In Pennsylvania (PA), Unemployment compensation reduces the amount of workers’ compensation benefits you receive by giving the workers’ compensation carrier an offset and credit due to the receipt of unemployment. But how is the offset calculated? Is the gross amount or the net amount (after taxes) used to calculate the…
In May 2013, Ron Calhoon was certified as specialist in the practice of workers’ compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Law Section. He successfully completed the certification process by submitting a variety of documents showing that at least 50% of his legal practice is in the specialty…
Under the Pennsylvania (PA) Workers’ Compensation Act, A UR, or Utilization Review, is a process by which an insurance company can have a workers’ compensation related treatment reviewed to determine if the treatment is both “reasonable” and “necessary”. When a treatment is reviewed, the Bureau assigns the review to a…
A frequent injury we see in Pennsylvania (PA) workers’ compensation cases is a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee of the injured worker. In the past, this type of injury automatically required extensive reconstructive surgery to repair the tear. Recently, the website for Andrews Institute for…
