Greetings, the FL WC statute states that when a claimant reaches overall Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), they are responsible for a $10 co-payment for medical visits.  This is an important tool to use to make sure the claimants are bearing some...

Greetings, I had a request to do a Tip on 2nd opinions in Florida WC. The current WC statute (since 10/1/2003) does not specifically say anything about 2nd opinions.  (There may be a few employers out there that still utilize a Managed Care program from the...

Greetings, recently I have received a few questions as to what constitutes “medical non-compliance” in Florida and what can be done about it.  In general, medical non-compliance is missing at least two appointments without a reasonable excuse.   If...