Will this be the year the Pennsylvania legislature expands panel doctors’ control of the comp process from 90 to 180 days? And with comp settlements increasingly overlooking medical benefits could the injured worker be getting squeezed at both the front and back end of the process?
Live at 7 p.m. today on the Philadelphia CNN-News affiliate WFMZ-TV, The American Law Journal presents "Are Injured Workers Losing the ‘Medical’ Battle?" Joining host Christopher Naughton are claimant’s attorneys George Badey of Badey, Sloan & DiGenova, former Workers’ Comp Judge Geoffrey Dlin of Krasno, Krasno & Onwudinjo and respondent’s counsel Barbara L. Young of Schaff & Young. Workers’ Comp Judge Audrey Beach rounds out the panel that questions whether employees are losing ground, especially as it relates to ongoing medical costs.
