Jesus Arellano settled his Pennsylvania workers’ compensation case for a broken hip. That settlement included a Medicare Set Aside for his future medical treatment. A Medicare Set Aside, or MSA is money that is put in a separate interest bearing account to be used by the injured worker to pay…
The Kids’ Chance of PA scholarship application is now available for 2015-2016! The mission of Kids’ Chance of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Kids’ Chance of PA) is to provide scholarship grants for college and vocational education to children of Pennsylvania workers who have been killed or seriously injured in a work-related accident…
Introduction To The Almost Hassle-Free Way to Collect PA Workers’ Compensation Medical Bills authored by Calhoon and Kaminsky P.C. What follows is a guide on the basics of obtaining payment for medical bills in Pennsylvania workers’ compensation matters. Medical billing in workers’ compensation matters can be an unfamiliar and uncertain…
First, read your copy of Seven Deadly Sins That Can Destroy Your Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Case. . . . . . And NOW you know that the insurance company is going to want the flow of information to be a one-way street. They are under no pressure whatsoever to resolve your…
Occupational diseases and occupational hearing loss are complicated areas of workers’ compensation law. The fact that these injuries do not seem to have an easily ascertainable starting date may seem like a problem for an Employee but the law is generous in these situations. The Date of Injury is determined…
The Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act specifically addresses disfigurements of the head, face or neck. Some injured workers find themselves with permanent scarring or disfigurement after a work related injury and they don’t realize that they could be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits as a result in addition to the wage…
You need to carefully read and get legal advice on the “fine print” of the Long Term Disability (LTD) policy and you need to find out whether you paid the premium, the employer paid the premium or both paid. The WC insurance company is entitled to take a credit (deduction)…
On August 8, 2008, Fred Howe (name changed for this blog) suffered a work injury to the left ankle while loading a lawn mower onto a trailer. He was employed by Strange & Associates. The workers’ compensation carrier, Selective Insurance Company, accepted liability for the work injury by issuing a Notice…
Did you know that the Washington State Department of Labor and Industry recently did a study on the link between certain careers, an employee’s obesity and potential to be a smoker? Truckers, movers, firefighters and policemen and women are the most likely to be obese. Doctors, teachers and scientists are…
As workers’ compensation attorneys who only represents injured workers, we have had numerous clients call in a panic because brick and mortar pharmacies would not fill their prescription due to the fact that the insurance adjuster was not available to approve it or the adjuster denied pre approval for whatever…
