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Pennsylvania House Committee Advances HB 183 to Expand Workers’ Compensation Disfigurement Benefits

Last week, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee passed HB 183. This Bill is designed to expand significantly what has been long-established access to workers compensation disfigurement benefits...more

Examining the Boundaries of Medical Payments: Pennsylvania's Supreme Court to Decide on Coverage for Non-Prescription Items for...

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

[Webinar] Emerging Trends in Medical Marijuana and Workers' Compensation Laws - August 2nd, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Join us for an informative webinar with our workers' compensation attorneys as we delve into the dynamic landscape of medical marijuana and its implications in workers' compensation claims in four key states: New Jersey,...more

PA Labor and Industry Committee to Consider SB 319

There is a timely opportunity for all Pennsylvania employers, insurers and third-party administrators to impact a Legislative vote taking place this Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Specifically, in the Pennsylvania House of...more

Recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decision Allows Employers to Pull a TNCP and File a Medical-Only NCP

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

A Judge’s Decision in a Philadelphia COVID-19 Fatal Claim Petition, Advice For Employers

In light of the pandemic and its widespread impact on employee populations, many states have grappled with their workers’ compensation laws and regulations. These impacts are associated often with substantial medical costs...more

IRE Physicians and Employers Must Consider Conditions Not Included Within Either the Controlling Document or Judicially Determined...

The Commonwealth Court has held that an IRE based only upon all “accepted” work-related diagnoses is nonetheless subject to being found invalid. In this case, the IRE physician relied upon the Bureau controlling document and...more

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruled on Keystone Rx LLC v. Bureau of Workers' Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office

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

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules on Claimant's Attorney's Fees

Presenting potentially significant exposure to employers, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court just decided Vincent Lorino v. WCAB (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), addressing the issue of awarding attorney’s fees to a claimant in...more

Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Legislative Update

The Pennsylvania Legislature has had a busy term considering many issues that will affect the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation system. There are three bills that have seen some movement recently and they are discussed...more

Workers' Compensation Academy: Proposed Legislation and Reduced Regulation - Managing Workers’ Compensation Claims Amid COVID - 19 [Audio]

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

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