What if you have health insurance and you are injured on the job?
In Illinois, Work Comp insurance is sometimes slow to pay or authorize medical treatment.
Often the fastest way to get treatment is to run the treatment through your group health insurance.
The most important thing is to get your treatment and get back to work.
Do not worry if your health insurance has to pay. Workers’ Compensation insurance will have to reimburse or pay back your group health insurance company at the end of the case.
However, if your health insurance pays for Work Comp bills, then your settlement contracts will have to reflect that Work Comp is going to pay your insurance company back or you may end owing your health insurance for the bills. Be very careful about this.
Questions about your medical bills and Work Comp? Feel free to call Bloomington, Illinois Workmans Compensation Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.