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…
Under the Pennsylvania (PA) Workers’ Compensation Act, once your employer accepts your injury, then they must continue to pay weekly wage loss and/or medical benefits until a workers’ compensation judge gives permission to stop or you return to work earning as much as prior to your injury. Many injured workers…
How to File a Penalty Petition for Penalties On-Line If the workers’ compensation insurance company has not paid Pennsylvania workers’ compensation benefit checks or medical bills related to treatment of the recognized work injury in a timely manner, or if your workers’ compensation check(s) is significantly late, a Petition for Fifty…
Tom and several other attorneys prepared the below outline in preparation for the 2013 first ever PA Workers’ Compensation Law Section Specialty Certification Examination. Hope it helps you: 1. Exam Subjects Preparation of all types of petitions and answers Claim Petition – An injury arising in the course and scope…
Article by David Raptosh, MA, OTR/L, Regional Director of WorkStrategies, Select Physical Therapy, First Choice Rehabilitation, and NovaCare Rehabilitation A Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) is an objective, systematic process of identifying and assessing an individual’s ability to physically function in relation to work and in the performance of activities of…
Everyone knows that fighting fires is a difficult and dangerous job. If a salaried firefighter is injured while fighting a fire, they are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits through the traditional workers’ compensation system. However, volunteer firefighters and other volunteer emergency responders are in a much different position. Workers’ compensation…
Tired of waiting for pre-approval from the Pennsylvania (PA) workers’ compensation carrier to obtain needed treatment or medications? Tired of the lie that there is no such thing as pre-approval? The simple, hardly ever used or know to exist, solution is to file a Prospective UR (Utilization Review) which is…
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry has determined the statewide average weekly wage for work injuries on and after Jan. 1, 2012, shall be $888.00 per week. The most an injured worker can receive in weekly compensation is $888.00. For purposes of calculating payments for medical treatment rendered on…
