WorkCompAcademy News - January 31, 2022

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: Will Workers’ Comp Exclusive Remedy Protect Alex Baldwin? Follow-up on 2019 CDI/Applied Underwriters Pay-to-Play Scandal. Food Processing Co. Owners Face $1.7M Premium Fraud Claim. EDD Says 98% of 27,000 New Providers Likely Fraudulent. Simi Valley Roofing Contractor Guilty of $1.6M Premium Fraud. Fake COVID Test Sites Complicate Adjudication of Comp Claims. DWC Proposes Copy Service Fee Increase From $180 to $230. OSHA Officially Withdraws Vaccine Mandate After SCOTUS Ruling. RAND Reports on COVID Effects on Worker's Comp Industry. New "Stealth Omicron" Variant BA.2 Found in at Least 40 Countries.