Greetings,  I certainly hope everyone made it through both Helene and Milton safely.  Enough already with the hurricanes. I have been getting a lot of questions about the impact of the storms on certain benefits, so I thought I would share.  Of course each situation is unique, and you would have to balance litigation costs […]

Greetings, by special request, this Tip is about employee/employer relationship as it relates to1099 employees/Independent contractors.   In general, the FL WC law favors finding these individuals are employees and are covered under Workers Comp unless they can prove certain elements. The statute sets out a set of criteria to be considered an independent contractor, and […]

Greetings,   Effective 1/1/25, 105 days from now, the Florida WC fee schedule for surgeries and physician visits is increasing fairly significantly.   Surgeries will cost 50% more and doctor’s visits will cost 60% more (see below). Now may be the opportune time to run a Medicare Set Aside on any claims where there are future surgeries […]

Greetings, After a claimant has reached Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), they can continue to treat in Florida until or unless one of a few things happens: The applicable statutes are below. The first two above require an opinion from the treater.   And it is always a balance, the cost of possibly causing litigation versus paying […]

Greetings, A common phrase when discussing claims that appear to be caused by the claimant’s own less than well thought out action is “stupidity is not a defense.”   However, on occasion, “stupidity” can cost the claimant money.  Under the Florida WC statute, if the injury is caused by the claimant refusing to use a “safety […]

Greetings, Our firm has been recognized by the largest WC TPA as having one the best file duration rates in the country.  Today, they asked me to speak to their entire defense attorney panel about what our firm does differently to achieve those results. (And we could not achieve these great results without each of […]