In this video, Greg Lois presents his annual “Year-In-Review” Presentation with a look ahead to what’s expected to change in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law & practice in 2022.
This year’s “Year-in-Review” topics:
- COVID-19 Presumption and impact of January 10, 2022 Executive order;
- New Jersey’s new “Preference Law” for permanently partially disabled employees;
- Going & Coming Statue change (and case law that prompted the statutory change); and
- What happened with “Limited” In-Person hearings.
New Predictions for 2022:
- Prediction # 1: Speculation on Courts Reopening to In-person hearings?
- Prediction # 2: What’s going to happen with Medical Provider Claims?
- Prediction # 3: Impact of CMS Reference Guide Changes on Set-Aside Allocations.
- Bonus: Impact of our new “Client-based” assignment model.