Category: Medical Benefits

In Georgia, your workers’ compensation benefits will not be cut off when you hit MMI (maximum medical improvement). However, even though your workers’ comp medical and income benefits can continue in Georgia after MMI, that might be the point at which settlement of your workers’ comp claim might be possible or advisable. What is MMI?  … Read more

Workers’ comp may cover depression after a physical workplace injury. Suffering a physical injury at work can be life-changing and can sometimes be accompanied by depression or anxiety. You may find yourself losing interest in activities you used to enjoy or sleeping twice as many hours as you used to need to feel rested. You  … Read more

Sometimes family caregivers can receive workers’ comp payments. Often, people with a spouse or family member who was seriously injured at work end up being a full time caregiver to them.  Even though these family member caregivers are performing these duties out of love and commitment, they may qualify to be paid for that work.  … Read more

Bladder cancer is a condition affecting many US veterans. Even though bladder cancer is not included on the list of presumptive disorders, veterans can still win claims for bladder cancer based on Agent Orange and herbicides. Just because a condition isn’t presumptive does not mean that it is impossible to show it was connected to  … Read more

The role of the nurse case manager is as an agent for the insurance company, not a medical provider. She is not attending your appointments to help you get better, but rather for the insurance company that wants to cut off your medical care and benefits. In claims involving non-catastrophic injuries, your employer or insurer  … Read more

Hasta ahora en esta serie de artículos donde analizo cuáles daños pueden calificar para los beneficios de la compensación laboral y cuáles no, he mencionado lesiones por quemadura y por resbalones y caídas. Entre las lesiones incluidos en el sitio web de nuestro bufete  se encuentran  daños psiquiátricos y psicológico, y hablaré de ellos hoy.  … Read more

How many times could a company with a homegrown, wholesome name like Ralph’s Grocery Co. turn a blind eye to the medical needs of an injured employee? According to the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals board, 11 is the lucky number. The trouble began in December 2003, when Charles Romano sustained an injury to his left  … Read more

If you’re in the process of resolving your workers’ compensation claim (or have settled it recently), please make sure you have health coverage going forward to cover your future treatment!  The deadline to sign up for a plan under the exchange created by the Affordable Care Act is today (it was extended from 12/15/16), so  … Read more

How do I pick the right workers’ compensation doctor from my employer’s panel of physicians?  This video will help:

Every states’ rules regarding how medical care is delivered after a workplace injury are different, but here’s how you change doctors if you’re getting workers’ comp benefits in Georgia: