Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Fairfax To Pay $1.3 Billion to Purchase Zenith National Insurance. U.S. Crack Down on Independent Contractors May Help Stop Comp Cheats. No Contest Plea from Commerce Man in Workers' Comp Fraud Case. Woman Gets Three Years for Workers Comp Fraud, New Members Appointed to Fraud Assessment Commission. Occupation a Key Factor in Men's Lung Cancer Risk. Spine Stimulation May Not Help After Failed Surgery. California Comp Politics Becomes Focus of Attention. One Million Document Batches Successfully Processed Into EAMS. First State Fund "Sale" Getting Close in Colorado.

John B. Floyd Esq. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. CMS Gets Tough in Six Year Old - Settled Tort Class Action. Illegally Uninsured Employer Prevails in Court of Appeal. OC Couple to Be Trading Their Pradas for Prison Garb. Broker Accused of $4 Million Pechanga Casino Insurance Embezzlement. Man sentenced in Marina payroll case. StrataCare, Disney and Others Implement EOB Program. DWC Attempts to "Uncork" EAMS Filing Bottleneck. Investor Class Action Filed Against CRM Holdings. Some Cash-Strapped States Raiding Workers Comp Funds. Home Improvement Self-Insured Group Announces Record Growth.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D.is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories.CIGA May Not Set Aside Stipulation Because of Change of Law. California AG Wins Suit Against Port Trucking Companies. CWCI Score Card Looks at Durable Goods Manufacturing. Apirl QME Examination Canceled. California Insurance Commissioner Says His Post Should Be Appointed. CorVel Announces Substantial Increases in Revenues and Earnings. Not All CT Scans Are Created Equal. Immune Treatment Helps Chronic Pain Patients. Zenith Income Plummets in Fiscal 2009. Fontana Man Arrested for Alleged Worker's Compensation Fraud.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D.is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Cervantes SSSOP Procedure to Be Reviewed by Court of Appeal. CAAA Convention Draws Large Crowd. Too Many Rogue IRS Agents - Including Special Agent Suspected of Workers' Compensation Fraud. $20 Million in Restitution in Staffing Services Inc. Fraud Case. Workers' Compensation Patients Get Less Benefit from Back Surgery.Study Reveals Predictors Of Long-term Opioid Use For Back Pain. CWCI Scorecard Examines Agriculture Claims. Travelers Sees Record Profits. State Fund Attorney Attacked at Anaheim Appeals Board. Calif. Insurance Commissioner Poizner Trailing in Governor's Race.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D.is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Technicolor Inc. Prevails With Exclusive Remedy Defense of Cancer Case. Clarification of Sandhagen UR Process Made by WCAB. Hollister HVAC Company Charged with WC Fraud. More State Funds May Be Up For Sale. No Big Comp Reforms This Year In Any State. WCRI Details Comp Market Post Recession. Workers Over 65 Have Lower Comp Indemnity Cost, NCCI Finds. Restaurant Self-Insured Group Wins 4th Conviction for Work Comp Fraud.

Juan Naranjo, Esq., is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Supreme Court Hands DFEH Victory to City of Los Angeles. Unfinished Appellate Backlog from 2009. Workers' Comp Research Provides Insight Into Curbing Health-Care Costs. GAO Study Shows "Extraordinary" Increases in Drug Prices. Former State Fund CEO Janet Frank to join Zenith Insurance as President. US Insurance Industry Sees Jobs Gain in December. Smoking, Low Back Pain and Apportionment? Tips on Managing Prescription Drugs in California Workers' Compensation.

Darlene Ball, Esq., is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. CIGA Prevails Against AIG for $517 Million in Reinsurance Claims. Court of Appeal Rejects Serious and Willful Claim of Untrained Worker. Schwarzenegger's Furlough Days for Thousands of State Workers Ruled Illegal. Gang Member Pitchess Motion Cannot Discover Allegations of Police Officer False Workers Comp Claims. Lien Claims Filings Explode (Again). New NCCI Research Brief on Narcotics in Workers Compensation.Nose Treatment Cuts Hospital-Acquired Infections. DWC Publishes Guideline Clarifying Spinal Surgery Process.Fraud: Have We Really Seen it All? Long Beach Presiding Workers' Compensation Judge Retires. Employer's Fraud Task Force Conference and Awards Ceremony Next Monday January 11.

Rene Thomas Folse JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Texas Court Awards Record $70 Million to Workers Comp Claimant. Health Care Reform To Have Major Impact on Mileage Rate for Travel Expenses Will Decrease on January 1. Workers' Compensation. Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Revised Benefit Notice Manual. California AG Files $2.6 Million Suit for Workers' Rights Violations. WCIRB Reports 2009 Q3 Insurer Financial Results. Court Rules on City of Los Angeles Battle with City Controller Over WC Audits. Former Prison Officer Owes CalPERS $244,400 for Workers' Comp Fraud. RAND Says California Must Address Workers' Comp Volatility. Rogue Physicians Found in Florida Pain Clinics

Joel Allan Esq is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. High Court Declines Controversial Workers' Comp Ruling. CHSWC Reports on Oversight of Self Insurance Groups. Prunedale Woman Arrested on Workers' Compensation Fraud, Elder Abuse Charges. Southern California Agent Sentenced in Workers' Comp Theft Case. Insurance Fraud Charges Filed Against CHP Dispatcher. Workers' Compensation Drug Cost Inflation is Up. California to Have Relatively Stable Workers' Comp Rates for 2010. San Francisco Saves $4 Million in Workers' Compensation Claims. Pill as Good as Steroid Injection for Tendon Problems. FDA Seeks Plan to Curb Opioid Pain Killer Abuse.

Robert Nichols Esq is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Spinal Surgery Second Opinion Process Clarified by WCAB. Multiple Amicus Briefs Filed in Ogilvie Appeal. Daly City Councilwoman Pleads Not Guilty. CDI Terror Financing Probe Targets California Insurers. Harvard Study: Computers Don't Save Hospitals Money. Workers' Comp Managers Going Back-to-Basics to Manage Claims Costs. Some Comp Cost Increases Blamed on Medicare Rules. Court of Appeal Clarifies. Commencement of Cost of Living Adjustment for Life Pensions. CMS Network Lien Reps Face Sanctions for Frivolous Litigation. San Bernardino Bus Driver Convicted of Workers' Compensation Fraud.