30 Acts of Service for 30 Years

Beginning June 4, 2022, CMS will utilize the CDC’s “Table 1: Life Table for the total population: United States, 2019” for the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside life expectancy calculations.

Narcan, an opioid antagonist, works by blocking the effects of opioid drugs on the central nervous system.

In Anna Daniels v. Venta Corp., et. al., 2022 IL App (2d) 210244, the Second District discussed the effect of the exclusive remedy provision when an employer engages in illegal conduct.

On January 10, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services added Section 4.3 - The Use of Non-CMS-Approved Products to Address Future Medical Care to the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide (“Guide”).

Governor Evers signed 2021 Wisconsin Act 232 into law on April 8, 2022.

On April 7, 2022, HB1208 passed in both houses of the Illinois General Assembly, creating some changes to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act.

The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police have named Shareholder and State Representative Daniel J. Ugaste (R-Geneva) as a 2022 Public Official of the Year.

We are proud to announce that our shareholder and co-managing partner, Amy Bilton, was recently inducted as a Fellow into the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers during the Annual Induction held in New Orleans.

On March 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) submitted a proposed rule on Medicare Secondary Payer and Future Medicals (CMS-6047) to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which if adopted could have a game-changing impact on liability, and perhaps other types of cases throughout the country.