David Bryan Leonard, a workers' compensation attorney who represents medical providers, tells us a tempest is brewing in the California workers' compensation system regarding Silent PPOs. These Silent PPOs have "generated legislation, litigation, and a fair amount of resentment among medical providers, resentment that appears set to translate itself into physicians and hospitals leaving the workers' compensation system."
Mr. Leonard has written a LexisNexis expert commentary on the topic that brings the current law on Silent PPOs and California workers' compensation all into focus.
You can download Mr. Leonard's article for free at http://law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/Insurance/FREE-DOWNLOAD-of-David-Bryan-Leonard's-Expert-Comm
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To listen to a podcast of our interview with Mr. Leonard, go to http://law.lexisnexis.com/podcast/Insurance (see Podcast dated February 22, 2008)