Getting medical bills paid has become very complex. Billing for treating injured workers is no exception. This article offers guidelines in how you are paid for treating injured workers. You may wish to give this information to your billing office. The form required for billing is either DCBS Form UB-92 or Form HCFA-1500, “Health Insurance … Read more
Injured workers who must prove they need treatment primarily because of their work injury depend on their doctors’ opinions to do so. What makes for a legally convincing medical opinion? Recent changes in the Workers’ Compensation law which require a showing of “major cause” in some contexts have created a semantic challenge both for … Read more
If you have a patient with a work injury, you probably know that your records are vital to her/his compensation claim. But did you know that your patient could lose out totally if your notes don’t meet the new criteria for “objective findings” recently written into Oregon law? The concept of “objective findings” may confuse … Read more
Two recent cases tried by this office illustrate the importance of medical evidence to jury awards of non-economic damages. In one case, our client (“Client A”) had suffered soft tissue injuries. The jury awarded $75,000, which was all we had asked for, in non-economic damages. The doctor who testified as Defense Medical Examiner (“DME doctor”) … Read more
It has come to our attention that some doctors’ offices are wary of treating persons involved in motor vehicle accidents. Perhaps there are concerns about long delays in getting the medical bills paid or not being paid at all. This article looks at legal provisions for paying the medical bills of persons injured in motor … Read more