what is the olgilvie analysis in workmanscomp?

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1. amomipais82
   

   Hi,
   This is very much analogous to what happened back in 1996.  There was a decision regarding the treating physician presumption that existed in the law at the time.  It is called the Minniear decision [61 Cal. Comp. Cases 1450].  It wasn't until several years later that the cost impact of that decision started being felt by payers. We have a similar situation here.
   
   There is both a short and long-term impact.  The long-term impact was in the first case by having this inequitable, disproportionate, or unfair standard. Long term, as cases develop, we saw the potential for a very significant cost driver in the system.  Now, what we are seeing is that this is pretty much what the practice has been anyway, post Almaraz/Guzman I, which is this concept of rating by analogy.
   
   Consequently based on what we have actually seen in the system in a very short period of time, we think that Almaraz/Guzman II will have the same short-term effect on raising costs and really not affect how it is valued at this point in time.
   
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   http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/lxnxwebb.html
   
   Thanks

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