PLEASE NOTE: The below warning now appears on WCAIS: Final decisions rendered (including C & Rs), signed agreements, and LIBC-751s must have an EDI transaction to reflect the acceptance, modification, suspension, or closure of the claim in WCAIS. This is nothing...
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What records must an IRE physician review in order for his or her opinion to be valid?
The Commonwealth Court addressed this question (as well as yet another constitutional issue) in the case of Conrad v. Department of Transportation (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board), No. 557 C.D. 2022, filed February 26, 2024. The short answer is: “whatever...
Reimbursement of Prescription Drugs in Pennsylvania Workers Compensation
In one of the first decisions this year, the Commonwealth Court has addressed the use of the Red Book in calculating payment owed for prescription medications. Specifically, the Workers’ Compensation Act provides that payment for prescription drugs and professional...
When is employment truly concurrent?
The Miriam-Webster Dictionary defines ”concurrent” as: operating or occurring at the same time. “Not necessarily so!” says the Commonwealth Court. The definition is not to be strictly applied when defining employment under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act....