by EC_Admin | Nov 16, 2018 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, Next week is the annual 1-time change shenanigans week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The 1st DCA has repeatedly confirmed 5 calendar days means 5 calendar days, so any request faxed, emailed or received via mail by your office on Wednesday before 5 pm...
by EC_Admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, According to the attached 11/2/18 order from the Office of Insurance Regulation, WC rates in Florida will be reduced by 13.8% for 2019. (In 2015, rates had been down around 61% from the high rates of 2002, then we saw a 14% increase after Castellanos and...
by EC_Admin | Oct 22, 2018 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, Last week the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the Fla Legislature’s adoption of the Federal standard of admissibility of expert testimony, the Daubert standard, was unconstitutional. HOWEVER, there is still uncertainty because the Fla WC system is...
by EC_Admin | Sep 27, 2018 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, (Come hear me speak at a CEU with Dr. Halperin in Lake Mary after work on 10/24, flyer attached) Nothing frustrates an employer more than a claimant that is injured while breaking or ignoring a rule. In some instances there may be a defense or partial...
by EC_Admin | Sep 17, 2018 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, Central Florida is the “lightning capital” of the US, and we have to deal with workplace injuries due to lightning strikes. Attached is a 1946 case, Ft. Pierce Growers Ass_n v. Storey_ 158 Fla. 192, where the majority found that a lightning strike that...
by EC_Admin | Sep 10, 2018 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, I have a had a few questions about claimant’s missing appointments and medical non-compliance. First, we can not charge a claimant for the no-show fees for authorized treatment. However, for an IME we can charge ½ of the no-show fee if we gave the...
