Basic Benefits
The dollar threshold for Examining referrals.
What is $500,000?
This is a disability caused by a work-related injury or disease that renders an injured employee unable to ever return to gainful employment.
What is permanent total disability?
The estimate set for indemnity, medical and expense costs on a claim based on most probable outcome
What is a reserve?
This can reduce the cost of a workers compensation claim by shortening the length of time that the injured employee is disabled and also benefits society as a whole by providing job search or retraining?
What is vocational rehabilitation?
Injury to the employee is caused by someone else's negligence.
What is a Third Party?
Recovery under the applicable workers compensation law against the employer is often referred to as this.
What is employee’s exclusive remedy?
This type of employee is one hired for only a short period, usually to accomplish a particular task.
What is a casual employee?
This is a disability caused by a work-related disease that temporarily renders an injured employee unable to perform any job duties for a period of time. After that period, the worker is expected to be able to resume all job duties.
What is temporary total disability?
This is a disease thought to be caused by the work environment.
What is occupational disease?
Place, Work location, Accident location, Lives, Hired, Supervised.
What is PWALSH?
This benefit includes a flat amount for burial expense and partial replacement of the worker’s former weekly wage.
What is death benefits?
These laws provide no-fault protection by removing the right of employees to sue their employers for injuries covered by the applicable workers compensation statute, while obligating employers to compensate injured employees even if employer negligence is not involved.
What is workers compensation statutes?
These employees have all the outward appearance of regular employees, work continuously for the same firm and are subject to control by the firm just as they would be if they were its direct employees.
What are leased employees?
What is the Going and Coming Rule?
What is Indemnity?
This is a person hired to perform services for another under the direction and control of the other party, called the employer.
What is an employee?
If the injured worker is receiving SSDI for at least 24 continuous months, and you want to settle the claim, what is necessary to obtain?
What is a Medicare Set Aside?
This is a firm that is responsible for all payroll taxes, employee benefits, and workers compensation coverage. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE
What is PEO (Professional Employer Organization)?
Medical requirement prior to determining whether a Spinal Cord Stimulator is appropriate.
What is a Psychiatric Evaluation?
First-dollar benefits are ordinarily provided; no deductible or coinsurance provisions are imposed on the employee
What are medical benefits?
This type of an employee is hired for short-term assignments to cope with peak loads.
What is a temporary employee?
This person can be hired to perform services without being subject to the hirer’s direction and control regarding work details.
What is an independent contractor?
History utilized to establish the average weekly wage for a claim.
What is a Wage Statement?
An exclusive remedy to injured maritime workers.
What is US Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act?