Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: FDA Continues Resisting Production of Pfizer Vaccine Documents. Legislators Propose Law to Help Finance Insurance Fire Losses. Palisades Firefighters Participate in First-of-its-Kind Cancer Study. Sutter Health to Invest $1B in AI Imaging With GE HealthCare. Dermatologicals Now Most Expensive WorkComp Drug Group. NSC MSD Solutions Index Reveals Workplace Safety Progress. Public Self-Insured Paid & Incurred Losses Increase. Latest Gallop Ratings of Lawyers & Judges Stay Historically Low.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: WCAB to Sanction Attorney After Admonishments in 5 Cases. California Staffing Company Starts Gig Economy Legal Battle. Court Rules on FEHA Fees After Trip to Supreme Ct and Settlement. EEOC Says Wearable Technologies May Violate Employment Law. Two New Federal Laws Reduce Employer Administrative Burdens. New Law Limits Use of AI Alone in Making UR Determinations. Cal/OSHA Issues Safeway a $182K Citation For Unsafe Conditions. State Compensation Insurance Fund Declares 15% Dividend.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Supreme Court Limits ER Price Disclosure Obligations to Patients. New L.C. Whistleblower Attorney Fee Law Applies to Pending Cases. Physician Admits $3M SIBTF Fraud Naming O.C. Judge as Co-Conspirator. Ventura County Physician to Serve 2 Years for $3M Healthcare Fraud. First Pharmaceutical "Consultant" Based Opioid Criminal Case Settles for $650M. Cal/OSHA Cites City of Los Angeles Animal Services Center $563K. Cal/OSHA Issues $276,425 Citation for First Serious Willful Heat Violations. Carriers File RICO Suits Against SoCal Addiction Treatment Centers. SoCal Laboratory and Owners Resolve Kickbacks Case for $15M.

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.