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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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32:42

WorkCompAcademy News - June 21, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/06/24

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Medical Evidence Required to Add Rather Than Use CVC. Texas Trucker Loses 5th Circuit Battle Over Cal/OSHA Jurisdiction. Indictment Adds Details to Illegal Comp Referral Prosecutions. Spine Device Makers Resolve Sunshine Act Kickback Cases. Fresno P-D Unit to Review Long Term Industrial Claim Absences. Feds Sue Vacaville Nursing Facilities for Illegal Kickbacks. Relaxed Cal/OSHA COVID Standards

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WorkCompAcademy News - June 14, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/06/17

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Psyche Symptoms Before Award Does Not Preclude Reopening. Waiver Signed Injured Worker on Volunteer Job Limits Liability. New WCAB Tool - "Commissioner's Settlement Conference." Ninth Circuit to Decide Fate of DEA 49 Year Old Cannabis Ban. Jury Convicts Chiropractor for $2.2M Health Insurance Fraud. Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of 24 Year Old for $600K EDD Fraud. Cal/OSHA Abruptly Withdraws COVID

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WorkCompAcademy News - June 7, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/06/11

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Lyft Employee Classification Suit Favors State Over Federal Law. WCAB Panel Allows New QME to Review Retired QME Reports. Jacoby & Meyers Referral Attorney Faces 26 Counts of Insurance Fraud. 7 Businesses Cited for $1.4M Wage Theft From 107 Workers. Owner of Construction Co. Faces $25M Premium Fraud Charge. No End in Sight to EDD Fraud Prosecutions. 7 Defendants Face $330K SJDB Fraud and Kickback

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WorkCompAcademy News - May 31, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/06/04

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: WCAB Reversed for Ignoring Supreme Court COLA Case. Federal Judge Rejects $2B California Roundup Cancer Case Settlement. Injury by Unauthorized Homeless Person Conflict Compensable. WCAB Declines Jurisdiction Over UR/IMR Dispute. California Leads Nation in COVID Civil Litigation Claims. So.Cal. Orthopedist to Serve 15 Months for $623K In Kickbacks. DOJ COVID - Health Care Fraud Coordinated Law

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WorkCompAcademy News - May 24, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/05/25

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: 9th Circuit Affirms $25M Roundup Pesticide Award in California Case. Worker's Injury Suit Against Employer Dismissed. Flooring Co. Owners Face $3.8M Premium Fraud Charges. California Black Market Drugs Sold to Prescription Drug Customers. San Diego County Targets Employers for Labor Violations. New Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Predicted to Cost $270M. WCIRB Quarterly Report Mostly Good News Despite

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28:44

WorkCompAcademy News - May 17, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/05/20

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Sexual Exploitation by PTP Causes New Compensable Injury. See’s Candies Wins Meal Break Class Decertification Victory. Laguna Hills Assisted Living Facility Pays $159K For Wage Theft. New CDC Relaxed Mask Mandate Frustrates and Confuses Employers. CWCI Analysis Critical of SB 335 Shortened Denial Time.WCIRB Publishes September 1, 2021 Experience Modification Estimator. NCCI Reports Insurers Have

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WorkCompAcademy News - May 10, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/05/16

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Central Valley Employer Faces $1M Premium Fraud Charges. Bay Area Contractor Gets Jail Time for Comp Fraud. Santa Ana PD Officer to Serve Six Months for Comp Fraud. Pharmaceutical Company Resolves Kickback Charges for $12.6M. Claimant Caught Working as Bartender While on TTD. Newsom Reappoints Katherine Zalewski as WCAB Chair. Comp Underwriting Profitability Remains Stable During Pandemic. 3D

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WorkCompAcademy News - May 3, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/05/12

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Federal Appellate Court Orders Trucking Companies to Comply AB-5. Owner Pleads Guilty for $31M Home Health Care Kickback Scheme. DWC Posts Proposed Amendments to the QME Regs for Comment. DIR Publishes Annual IMR Report. DWC Posts Zoom MLFS Questions and Answers Sessions. D-I-R Launches New Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Navigation Tool. New COVID-19 Cases Fall 16% in U.S. FDA Approves New Spine

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WorkCompAcademy News - April 26, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/04/29

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Former EDD Employee Pleads Guilty to $200K EDD Fraud. Farm Labor Contractors Charged for $1.42M Premium Fraud. Sacramento Welder Faces Two Felonies for Fake Head Injury. H.R. 1996 Protects Carriers From Prosecution for Pot Industry Coverage. CSU and UC Systems to Mandate COVID Vaccinations for RTW. Cal/OSHA Cites Employer $108K for Fatal Injury. Merck Drug Shows "New Hope" for COVID Treatment. RIMS

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WorkCompAcademy News - April 19, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/04/19

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: San Jose Employer Faces 20 Premium Fraud Felonies. SoCal Chiropractor Sentenced for $6.6M Comp Kickback Scheme. Residential Care Facility Owner Indicted for $1M Premium Fraud. Simi Valley Contractor Pays SCIF $152K for Premium Fraud. DFEH Publishes Guidance on Employer Mandated Vaccinations. DWC Moves Eureka Office Permanently Online. NCCI Surveys Employer Post-Pandemic Workplace Plans. WCRI Study

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WorkCompAcademy News - April 12, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/04/15

