The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued documentation signaling that Liability Medicare Set-Asides (LMSAs) and No-Fault Medicare Set-Asides (NFMSAs) will be notated fields “A CMS Policy for LMSA Reviews is Imminent”
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Update on Illinois Workers’ Compensation Reform
At Inman & Fitzgibbons, our Legislative Watch Group continues to monitor pending legislation in Springfield and, when the opportunity arises, we provide input through the “Update on Illinois Workers’ Compensation Reform”
WCRI Study Shows High Worker’s Compensation Medical Costs in Wisconsin
According to a recent study from the Worker’s Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) comparing the price of providing worker’s compensation treatment in 31 large American states, “WCRI Study Shows High Worker’s Compensation Medical Costs in Wisconsin”
Refused Drug Test Results In No Benefits
As we discussed back in October 2016, Section 11 of the Act provides, in part, that there is a “rebuttable presumption that an employee was “Refused Drug Test Results In No Benefits”
Illinois General Assembly Revisiting Illinois Workers’ Compensation Reform . . . or Is It?
An update from Partner G. Steven Murdock and the I&F Legislative Watch Committee: As the battle of Rauner vs. Madigan continues in Springfield over pension “Illinois General Assembly Revisiting Illinois Workers’ Compensation Reform . . . or Is It?”
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Finds Psychologist Qualified under Section 12 of the Act to perform an Independent Medical Examination
Following petitioner’s objection to the scheduling of a comprehensive pain management IME, a hearing was held before the IWCC pursuant to I&F’s Motion to Compel “Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Finds Psychologist Qualified under Section 12 of the Act to perform an Independent Medical Examination”
I&F Prevails where IWCC Arbitrator Finds Intervening Accident Breaks Chain of Causation
In an Illinois case recently tried by I&F Partner Colin Mills, the claimant was seeking over six months of medical benefits, as well as PPD “I&F Prevails where IWCC Arbitrator Finds Intervening Accident Breaks Chain of Causation”
Applying Credits for Prior Cases in IL is Simple, Except When it’s Not
If a claimant has had a prior settlement or award for a loss of a body part, other than for a loss of the person “Applying Credits for Prior Cases in IL is Simple, Except When it’s Not”
I&F and the Illinois Chamber of Commenrce add Effingham date for Traveling Employee Seminar
We recently announced our upcoming March 25 seminar at the Illinois Chamber of Commerce covering issues related to traveling employees. For our downstate readers who cannot make “I&F and the Illinois Chamber of Commenrce add Effingham date for Traveling Employee Seminar”
I&F to Present Traveling Employee Seminar at IL Chamber of Commerce
When is a slip and fall compensable? When is an employee a “traveling employee,” and what does the law allow as a compensable accident for “I&F to Present Traveling Employee Seminar at IL Chamber of Commerce”