WorkCompAcademy News - August 7, 2023

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: WCAB Ordered to End Its Longstanding Illegal Reconsideration Procedure. After SCOTUS Remand, 9th Circuit Reaffirms its Denial of Employer's Arbitration. Jury Awards UCSD Physician $39.5 million in UC Whistleblower Case. Prosecutors Must Use Specific, Not General Statutes In Comp Fraud Cases. Last Two Defendants Plead Guilty in $66M San Diego Pharmacy Scam. CEO of Whittier Clinic Pleads Guilty to $5M Health Care Fraud. CWCI Study Shows IMR Volume Increased in First Half of 2023. July 2023 Hospital Analysis Shows Continuing Tight Financial Margins. Bipartisan Law Allow States to Recruit Foreign Doctors to Fill Shortages. California Short 36,000 Nurses - But Nursing Schools Are Full.