WorkCompAcademy News - March 8, 2021

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories:Employer Groups Lose Bid to Stop Cal/OSHA COVID Regs. Employer's Vendor Has No Duty to Injured Worker. Merced Claimant Faces Fraud Charges for False History. Hawthorne Physician Settles Kickback Case for $215K. Prison Inmate and Accomplice Indicted for EDD COVID Fraud. How Medicare Rates Overpay Physicians. Cal/OSHA Cites More Employers for COVID Safety Violations. DEA Says California Leads Nation on Illegal Fentanyl Seizures. NAIC Reports Top 6 Comp Carriers Have 36% Market Share. Yale Researchers Use Stem Cells to Repair Spinal Cord Injuries.