Last night I updated this website to use WordPress v2.8. There’s a lot of new features under the hood. One that I really like is the ability to browse new website themes.
The calculators should all be completely impervious to changes in WordPress. However, its theoretically possible you might notice a little bit of weirdness in how the rest of the website looks/acts. If so, please drop me a line and let me know so I can look into it.
Obviously, you’ll need to read and interpret Weiner v. Ralph’s for yourself. Here’s the Board’s own summary:
The repeal of section 139.5 terminated any rights to vocational rehabilitation benefits or services pursuant to orders or awards that were not final before January 1, 2009
A saving clause was not adopted to protect vocational rehabilitation rights in cases still pending on or after January 1, 2009
The vocational rehabilitation statutes that were repealed in 2003 do not continue to function as “ghost statutes” on or after January 1, 2009
Effective January 1, 2009, the WCAB lost jurisdiction over non-vested and inchoate vocational rehabilitation claims, but the WCAB continues to have jurisdiction under sections 5502(b)(3) and 5803 to enforce or terminate vested rights; and
Subject matter jurisdiction over non-vested and inchoate vocational rehabilitation claims cannot be conferred by waiver, estoppel, stipulation, or consent.
What does Weiner v. Ralph’s mean to you?
Vocational rehabilitation is gone unless there is a “vested” right by way order that became final prior to 1/1/2009.
If you already have a final order for vocational rehabilitation, the WCAB can still hear a dispute.
I’ve updated the Medical Provider Network lists as of 6/5/2009. Most of the updates to the MPN lists page are contributed by loyal users of this website. What’s interesting about the latest update is that it was actually contributed by an insurance company themselves! ((Photo courtesy of júbilo·haku))
One thing I’ll never understand is why so many MPN lists have logins and passwords. The whole point of a website is to make that kind of information available. Its not like these lists of MPN doctors and providers are secret, right? If anything, making these website more user friendly and more navigable will enable people (injured workers, applicant attorneys, defense attorneys, and judges) to actually find physicians and help smooth the operation of the system.
In any case, I think this is a great first step. I would love to offer everyone a unified source for all California Medical Provider Network websites, logins, and passwords. It would be even better to have the insurance companies and third party administrators just send me the updated information for their links as they update their sites.
It turns out that this website is actually in the top 5% of all blogs in the WORLD. Where did I get this incredible statistic? The Internets, of course. ((Photo courtesy of Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com))
Unfortunately, one of the coolest features of my calculators is that some of them will give you the answer you’re looking for before you’ve even finished typing the search term. This works with the:
While these are all very cool while you’re sitting at your computer, I found out (much to my dismay) that this system didn’t work at all when using these online calculators from my cell phone! ((It has to do with cross-browser compatibility and inconsistent support for javascript events. I doubt anyone is interested in this.)) Well, I’ve updated the calculators to make them more compatible with more phones. ((Photo courtesy of Hunda))
Save yourself from your own workers’ compensation claim and just leave that heavy rating manual at home.