A workers' compensation settlement covers several costs incurred when an employee is injured. Learn about the workers' compensation settlement process.

Anyone who has even a passing familiarity with the practice of workers' compensation is aware that lump sum settlements are almost always, strictly voluntary. The act does still offer a vehicle for a ...

Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made changes to its reporting rules, Section 111, specifically as it relates to ...

February 15, 2024 - The objective of every workers' compensation system is to provide an injured worker with reasonable and necessary medical care and wage replacement while they recover from an ...

A man who was injured falling from a ladder has reached a $4.25 million workers' compensation settlement more than five years after the accident. Lorenzo Cortez, now 44, was painting a house in ...

Slip and fall accidents remain one of the most common causes of workplace injuries, particularly during winter months when ice, snow, and ...

Luann Jenkins, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CFPC, recently addressed a Medicare denial that occurs when CMS has been involved in the settlement of a Workers’ Compensation case, according to an AAPC release. PR ...

A Minneapolis City Council committee approved four workers’ comp settlements with city employees on Monday, including one for former police officer Michael Griffin, who cost the city nearly $411,000 ...

Notifying Medicare about a workers’ compensation arrangement is crucial. Without notification, a person risks claim denials and having to reimburse Medicare. Workers’ compensation is insurance for ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...