New Workers Comp Medical Treatment Guidelines Take Effect Dec. 1 New medical treatment guidelines take effect this week on December 1, 2017. In this article our experienced Orange County workers comp attorneys explain why this is good news for injured workers and their health care providers. What are Workers Comp Medical Treatment Guidelines? The “Medical […]
How Many People File Workers Comp Cases? Every year new technologies are developed to help keep workers safer and healthier – which should also help reduce the number of workers compensation claims. Stricter environmental guidelines and tougher OSHA regulations are also aimed at preventing harm to workers and decreasing related workers compensation claims. In this […]
Orange County Lawyers Discuss Drops in Workers Comp Medical Payment Amounts– In 2013 California Senate Bill 863 was enacted in an attempt to make wide-ranging changes to California’s workers’ compensation system. The bill sought to increase benefits to injured workers, while also implementing some cost-saving efficiencies that would save insurers money. So, have these changes […]
Nine California Providers Convicted of Workers Compensation Fraud– The California Workers Compensation system provides millions of dollars in much needed medical and living expense benefits to deserving injured workers. But when health care providers – and/or injured workers – try to “cheat” the worker comp system there are very serious consequences. Both health care providers, […]
Ask the Orange County Attorneys: Can I Collect Social Security for Sexual Harassment? The short answer to this is “yes” – if you suffer from a physical or psychological disability resulting from sexual harassment that makes you unable to work at any job you can collect Social Security Disability (if you have enough work credits) […]
Can I Get Workers Comp for Psychiatric Conditions or Mental Illness? Suffering from a psychological or psychiatric illness can often times be more difficult than dealing with a physical injury. Everyone can see a broken leg, or a back brace – and so they understand that you are disabled. But because a mental illness or […]
Long Beach Lawyers Discuss How to Win Social Security Cases (Part 2) Whether you are applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), there are proven strategies that can improve your likelihood of recieving the Social Security benefits for which you qualify. In this two part our experienced Long Beach Social Security […]
Long Beach Lawyers Discuss How to Win Social Security Cases (Part 1) In over four decades of practicing Social Security law, our lawyers have seen just about every type of Social Security case. Unfortunately, many times deserving claimants are denied Social Security Disability benefits – while another person with the exact same injury has or […]
Social Security Compassionate Allowance List (2017) Having a condition on the Compassionate Allowance List typically means that a Social Security applicant’s claim will be processed faster. But it does not mean that the Social Security claim will be “automatically” approved in every case. Many of the impairments on the CAL are considered to be disabling based on […]
Lawyers Explain Social Security Disability for Burns– The recent Canyon 2 Fire burned more than 7,500 acres threatening Anaheim neighborhoods, damaging 21 homes, and completely destroying thirteen homes in east Anaheim. Hundreds of Anaheim residents were evacuated – but thankfully, there were no fatalities as result of the Canyon 2 fire. However, anytime there is […]
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