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Rodman Martin – Chamber Golf Tourny Winner!

Michael — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:42:47 +0000

Harvey’s Cleaners Team wins Annual Chamber Golf Tournament

Congratulations to Harvey & Karen Tulchinsky, Dan Karas & Rodman Martin on winning the Annual Dublin Chamber of Commerce golf tournament on Monday, June 13th at Dublin Ranch Golf Course.

The Big O Tires team consisting of Greg Mitchell, Bruce Cherry, Barry Hart & Paul McKellar received the award for low net. Congratulations Big O Tires!

Thank you to all the all sponsors, players, volunteers and staff of Dublin Ranch Golf Course along with everyone else for helping to make this event such a success!

Anthem Blue Cross

caitlin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:23:59 +0000

If you are a member of Anthem Blue Cross the only perk is not medical coverage. Anthem Blue Cross now offers special discounts on the following:

Barnes & Noble.com: you receive 5% off your online order and free shipping with orders over $25 (Easy and affordable way to shop for holiday gifts!)

Jenny Craig: Receive a 30-day trial free and 50% off the sixth month program (great idea to lose the holiday weight!)

SelfHelpWorks: receive a free 30-day free guest pass and %30 discount. This program helps with weight loss, smoking, alcohol consumption (Get started on your New Year’s resolution!)

Drugstore.com: %5 discount on health and wellness items and free shipping with orders of $49 or more (You can avoid the hassle of going to the drugstore to not find what you need and instead get it delivered to your front door for a discount!)

To access these great offers you can go to athem.com/ca and register!

PEGNIM & IVANCICH IS MOVING

caitlin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:55:39 +0000

Effective August 9, 2010 Pegnim & Ivancich will be moving to a new location 5 miles down the road at:
3440 Hillcrest Ave, Suite 175
Antioch, Ca 94531

We can still be reached at the same phone number and facsimile.

A New Utilization Review System for the End of the Year

caitlin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:19:05 +0000

By the end of the year the DWC plans to have a new 12 point plan in order to control medical costs. This is directly correlated with adjusting what will be submitted to Utilization Review. Many of the treatment requests submitted to UR include MRIs, CAT scans, and physical therapy. Occasionally if a doctor is not around to respond to UR, they automatically deny the treatment request. This adds additional money and costs that could be avoided with the 12 point system.

The idea is only unreasonable requests will go through Utilization Review. In the end costs will go down and UR will become a streamlined process unlike the difficult and costly system is it currently.

For more info go to:https://www.workcompcentral.com/members/index.php?fa=news&id=6c2ccbfa15185dfa068be4fe0d05c411g&state=CA&CFID=17580966&CFTOKEN=89730080

Pegnim & Ivancich Golf Tournament May 2010

caitlin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:46:20 +0000

The Pegnim and Ivancich Foundation is a not-for-profit charity founded by Thomas M. Pegnim and Lisa E. Ivancich to provide a method to give back to the Eastern Contra Costa County community.

Though there are many well-developed and organized charities in Central Contra Costa County, there are very few in Eastern Contra Costa County despite the fact that it is the home to 300,000 people. This is most likely because the community has grown so quickly that charitable resources have not had time to catch up.

The Pegnim and Ivancich Foundation will focus its attention on the needs of the teenage and preteen youth in the Pittsburgh, Antioch, and Brentwood area. We hope to be able to support individual scholarship needs, extracurricular activities which are in danger of being eliminated, and provide individual support to high achieving scholars, artists, and athletes who lack the financial ability to meet their potential.

We are committed to providing all of the volunteer and administrative needs of the charity without any charge to the charity itself. Therefore we can state that it is our intention to use 100% of the foundation’s funds in support of the Foundation’s purpose.

We are honored to work with the Lend A Hand Foundation of Oakland in putting on our first charitable golf tournament. One hundred percent of the net proceeds from the tournament will be divided between Lend A Hand Foundation and scholarships for the youth in East Contra Costa County.

Crow Canyon Country Club, a private Country Club in Danville, California, has provided us with the facility at a reduced rate. We intend this to be a first-class golf tournament, with lunch and dinner provided, multiple prizes included, a raffle, two hole-in-one competitions for $10,000 each, as well as cash prizes and merchandise in the pro shop for the winners of the tournament.

The tournament will be a four man scramble. Indexes will be factored into the scoring. Mulligans will be sold.

Since this is our first tournament we do not know whether a “horse race” will receive sufficient support to allow it to be conducted at the end of a tournament. In the event we have sufficient players sign up for the horse race, we will conduct the horse race at the conclusion of the tournament with pari-mutuel betting.

There will be door prizes, a hosted beverage cart and items up for a silent auction (depending on support).

We are hoping for the support of the workers compensation community in sponsoring holes, prizes, and items for a silent auction.

Any questions can be e-mailed to PegnimandIvancichgolf@gmail.com

Increase in Medical Costs

caitlin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:42:42 +0000

On Friday, a study was relaeased that medical costs have been on the rise by at least 9% since 2007. The reforms in 2002 ansd 2004 were intended to decrease the amount of money spent on workers’ compensation claims including medical expenses and permanent disability settlement amounts. Although these costs remained low for the first few years, there has been a jump specifically in medical costs believed to be caused by hospital services.

https://www.workcompcentral.com/1/news/news_print.htm?token=CE606B93C40AD889C9ED4173E5AC7040B148687E6B23C00CF64E61CB40004553&state=CA&id=fc1dab8efacd558723c09d92b14c1bfag

State Mandated Furlough Days May Soon be Gone for the WCAB!

caitlin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:34:05 +0000

On December 31,2009 a ruling was made against Governor Schwarzenegger stating that the state mandated furlough days were considered illegal. The Governor implemented Furlough days for two fridays a month forcing state employees to not work and not get paid. He then implemented an additional day later on in 2009. The furlough days were intended to save money from the general fund; however, the employees forced to take furlough days were not paid from the general fund.

Employees affected by this decision come from the Division of Workers’ Compensation, the state’s Department of Insurance, the Departmentof Motor Vehicles, the Public Utilities Commission and the Transportation Commission.

Employees are now demanding back pay for forced unpaid time off. A decision has not been made yet.

So if yo have a Worker’s Compensation case, be on the look out for your court date to possibly fall on a Friday!

For more information go to : http://www.workcompcentral.com/1/news/news_print.htm?token=C8730EC60C04B56D6A642D08717377AC1D3E7CD0585373B5E1DEEAA4BF2CAE8D&state=CA&id=0ff472b118a9665b462bf2320996d3eeg

Pegnim & Ivancich now on Yelp

caitlin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:08:18 +0000

The Law office of Pegnim & Ivancich is now on Yelp. This is a site dedicated to personal reviews from our clients.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pegnim-and-ivancich-llp-antioch