by Leslie Walsh | Apr 22, 2025 | News
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...
by Leslie Walsh | Apr 15, 2025 | News
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...
by Leslie Walsh | Apr 8, 2025 | News
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 that...
by Leslie Walsh | Apr 3, 2025 | News
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 future....
by Leslie Walsh | Mar 26, 2025 | News
Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Office Author: Travis Coleman, Junior Partner, Tampa Office Author: Katie Valley, Associate, Jacksonville Office Mitchell Incorvaia v. City of St. Petersburg and Commercial Risk Management, Inc. JCC Young: St. Petersburg...
