharma and Sackler Family Agree to $6B National Settlement. Sutter Health Risks $1.2 B in Price Gouging Class Action Trial. Sim Hoffman M.D. Acquitted of Comp Fraud After 10 Years of Litigation. WCIRB Report Focuses on COVID-19 Claims and Long COVID. Newsom Signs Order to Update

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WorkCompAcademy News - February 28, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/03/14

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: SCOTUS to Consider Controversy Over Workers' Comp Cannabis. WCAB Panel Says OMFS Does Not Apply to V.A. Lien. JPMorgan Chase Sues California for $5.9M Over N95 Mask Fraud. First Prison Inmate Pleads Guilty in $25M EDD Fraud. SEIU Accuses HCA Healthcare of Medicare Fraud. Single-Payer Health Care Initiatives Fail Nationwide. Politicians Object to Facial Recognition Used to Combat EDD Fraud. 25% of

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28:51

WorkCompAcademy News - February 21, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/02/25

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: 9th Circuit Sends Lyft Drivers A.B. 5 Class Action to Arbitration. Expect Increases in Telemedicine and Healthcare Digitization Fraud. Contracting Company Owners Get Jail Time for $1M Comp Fraud. Last Guilty Plea Wraps Up Fraud Case Involving SUI Investigator. COVID "Misinformation" Wars Reach California Legislature. West Covina Bolts From LA County Dept. of Public Health. DWC Posts Annual Report

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WorkCompAcademy News - February 14, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/02/17

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Insurers 1997 "Full Satisfaction" Stips Ends CIGA Other Insurance Recovery. Political "Doorknockers" Litigate For AB-5 Exemption. Psychiatrist With Criminal & Disciplinary Record - Sentenced for WC Fraud. Orange County Medical Fraud Fugitives Ran - But Could not Hide. Illegal Insurance Agent to Serve 4 Years for $1.4M Comp Fraud. EDD Employee to Serve 63 Months for $4.3M Benefit Fraud. DWC Posts

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WorkCompAcademy News - February 7, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/02/12

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Opioid Settlements for 400 California Cities, Most States and Tribes. WCAB Panel Clarifies DOI in Continuous Trauma Cancer Case. Cardinal Health to Pay $13.1M to Resolve Kickback Case. Sam Solakyan Sentenced to 5 Years and $30M Restitution. Deal Reached on COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave. Few Hourly Workers Compensated for Shift Cuts Required by Law. Push for California Single Payer Health

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WorkCompAcademy News - January 31, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/02/04

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Will Workers’ Comp Exclusive Remedy Protect Alex Baldwin? Follow-up on 2019 CDI/Applied Underwriters Pay-to-Play Scandal. Food Processing Co. Owners Face $1.7M Premium Fraud Claim. EDD Says 98% of 27,000 New Providers Likely Fraudulent. Simi Valley Roofing Contractor Guilty of $1.6M Premium Fraud. Fake COVID Test Sites Complicate Adjudication of Comp Claims. DWC Proposes Copy Service Fee Increase

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WorkCompAcademy News - January 24, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/02/02

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: S.D. Pharmacy Resolves "Red Flags" Opioid Case for $105K. Retired San Jose Cop to Serve 3 Years for $1.1M Premium Fraud. DWC Posts Emergency Med-Legal Evaluation Telehealth Regs. CWCI Opens Registration for 2022 Annual Meeting. COVID Comp Claims Increased 172% in December. Study Shows WCMSA Funds "Robust Tracking System". California Omicron Wave Shows Signs of Slowing. Swamped San Diego Hospitals

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WorkCompAcademy News - January 17, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/01/26

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: SCOTUS Rules Against OSHA Vaccine Mandate. Court Affirms CAL/OSHA Citation for Freeway Construction Injury. UC San Diego Health Resolves Medicare Billing Suit for $3 Million. EDD Suspends 345,000 Suspected Fraudulent SDI Claims. COVID Outbreak Returns WCAB to Telephonic Hearings. Omicron Surge Forces Closure of Northern California Courts. Budget Proposes $4.9 B to Overhaul California Courts. HHS

