Medical benefits are a significant factor in the overall costs of of most state workers compensation programs. The ability to contain  those...

When injured workers’ have disappointing experiences flowing from work-related injuries the road becomes difficult for all participants in ...

A3401 As (AS) Concerns electronic medical bills for workers' compensation claims. Labor Identical Bill Number: S2136

A recently published study from the US Department of Health and Human Services (NIOSH) reports that 45% of emergency room medical expenses f...

Legislation ( A-2652 ) [introduced May 10, 2012] has been proposed in NJ that would ban  charging workers’ compensation claimants for medica...

Joint replacement claims are becoming more frequent in workers’ compensation and proving compensability remains challenging. As the aging wo...

CMS (Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services) has expressed an opinion that there is no specific time limit in its ability to seek recover...

An agreement to equally share the responsibility of medical expenses was held enforceable between insurance carriers after an eight year del...

A Petition for Certiorari has been filed to the US Supreme Court in a RICO claim involving a medical provider who claims an insurance compan...

T he number of disputes concerning the payment/reimbursement of medical bills have increased in workers’ compensation claims in New Jers...

A report issued by a national workers' compensation rating organization, NCCI Holdings, Inc (NCCI) disclosed that workers' compensa...

A challenging aspect of a workers' compensation hearing is the determination of what is the reasonable value of medical services.  The I...