Is Hip Replacement Covered By Workers Compensation?
Severe hip injuries cause excruciating pain. They affect your ability to do just about anything including standing, sitting, and walking. The pain from these injuries can make it difficult to get comfortable and enjoy any sort of activity. Many people cannot work because of their limitations from serious hip injuries. In recent years, hip replacement […]
How 2016 Georgia Court Decisions Affected Workers Compensation
The Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals make workers compensation decisions every year. Most of these decisions do two important things: They decide the legal issue or issues in that particular workers compensation case. They establish law (referred to as precedent) that judges apply in other workers compensation cases. Just like the Supreme […]
Do Safety Rule Violations Bar Workers Compensation Benefits?
Many employer have safety rules they require employers to follow. Sometimes, the employer has a manual that spells out the rules. Other times, your employer just gives you instructions in writing. If you suffer an injury at work, your employer may try to claim that violating a safety rule caused your injury. Can you still […]
Authorized Treating Physician
Authorized treating physician is a legal term for your primary doctor in a Georgia workers compensation case. Your authorized treating physician has special privileges in your case that other doctors do not. These privileges affect the workers compensation benefits you receive. Clearly, you need doctors to get good medical treatment. Understanding the privileges and powers […]
Permanent Partial and Temporary Partial Disability
When you receive Georgia workers compensation benefits, you may find it difficult to understand what type of benefits you receive. Permanent partial and temporary partial disability are two types of weekly workers compensation benefits. Many insurance companies do not pay workers compensation benefits correctly. They may not pay the right amounts. Often, they do not […]
Do Workers Compensation Injuries Cause Herniated Discs?
Workers’ compensation back and neck injuries often cause herniated discs. Many people have difficulty getting medical treatment or other workers compensation benefits for these injuries. This article provides information about a few different workers compensation issues for herniated discs: Common reasons workers compensation insurance companies deny claims for herniated discs Common medical treatments covered by […]
What is a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA)?
A Medicare set-aside (MSA for short) is a mechanism sometimes used in settlement when Medicare might have an interest in your workers’ compensation case. Generally, funds from settlement create the Medicare-set aside account. An injured worker then uses those funds after settlement to pay for medical treatment for the work injury. I do not intend […]
Late Workers Compensation Checks
The insurance company has a duty to pay you a workers compensation check when your injury prevents you from working. Georgia law provides that the insurance company must pay that check on a weekly basis. I can tell you that many insurance companies fail to pay on time. Some miss weeks. Others do not mail […]
Talking to the Workers Compensation Doctor
If you have suffered an injury at work, you probably want to get the medical treatment you need to recover. A good doctor will provide you with that treatment. But workers’ compensation is complicated. To make sure you get the medical treatment you need, you must talk to the workers’ compensation doctor about your injury. […]
How Technology Affects Manufacturing Jobs?
Manufacturing jobs provides employment to millions of people in the United States each year. However, that number has dropped significantly in the last 35 years. In 1980, there were over 19 million manufacturing jobs in the United States. Currently, there are just over 12 million manufacturing jobs according to the United States Department of Labor. […]