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Employers Sued for Not Reimbursing Home COVID Expenses. Health Net Pays $97M to Resolve Inflated Charges Claim. Employers/Carriers Recover Fraud Investigative Costs. Firefigher - Iron Man Triathlete - Owes $198K Fraud Reimbursement. Even Rhode Island Fraudsters Easily Steal EDD Cash. Ojai Gardner Admits $30.5 K Comp Premium Fraud. Worker’s Comp Legislative Conflict "Heating up Again". DWC Updates

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WorkCompAcademy News - April 5, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/04/06

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Orange County Recovery Center "Body Broker" Arrested. Santa Clarita Employer Pleads Guilty to $1.8M SBA Covid Fraud. Pharmacist Sentenced to Only 6 Months for $200M Comp Fraud. Covid Cases Surge in Silicon Valley. South Coast Gymnastics Cited for 1.3 Million Dollar Wage Theft Violations. Experts Say Long Term Covid Health Effects Difficult to Predict. New Med-Legal Fee Schedule Effective April 1

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WorkCompAcademy News - March 29, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/04/01

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Retailers Face Class Actions for Unpaid Worker Screenings. Landscaper Faces Fraud Charges for Faked Symptoms. California/Washington Disclose as Oregon Hides EDD Fraud. Bay Area Pair Indicted for $300M uBiome Healthcare Fraud. San Jose Physician Indicted for Illegally Prescribing Opiates. CWCI Says COVID Comp Claims Subsiding to Lowest Level. DWC Adjusts Hospital Outpatient and ASC OMFS Fees. Amended

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WorkCompAcademy News - March 22, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/03/31

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Exclusive Remedy Does Not Require Actual Receipt of Benefits. Privette Rule Limits Installer's Action Against Homeowner. Two Counties Sue Handy.com For Worker Misclassification. AG and 5 Counties Sue 10 Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fraud. Fresno Farm Worker Faces Two Felonies for Comp Fraud. OSHA Announces Higher Resource Focus on COVID Safety. CHSWC Releases 2020 Annual Report. Congress Proposes

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WorkCompAcademy News - March 15, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/03/16

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Exclusive Remedy Ends Suit for Employee Suicide. Court of Appeal Affirms Prison Nurse Conviction for Comp Fraud. 212 Year Sentence for Hawthorne Man's "Diabolical" Insurance Fraud. Double Dipping Firefighter Faces Four Felonies for Comp Fraud. DA Files Felony Charges for OSHA Violations in Deadly Injury. Amazon.com Cited for $6.4M So. Cal. Delivery Driver Wage Theft. HHS Health Record Information

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WorkCompAcademy News - March 8, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/03/10

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Employer Groups Lose Bid to Stop Cal/OSHA COVID Regs. Employer's Vendor Has No Duty to Injured Worker. Merced Claimant Faces Fraud Charges for False History. Hawthorne Physician Settles Kickback Case for $215K. Prison Inmate and Accomplice Indicted for EDD COVID Fraud. How Medicare Rates Overpay Physicians. Cal/OSHA Cites More Employers for COVID Safety Violations. DEA Says California Leads Nation

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WorkCompAcademy News - March 1, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/03/04

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Supreme Court ends Practice of Rounding Time Clock Punches. Grocers Association Seeks "Hero Pay" Ordinance Injunction. Suit by COVID Infected Wife Against Husband's Employer Fails. Sun-Maid Growers Faces Labor Law Class Action. 5 Year Sentence for Dr. Grusd Office Administrator Affirmed. California Father/Son Team Sentenced for $27M Healthcare Fraud. Farm Labor Contractor to Serve 6 Years for $2.5M

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WorkCompAcademy News - February 22, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/02/23

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Foster Farms Fights "First in Nation" COVID Court Injunction. McKinsey & Co. Pays $600M to Resolve 49 State Opioid Claims. Federal Trucking Law Preempts More Stringent CA Break Law. Lawsuit Claims Amazon Violated COVID-19 Safety Measures. Drywall Contractor Cited for $2M Wage Theft From 472 Laborers. Another $500K EDD Fraud Perpetrator Pleads Guilty. L.A. McDonald's Cited for Retaliation and Labor

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WorkCompAcademy News - February 15, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/02/18

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: WCJ Rejects Mesa Pharmacy Challenge to L.C. 4615 Stay. Gig Workers File Second Challenge to Proposition 22. Brentwood Pharmacist Guilty in $4.5M Kickback Scheme. Bakersfield Nurse Assistant Faces 24 WC Fraud Felonies. Biden Picks Julie Su - Head of CA Labor Agency as Labor Deputy. Cost Impact of California’s Drug Formulary - Two-Year Checkup. DWC Updates OMFS Practitioner Services Fees. DWC Extends

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WorkCompAcademy News - February 8, 2021

WorkCompAcademy | Weekly News ·

2021/02/11

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Supreme Court Denies Union Effort to Invalidate Prop 22. 132a Not Released by Civil Settlement Without WCAB Approval. EHR Vendor Resolves Kickback Case for $18M. Last Physician Sentenced in $154M Surgical Fraud Case. Claimant Faces Fraud Charges for False History of Prior Injuries. Cal/OSHA Data Significantly Undercounting COVID-19. Cal/OSHA Cites Two State Prisons and Others for COVID Issues

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