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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ALERT: Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Process clarified by Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued a decision on March 16, 2026 determining that a retail seller of durable medical equipment and medical supplies does not qualify as a “health care prov…

WORKER’S COMPENSATION ALERT: Workers’ Compensation Benefits Awarded to a First Responder Due to “Abnormal Working Conditions”

The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Pa WC Act) is very specific that for an injured worker to receive workers’ compensation benefits for mental injuries, the injury must have resulted from …

WORKER’S COMPENSATION ALERT: Workers’ Compensation Judge Has Jurisdiction to Assess Penalties for Nonpayment of Medical Bills Related to Work Injury following Fee Review Determination

The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Pa WC Act) is very specific that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier is responsible for the payment of all reasonable and necessary medical expense…

WORKER’S COMPENSATION ALERT: Specific Loss Benefits can be Posthumously Awarded to an Injured Worker’s Dependent or the Estate of the Decedent

Traditionally, Section 306(d) of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act provides a schedule to compensate injured employees for permanent losses. Specific loss benefits begin at the end of the …

WORKER’S COMPENSATION ALERT: An IRE Must Consider All Conditions Due To the Work Injury

In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court required Workers Compensation insurers using the Impairment Rating Evaluation (IRE) tool to consider all injuries alleged by a Claimant’s p…

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ALERT: Injured Worker Cannot Add Medical Condition Related to Work Injury

On January 8, 2025, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued a decision in Grow v. PECO Energy Company (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board) addressing “corrective” versus “consequential” amend…

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ALERT: Statewide Average Weekly Wage set for 2025

The Department of Labor & Industry has determined the statewide average weekly wage for injuries occurring on and after January 1, 2025, shall be $1,347.00 per week. Under the Workers’ Compensa…

WORKER’S COMPENSATION ALERT: Social Security Old Age/Retirement and Pension Offsets under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act

The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (PA WC Act) has several “offsets,” which provide a workers’ compensation insurer with a credit for certain types of benefits received by an injured worker…

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ALERT: Prohibited Self-Referrals to Pharmacies

In a recent case, 700 Pharmacy v. Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office (State Workers’ Insurance Fund), the Commonwealth Court addressed the issue of unlawful self-referrals fo…

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ALERT: Workers’ Compensation Judges in Pennsylvania Have the Ultimate Ability to Render Credibility Determinations When Deciding Cases

The Pennsylvania courts have consistently held that a Workers’ Compensation Judge is the final arbiter of credibility since they review the evidence and observe the witness testimony in a workers’ …

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