 Workers' Compensation Industry Leader Jack Webb Dies (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) (archived). Former State Fund President Jack Webb -- one of the most influential and colorful figures in the 91-year history of California's workers' compensation insurance system -- died May 2nd.
The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif., Health Care Column (RedNova) (archived). May 2--So-called medical provider networks evolving from California workers' compensation reform are getting rich at the expense of physicians and businesses, said Jun Tan, an occupational medicine physician and sole owner of Central Occupational Medicine Providers in Riverside.
Senate OKs Workers' Comp Director (The Sacramento Union) (archived). SACRAMENTO—The state Senate confirmed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s workers’ compensation director Thursday despite strong opposition from groups representing injured workers. The 21-10 vote came a day after Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, cast the deciding committee vote approving the Republican governor’s appointment of Andrea Hoch. A top labor leader accused Perata of abandoning
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