Call attorneys Denise Lemmon or Conrad Tanasychuk. The insurer is required to consider the exploration of retraining equally as job search if it will return an injured worker to suitable gainful employment.
A qualified rehabilitation consultant (QRC) provides rehabilitation services, if you need help returning to work due to your injury. You have the right to choose your own QRC. If you do not, the insurer will refer you to one. There are specific time limits to request a different QRC, if this happens. It is important…
If your doctor provides you with work restrictions, your employer may provide you with an offer of light-duty work. Light duty work is work within your restrictions. You may need to accept this job. Otherwise, your workers’ compensation payments may be stopped. To avoid this, it’s important to start by telling your doctor what you…
The purpose of an Administrative Conference is to provide an expedited decision in disputes over discontinuance of temporary total, temporary partial, or permanent total compensation and disputes over eligibility for medical or vocational benefits. It is essential that you are prepared to present your case effectively, so that you do not lose your benefits or…
FDA strengthens warning that non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can cause heart attacks or strokes. The Food and Drug Administration warns that pain relievers like ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin and generic) and naproxen (Aleve and generic), also known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, have an increased risk of triggering a heart attack or stroke, even…
There may be certain circumstances after an employee sustains a work related injury where surgery is important to be performed in order to alleviate the symptoms and provide him/her with greater function. Most often, doctors will try other methods of resolution before considering surgery such as chiropractic, injections, physical therapy or acupuncture. If you decide…
A compensation judge will hear testimony by each party and receive exhibits. The compensation judge will then issue a decision. The insurer will have an attorney with a high level of expertise in these proceeding. You need the same level of representation. From the Hearing Division, cases may be appealed to the Workers’ Compensation Court…