WorkCompAcademy News - January 20, 2020

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. En Banc WCAB Struggles with AD Over SJDB Jurisdiction, Second Restraining Order Against AB5 Remains in Place, No "Work-Spawned Risk" for Auto Accident After RTW, So. Cal. DME Maker Pays $37.5M to Resolve Kickback Claims, U.S. Attorneys Recover $105M Last Year, Reactions to AB5 Differ in Gig Worker Industry, SCIF Rejects OC Register Suggestion to "Privatize", Sedgwick Outlines Claim "Conversation Threads for 2020", Doctors Average 16 Minutes on Record Keeping for Each Patient, Common Myths Make Back Pain Worse.