UR Bill Sent to Senate Floor
A bill that would require that utilization review physicians are licensed in California and have the same duty of care as a treating provider in some instances was fast-tracked to the…
CorVel Announces First Generative AI Initiative to Transform Claims and Case Management
CorVel Corp. announced the integration of generative AI into its CareMC claims platform in a move it said would help reduce costs, minimize liability and improve care and claims oversight.
The technology,…
Accuro Acquires Splashlight Solutions
Medical bill review and payment manager Accuro Solutions announced the acquisition of national work comp bill review service provider Splashlight Solutions.
Lisa Gran
The purchase price was not disclosed.
All Splashlight employees…
Gregory Grinberg to Manage New Offices for Tobin Lucks
Workers’ compensation defense firm Tobin Lucks announced that attorney Gregory Grinberg is joining as an equity partner to manage a newly opened office in Northern California.
Gregory Grinberg
Grinberg, who spent…
New Company Must Shoulder Experience, Liability of Preexisting Business
An Ohio appellate court upheld the transfer of the outstanding workers’ compensation liability of an older company to a newly formed company in the same line of business, finding the…
Court Finds Worker’s Successive Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim Timely
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker’s successive claim for occupational pneumoconiosis, filed nearly four years after his last harmful exposure, was timely.
Case: Argus Energy LLC v.