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Published November 15, 2018
Please Donate to SRTK Northern California Fire Relief
Many of our team members were severely impacted by the recent fires in Northern California. The firm has already donated to their relief, and we want to ask our community to also help in this difficult time. All donations will help our assistants and administrative staff displaced by the fires.
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Published November 6, 2018
Jeff Stander Writes Article on Post-Termination Injury Claims for WorkCompCentral
Jeff Stander’s article “Defending Against Post-Termination Physical Injury Claims” has been published on WorkCompCentral’s Work Comp World blog.
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Published October 16, 2018
Joanne Thomas Named to Top Attorneys of North America 2018-2019 by Who’s Who
Shareholder Joanne Thomas has been selected for inclusion in The Who’s Who Directories’ Top Attorneys of North America 2018-2019.
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Thought of the Day
If a lien claimant is convicted (including guilty plea) of insurance fraud, the lien claimant must go through the lien consolidation process.
- The purpose of the lien consolidation process is to identify all liens filed by the convicted provider that were directly related to the fraud.
- This process has its own discovery process and generally is a very slow process.
- Once the consolidation process is complete, the Special Lien Adjudication Unit is given jurisdiction over the liens identified as being related to the fraud (likely leading to dismissals of all implicated liens).
- Thus far, only two consolidation proceedings have been completed (Dr. Mitchell Cohen and chiropractor George Reese).
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Published October 25, 2018
California WCAB Issues En Banc Decision in Suon v. California Dairies
Yesterday, the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) issued an important decision in the case of Sandab Suon v. California Dairies.
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Published October 4, 2018
Head of Numerous California Imaging Centers Indicted for Fraud
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California has issued an indictment and arrest warrant against Sam Solakyan, who headed numerous imaging centers in the state tied to fraud allegations. Solakyan allegedly paid $8.8 million in kickbacks for referrals, which were used to bill workers’ compensation payers for $284 million.
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Published October 2, 2018
DWC Dismisses over 4,000 Liens Connected to Drobot Conspiracy
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has dismissed almost 5,000 liens filed by companies associated with Michael R. Drobot, including Industrial Pharmacy Management and California Pharmacy Management. This marks the first major case involving a provision in AB 1244 which requires the DWC to dismiss liens held by individuals convicted of fraud.
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