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.

Medical bills are often the ugliest part of a workers’ compensation settlement.

On January 21, 2022, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois issued a decision in the matter of Donovan Munoz v. Bulley & Andrews.

On February 3, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court held that claims under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act) are not barred by the Workers’ Compensation Act’s (Compensation Act’s) exclusive remedy provisions and therefore, claimants may seek redress in the Circuit Court and not at the Workers’ Compensation Commission.

Furthering our commitment to be your trusted advisors in all areas of workers’ compensation defense, Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie, & Lowry is pleased to introduce our new Illinois Workers’ Compensation Fraud Practice Group.

Employers are sure to have questions regarding OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) addressing COVID-19 vaccines, testing and masking requirements that may apply to employers with over 100 employees.

Lisa Azoory-Keller has authored an article published in the December edition of the Illinois Municipal League Review.