House Bill 2490 has been introduced and it is best to quote from the sponsoring legislator’s words: [S]ome employers and insurers require claimants to sign side agreements forcing them to resign, preventing them from ever...more
The vexing issue of whether insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers will be required to pay for a broad array of non-prescription items (for example, over-the-counter medications, dietary...more
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decided today that under the Commonwealth’s Medical Marijuana Act (“MMA”), Federal law and the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, it is not a violation of Federal Law prohibitions for...more
Nationwide among the claims and risk management community, Pennsylvania is known as being a forms-intensive state. But the Commonwealth just became slightly less forms-intensive with the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court...more
In a surprise reversal of lower court opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court just decided Keystone Rx LLC v. Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office (Compservices Inc./AmeriHealth Casualty Services), ___...more
Join our attorneys as they present information regarding COVID-19 and how it could affect workers' compensation legislation and reduce regulations in Pennsylvania. Stay tuned for future updates....more