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...

Greetings, there have been some recent JCC level decisions regarding delays in “providing” a 1-time change that have concluded an Employer/Carrier can lose control of the choice of doctor even if they timely authorized one if the appointment is too far in the...