Our Workers’ Compensation Law allows and even encourages insurance carriers to hire ‘nurse case managers’ to handle and direct an injured worker’s medical care in a claim. Although many nurse case managers are generally good people, make no...
Unfortunately, under our Workers’ Compensation Law, the insurance company in a workers’ compensation case has an almost unlimited right to direct a claimant’s medical care, throughout the claim. The insurance carrier often uses this advantage,...
As outlined previously, in this blog (http://hartlawfirmllp.com/the-weekly-compensation-rate-in-workers-compensation-law/), an injured employee’s weekly compensation rate is extremely important to a workers’ compensation case, because it often represents...
Independent medical examinations (IMEs) are very common in Arkansas workers’ compensation claims. The way it typically works is that the insurance company or one of its agents contacts the injured employee, in the middle of a claim, and says:...
Under Arkansas Law, the insurance company in a workers’ compensation claim has the right to direct an injured employee’s initial medical care. Often times, this means that an injured worker will be sent to a “company doctor” who is familiar to...
