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Keeping Your Workers' Comp Client Informed on Mediation
Reading the title of this article might lead one to conclude that whatever is discussed is of little importance since everyone likes to believe they know the mediation process inside and out and that they have wonderful relationships with their clients.Utilization Reviews Made Available to Ancillary Providers
As most workers' compensation practitioners are aware, the utilization review process was one of the main aspects of the medical cost containment provisions of the 1993 amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act.Court Revisits Undocumented Workers' Entitlement to Workers' Comp
Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reported the decision of Bryn Mawr Landscaping v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Cruz-Tenorio), which brought the issue of injured, potentially undocumented workers back into focus.An Unreported Workers' Compensation Case Offers Guidance
In what has become an interesting if somewhat inexplicable trend at the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the court issued a nonprecedential (unreported) case.Revisiting 'Sadler'—Taking a Look at the Average Weekly Wage Issue
Given the significance of the court's holding on the average weekly wage issue, reviewing the case again in light of the average weekly wage issue is warranted.Commonwealth Court Revisits Incarceration in Workers' Comp Cases
There are few instances where an employer can take self-help measures to suspend compensation benefits of an injured worker, without a judge's approval or some other competent authority directing the action. Incarceration following a conviction is one of them.
NTCP Technicalities Continued—Practitioners Need to Do the Math
The use of the NTCP has been so abused, that it is essentially the only “accepting” document that is ever filed anymore.
Domestic Service Workers Revisited in Case Involving In-Home Caretaker
While workers' compensation coverage is generally mandatory for most employers under the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, there are certain classes of employers who are exempted from providing workers' compensation insurance.
New Year's Resolutions Revisited for the Workers' Compensation Practice
In focusing on suggested resolutions for the practice of workers' compensation, it quickly becomes apparent that some resolutions are timeless. While some of the suggestions below have been addressed in this space in the past, they still pose the same challenges now as then, and bear repeating.Right of Action Against a Tortfeasor Remains in the Injured Worker
The issue before the court was whether Section 319 of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act confers on an employer or its workers' compensation insurance carrier a right to seek reimbursement of a subrogation lien directly against a third-party tortfeasor when the claimant in the workers' compensation matter chooses not to pursue a cause of action against the third party in question.TRENDING STORIES
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