Recovering the Money Lost to Health Care Fraud is an Important Issue
Last November, I wrote about the U.S. Justice Department’s recovery of $3 Billion in fiscal year 2010 that had been originally lost to our government due to fraud. When you look at the government’s...
View ArticleHaving Trouble With Your Workers’ Compensation Claim? You Are Not Alone!
While sitting in court on a recent workers’ compensation case, I started to think about all the reasons someone calls an attorney after suffering a significant work-related injury. For me, former...
View ArticleFour Tips To Consider When the Workers’ Compensation Carrier Has a Lien on...
In Alabama, if you are injured on the job then you are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits from your employer. Each state has some form of workers’ compensation system. As a result, the...
View ArticleCan the Texas-Style Workers Compensation Nightmare Come to Alabama?
If you want to understand the brick wall facing injured workers seeking medical treatment in some states just read the recent article published in the ABA Journal. The title says it all — Insult to...
View ArticleCurrent Efforts To Change Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation Laws Would Severely...
It has been over 25 years since the Alabama Legislature last increased the maximum weekly benefit payable under Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation Act to a worker with a partial disability. At that time,...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court To Review Issue of ERISA Subrogation Rights
On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a recent case involving the subrogation / reimbursement rights of an ERISA plan. This is a significant development. Most private health insurance...
View ArticleThe Workers’ Compensation System And Its Impact On Injured Workers
Each year, our workers’ compensation system in Alabama faces new threats from the insurance industry. In some states, like Texas, the system has been dramatically altered leaving many injured workers...
View ArticleHospital Bills and Payments: Issues in Personal Injury Cases
The U.S. government recently released data detailing and comparing hospital charges. The clear fact revealed by the data — Charges for specific procedures can vary greatly between hospitals. This comes...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation Settlements And The Closure Of Future Medicals
In Alabama (and most other states), a primary goal of workers’ compensation is to provide injured employees with needed medical care. The first goal, when possible, is to treat and rehabilitate the...
View ArticleBroken Promises — The Workers’ Compensation Settlement Mill
What is the most common lie in workers’ compensation claims? A lawyer in another state recently discussed this question on his blog. His conclusion: I thought long and hard about that one....
View Article
