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Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Unauthorized Treatment
Greetings, Lately I have had a few cases where the claimant sought treatment on their own outside of the WC system, so I thought it would be a good reminder of how that is handled in the Florida WC system. If a claimant has surgery on their own or treats with a...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- 14/120/MCC fun
Greetings, my Tip of the Week last week touched on the 120-day rule and I got some good follow up questions, and requests for more detail about the 14 days, 120 days and Major Contributing Cause. So I will attempt to lay it out without getting too far down...
EG Gazette- July 2022
When a Major Contributing Cause Questionnaire Won’t Help: Understanding the Concepts of Waiver and Estoppel Author: David Halpern, Partner, West Palm Beach We’ve all seen carriers unintentionally provide treatment for a pre-existing condition. This happens for...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- PFB responses and the 120 day rule
Greetings, I just presented a Florida CEU this morning and thought this would be a good refresher for everyone. Not responding to a PFB is the same as denying the requested benefits EXCEPT in two key circumstances: The Statute of Limitation has expired. ...
Briefly Speaking: Georgia Form Update By: Jordan Goldring
As of July 1, 2022, there have been changes to many of the State Board forms. Beginning October 1, 2022 outdated forms will be returned. The majority of the changes were minor and were to reflect the increase in the maximum TTD an TPD rates, $725 and $483...
Briefly Speaking July 2022 Author: Felicia Wymer Editors: Yosue Ochoa & Sabrina Persaud
Jackie Vitali v. Property Care Solutions, LLC, Avalon HR, LLC JCC Walker: Pensacola District...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Projecting the impact of a recession
Greetings, The news these days seems filled with doom and gloom about inflation leading to a looming recession. The question then is what will be the impact on WC claims. Looking back at the last major recession, which was officially from...
Briefly Speaking – Case Law Update Tennessee By: Ben Norris | Nashville
Braden v. Mohawk Industries, Inc., et al.Court: Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Order Date:...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Interesting WC stats
Greetings, A client asked me to do some research on WC stats in Florida, and thought I’d share some interesting bits. According to the FLDFS (Fla Dept of Financial Services) website, there were 68,916 lost time cases in Florida in 2021. That includes...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- What is money?
Greetings, I often get questions about what counts as money/earnings to offset any WC payments that are due. Here are a few of the more common ones: PTO/vacation/sick time- If a claimant received PTO pay from the Employer, it is generally not...