Workers Compensation Commission

Is this a potential workers’ compensation claim? If this happened in Illinois it could be.

Medical Treatment Under the New Work Comp Law

For injuries after June 28, 2011 the way medical treatment is allowed has changed.

The new law in Illinois allows the employer to establish a Preferred Provider Program.

The PPP must be in place and approved at the time of injury.

The injured worker must be informed of the PPP on a specific form.

The injured worker has 2 choices of doctors within the network.

If the Workers’ Compensation Commission finds the second doctor has not provided adequate care, then you may chose a doctor out of network.

The injured worker may opt out of the PPP at any time but it constitutes a choice of one doctor.

Non-emergency treatment prior to the report of injury counts as the choice of 1 doctor.

You are still limited to the choice of 2 doctors.

Questions about your Illinois work injury? Feel free to contact Illinois Work Comp Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Chicago Tribune article summarizes Illinois workers’ compensation law changes. Click here to read.

What takes Workers’ Compensation insurance companies so long to pay time off work pay or the settlement?

It saves them money to prolong payment.

They have different levels of people who must sign off on the payment. Remember these are large businesses.

The adjusters are overworked. Insurance companies have cut back on staff like other businesses.

The bottom line is that you must keep asking them when the payment is coming. The more you bother them the quicker they want to get rid of you.

Questions about your Work Injury? Feel free to call Illinois Work Comp Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.