Compliance Corner Attorney fees, physician fees, and hospital charges for services under this South Carolina workers' compensation law are subject to the approval of the commission, but a physician or hospital may not collect a […]

Case File While a trip to New York to visit family might have boosted an injured worker's mental health, because it wasn't a trip to the doctor, it didn't count as "medically necessary" under Florida's […]

Conference Preview At next month's CLM Work Comp Conference, Sanderson Firm's Brendon De Souza will be on a panel presenting "Beyond Thresholds: CMS’s 2025 Medicare Set-Aside Reporting Requirements." We were fortunate to borrow some of […]

Compliance Corner In Oregon, if an MCO receives a complaint or dispute that is not included in the MCO dispute resolution process, the MCO must, within seven days from the date of receiving the complaint, […]

Case File When a Walmart worker got hit by a truck while jogging off the clock in the parking lot, was it a work-related injury and did his acceptance of workers' compensation benefits matter? Simply […]

Compliance Corner Under Iowa law, the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner must approve all settlements involving work injuries. As Simply Research subscribers know, the Hawkeye State allows four different types of settlements: (1) Full Commutation A full […]

Glossary Check Anyone new to the workers' compensation system -- like a newly injured worker -- might struggle to keep up with the terminology surrounding claims, benefits, and return-to-work. That's why Simply Research keeps up […]

Case File Evidence that the daughter of a worker developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos he brought home on his work clothes, and not from a brief summer job she held, allowed the daughter's estate […]