WorkCompAcademy News - October 3, 2011

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D.is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Chicago Bears Players Lose Bid To Litigate Claims in California. Claimant With Insidious Progressive Disease Awarded TD Beyond Five Year Time Limit. WCAB Affirms Inadmissibility of Non MPN Physician Reports. WCAB En Banc Decision Clarifies QME Panel Request Time Limits. LAPD Detective Pleads No Contest in WC Fraud Case. More Than 10 Million Patient Records Compromised in Last Two Years. Employers Explore Strategies for Opioid Abuse in Workers Comp. WCAB Seeks Suspension of Hearing Representative's Right to Practice. Employers Holdings Ends Efforts to Purchase Guard Insurance. Passing of Former Presiding WCJ Larry Greenblatt.