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WorkCompAcademy News - January 10, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/01/19

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: WCAB Has Sanctions Jurisdiction After Withdrawal of Lien. Drugmaker Faces Undisclosed Side Effects California Class Action. New WCAB Rules of Practice and Procedure Now in Effect. Cal/OSHA Updates COVID FAQs on Isolation and Quarantines. NCCI Evaluates Various Drug Formulary Implementations. U.S. Postal Service Says it Can't Comply With OSHA Mandate. UCLA Study - Fast Food Workers at High Risk of

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WorkCompAcademy News - January 3, 2022

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2022/01/05

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Top Court Sets Jan. 7 Oral Argument in Vaccine Mandate Appeals. Landmark Tort Claim by Spouse of COVID Infected Worker Affirmed. DCA Clarifies IFPA "First-to-File" Rule in Published Decision. WCAB Panel Rejects Claim of CRPS Total Disability. Lien Claimant Must Meet CCP 473 Criteria for Relief From Default. Secret Service Says Cost of COVID-relief Funds Fraud is $100 Billion. Marketers of Beverly

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WorkCompAcademy News - December 20, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/12/23

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: U.S. Top Court to Rule on California Arbitration Agreement Limits. Supreme Court Declines Another Vaccine Mandate Review. WCJ Awards S&W Benefits Against State Agency in Fatality Case. Drugmakers Settle Price-Fixing California Class Actions for $10M. EDD Detects Wave of Health Provider Credentials Fraud. Farm Labor Contractor Charged With $1.8 M Premium Fraud. Public Self-Insured Claims Decline -

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WorkCompAcademy News - December 13, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/12/18

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Roundup Maker Prevails Again - in SoCal Jury Verdict. Federal Court Ends California Generic Drug Price Law. Retired WCJ Correro Clarifies Limits on Developing the Record. Price Gouging Drugmaker Resolves Antitrust Case for $40M. Owner of Multiple Bay Area Clinics Admits Fraud Charges. LAUSD Fires Hundreds of Employees Over Vaccine Mandate. Vaccine Mandate Forces 113 L.A. City Firefighters Off Duty

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WorkCompAcademy News - December 6, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/12/16

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Supreme Court Denies Review of $86.7M Roundup Award. FOIA Lawsuit Seeks Expedited FDA Release of Vaccine Documents. Healthcare Vaccine Mandate Now Blocked Nationwide. Jury Verdict - Pharmacies Held Liable for Opioid Distribution. O.C. Sheriff's Captain Charged with $17M Premium Fraud. East Bay Doctor Found Guilty of Illegally Prescribing Opioids. S.F. Disbarred Attorney Faces Insurance Fraud

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WorkCompAcademy News - November 22, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/11/29

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: OSHA Ordered to "Take No Steps" to Enforce Vaccine Mandate. OSHA Vaccine Mandate Cases Consolidated in 6th Circuit. Texas Sues CMS Over Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate. O.C. Disneyland Cast Loses Minimum Wage Class Action. SoCal Family Sentenced for $20M COVID Relief Fund Fraud. Santa Clarita Man Sentenced for $1.8M COVID-Relief Funds Fraud. Double Dipping Santa Rosa Injured Worker Convicted

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WorkCompAcademy News - November 15, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/11/22

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Federal Court of Appeals Stays OSHA Vaccination Mandate. Court of Appeal Clarifies Math of Subrogation Recoveries. Opioid Drugmakers Prevail in Second Case This Month. Feds Sue Uber for Overcharging the Disabled in California. LAPD Chief Takes Tough Stance on Officer Vaccination. Angelenos Fight Back Over Strict COVID Rules. Feds Say "Most Truckers" Can Avoid OSHA Vaccination Mandate. California

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