Labor/Employment,
Health Care & Hospital Law
Feb. 5, 2018
Workers’ comp: expensive consequences of over-regulation
The solution to this dilemma does not lie with requiring physicians to act as indentured servants to insurance carriers under their negotiated contracts. The solution lies in reworking the regulations so that more physicians in varied specialties are attracted to the system.
Jill A. Singer
Gordon, Edelstein, Krepack, Grant, Felton & Goldstein, LLPEmail: jill@geklaw.com
Jill is a certified specialist in workers' compensation law.
Imagine every employer in California is required by law to carry health insurance coverage for all of their employees. However, the only way to receive actual coverage under the plan is for the employee to prove the injury or illness more likely than not happened at work or as a result of an ongoing injury or illness caused or exacerbated as a result of continuous work.
Imagine the claims adjuster has 90 days to investigate and decid...
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