Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: CEO of Large Vocational Center Faces 23 Counts of SJDB Insurance Fraud. Oroville Hospital Resolves Kickbacks and False Billing Claim for $10.25M. Former Insurance Agent Arraigned in $900K Long-Term Care Fraud Scheme. Bay Area Home Health Company Owner to Serve 2 Years for Fraud. Subminimum Wage For Disabled Workers Ends in California on January 1st. WCIRB Geostudy Shows LA Basin Most Costly Area For Claims. California Moves to top 10 in National Hospital Safety Ratings Study. Kaiser Permanente Quadrupled Hospital at Home Care in 2024.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Equitable Estopple Compels Arbitration With Non-Signatory Affiliated Employers. Late Arbitration Fee Penalties Not Applicable to Post Dispute Agreement. Massive Increases in Payroll Taxes Needed to Fix "Broken" UI System. Safety National Announces Winners of the 2024 Safety First Grant Program. DWC Seeks Public Input on Update to SJDB/RTW Rules. DWC Announces Transition to CourtCall Video Platform for Hearings. DIR Publishes Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Policy Assessment Notice. USC Keck Hospital Succeeds and Leads Nation at Nurse Manager Retention.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Supreme Court Rejected Long Standing Rule in Carrier Subrogation Case. Jury Awards Injured Walmart Truck Driver $34M For Subrosa Based Discharge. SoCal School District Joins 200 Self-Funded Employers Suing Drugmakers. Fresno Pharmacist to Serve 7 Years for Trafficking 450,000 Opiate Pills. Pharmaceutical Company and Its CEO Pay $47M to Resolve Kickback Case. U-S Framing West Faces 31 Wage Theft Criminal Charges. So Cal Prosecutors Fight New Street Drug 3 Times Stronger Than Fentanyl. Decline in WC Opioid Use Outpaced Decline in Overall Population.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: 2nd and 4th District Courts of Appeal Diverge on Arbitration/Preclusion Doctrine. Arbitrator's Award is Not Final or Appealable Until it Resolves All Issues. Four SoCal Residents Arrested for Faked Bear Attacks and Insurance Fraud. Fresno County Man Indicted for Falsified Disability Insurance Claims. Farmer and Owner of Fruit Packing Company Convicted of Insurance Fraud. NCCI's Annual Comp Carrier Survey Shows Strong & Healthy System. DOJ Sues to Stop UnitedHealth’s Proposed $3.3B Merger With Amedisys. RFK Jr. Recommends Replacing 600 National Institute of Health Employees.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: 11 Applicants take WCAB Illegal "Grant for Study" Problem to Supreme Court. WCAB Admonishes Applicant Attorney in Significant Panel Decision. 9th Circuit Limits Biden’s Contractor Minimum Wage Executive Order. Shuttered and Defunct Bakery Agrees to Pay $1M in Unpaid Wages to Workers. Lyft Resolves Advertising Exaggerated Earnings Lawsuit For $2.1M. Employers Required to Use New DWC Form 7 Starting January 1. Two Riverside Brothers Sentenced for $2.1M Insurance Fraud. Two Generic Drug Makers Resolve Price Conspiracy Charges for $49.1M.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Well Known Los Angeles Attorney Pleads Guilty to $4M Income Tax Fraud. Newsom's Tax Credit Proposal to Bolster California’s Sagging Film Industry. California Freelance Worker Protection Act Takes Effect January 1. Audit Documents Serious Problems With Addiction Treatment Centers. Cal/OSHA Implements Translation App to Communicate With Workers. CMS Reports Success With New Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH). Cedars-Sinai Establishes Multi-Discipline Health Sciences University. Grant Awarded to San Diego Children's Hospital for Genomics Innovation.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Litigation Against Kaiser for Not Updating Provider Directory to Proceed. Portions of State Prison Workers Wage/Hour Class Action Revived on Appeal. Walmart Resolves Illegal Medical Waste Disposal Litigation for $7.5M. CHP Captain Arrested For Workers' Compensation Fraud. Fresno Vocational School Owner Faces Work Comp Fraud Charges. Southern California Dentist Charged for $900K Medi-Cal Fraud. American Airlines Penalized $50M for Its Treatment of Disabled Passenger. 82% of Healthcare Leaders See AI as Vital Amid Burnout Crisis.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Twice Convicted David Fish Faces Third Fraud Case With QME Co-Defendant. Accounting Chief at Girardi Keese Law Firm Guilty of Stealing Client Money. Fake Attorney and Associates Arrested for Insurance Fraud. CWCI Reports that the SAWW Increase Bumps California WC Benefits for 2025. Study Shows California Utilization of Medical Care for Injured Workers Declines. DWC Set 2025 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Standards. Business Group on Health 2025 Employer Health Care Strategy Survey. Researchers Say Drug Trials Funded by Manufacturers are "Massively" Biased.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Additional Notices Not Required After Timely UR Delay Notice in Denied Case. Justice Department Sues LA Fitness for Disability Discrimination at Its Gyms. Court Decides When Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault Act Applies. Court Again Rules that EFAA Prohibits Arbitration of Entire FEHA Claim. L.A. Pair Indicted for $54M Diagnostic Testing and Hospice Fraud. Farm Labor Contractor Cited for Heat-Related Safety Violations. Andrea Coleman to Succeed Bill Mudge as WCIRB President, CEO. Stanford Medicine Now Deploys 30 AI Tools for Diagnosis & Decision Making.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Nurse Anesthesiology Association Sues for Pay Equal to Physicians. California Attorney General Sues to Avoid Closures at Bay Area Hospitals. 9th Circuit Affirms Sam Solakyan's Conviction & Reverses Restitution Order. CEO of SoCal Stem Cell Products Company Sentenced to 3 Years. California’s Addiction Treatment Regulatory System Faces State Audit. WCIRB Publishes Long COVID in the California WC System -2024 Update. 8 Technologies Drain $8 Billion in Value From Health Systems Annually. F.D.A. Appeal Successfully Shuts Down So.Cal. Stem Cell Treatment Center.