What restrictions can insurance company place on selection of the Primary Treating Physician(PTP) within its MPN in California?
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Answered on April 07, 2021
The Labor Code lets you pick the specialist within the MPN as the PTP that you wish. THE TROUBLE is most specialists do not want to be the...
How can I get unemployment if I need to quit my job due to bedbugs on worksite?
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Answered on April 07, 2021
Instead of writing a Resignation, what if you wrote both the Client and IHSS/Dept of Aging for San Berdoo County that you cannot serve him in his...
Can a qme decide i cant return to work?
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Answered on April 06, 2021
Can a QME write that you have permanent restrictions stopping you from safely performing the pre-injury job? YES. Can your attorney (or the...
My wife was given a 8 percent permanent disability award tThey offered $7,000 and not sure if that is a good number.
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Answered on April 06, 2021
8% Whole Person Impairment for someone using their wrist all day might go up to 20% Permanent Disability. So is that 8% WPI or PD? Makes a HUGE...
Can I sue my employer and/or their insurance company due to negligence?
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Answered on April 06, 2021
NO, there is no 'Negligence' in Workers Comp. It's a near to a no-fault system as we have in California. YOU DO have a standard workers...
I've received my QME report in the mail today and I've been given a 15% impairment rating. What happens from here?
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Answered on March 31, 2021
The Judge can take two reports into evidence, your treating physician's report and the QME. Maybe your attorney can persuade the insurer that the...
If I dismiss or cancel my worker’s comp claim, will my job still pay for my physical therapy?
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Answered on March 29, 2021
NO. PLUS any diagnostic companies or doctors or any providers that have not yet been paid will come after YOU PERSONALLY because they relied on...
Can I be let go if I am out on disability and they denied my claim? Would I be liable for any doctors visits or procedures?
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Answered on March 29, 2021
Yes, you can be terminated when you are off work as totally disabled. California is an at-will employment state, so unless you had a contract for...
Claim Denial, Deposition, QME and Appeals Hearing... No Arbitration or Regular hearing?
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Answered on March 26, 2021
The Labor Code governs the hearing names/procedure. There is no such animal in the code as an 'emergency appeal'. (on Accepted Claims only there...
Can I sue if I got in a major accident & the semi company I worked for didn’t put me under their insurance & back is hurting now
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Answered on March 26, 2021
TWO actions are pending: YOUR action against the driver that hit you (but you write investigators found no evidence of that driver, so that could...
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