Overview
Joe (he/him) has extensive experience working with clients on resolving medical bill disputes and reducing medical bills under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Schedule. Joe helps clients mitigate costs of resolving inflated bills for excessive medical treatment and negotiate surgery bills when medical providers attempt to manipulate the fee schedule for additional reimbursement.
Clients turn to Joe for his sharp attention to detail, experience in handling medical bill and Medicare Secondary Payer issues in workers’ compensation cases, and his creative methods for resolving complicated claims.
He believes the practice of law requires a case-specific approach, ability to assess a client’s individual goals, a multi-faceted skill set, and an inherent curiosity in unique and novel legal issues.
After receiving his Illinois attorney license in 2016, Joe joined Nyhan as an Associate, following his position with the firm as a law clerk during his 2L year in law school. In his multiple capacities with the firm, Joe further developed his strongest skills, legal research and writing, while also expanding his skill set to litigation.
During law school, Joe held an internship with the American Medical Association as a summer scholar for their Council on Ethical & Judicial Affairs as well as an externship for Justice Anne M. Burke of the Illinois Supreme Court. In addition, Joe spent time as a law clerk for a Plaintiff’s personal injury firm and a professional licensure defense firm.
In his free time, Joe enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, and attending concerts
News
- IWCC Medical Fee Advisory Board Proposes Rules Defining “Explanation of Benefits”
- Three Nyhan Attorneys Named to 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
- Nyhan’s Super Lawyers Roster Expands in 2024 Totaling Five Named Attorneys
- Joseph Gregorio Elected to The National Medicare Secondary Payer Network’s 2024 Board of Directors
- Circuit Court Resolves Common Fee Schedule Issue: Surgery Center Can’t Get Paid for “Missing” Surgery Codes
- Julie Garrison and Joe Gregorio Earn Certified Medicare Secondary Payer-Fellow Certification
- Nyhan Attorneys to Speak at ISIA Nuts & Bolts Spring Educational Workshop
- It’s Elevation Day at NBKL!
- Between the Numbers: CMS Releases (Some) Data on WCMSA Submissions and Approvals From the Last Three Years
- MSP Case Law Update
- IWCC Publishes Proposed Rules Defining “Explanation of Benefits”
- The Importance of Using Accurate Diagnosis Codes in Section 111 Reports
- UPDATE: SCOTUS Finds That Health Plan Does Not Violate MSPA Because It Does Not Discriminate Against ESRD Patients
- Did Medicare Really Need to Do That?
- Uncertain Surgery Costs: A Call for Transparency in WCMSA Pricing of Allocated Surgeries
- 30 Acts of Service for 30 Years
- Updated WCMSA Reference Guide Provides Insight into Surgery Pricing
- Illinois COVID-19 Presumption of Compensability “Expires”
- Federal Courts Disagree Whether State Guarantee Funds are Subject to MSP Reporting Obligations
- Joseph Gregorio Earns Certified Medicare Secondary Payer Professional Certification
- SCOTUS Set to Decide What Constitutes a Conditional Payment in the Context of a Health Plan’s Alleged Discrimination of ESRD Patients
- IWCC Approves 15% Fee Schedule Increase for Reimbursement of Evaluation and Management Codes
- NC Appellate Court Interprets Federal SSI Statues to Exclude WCMSA Funds Federal as Countable Resources for Medicaid Determinations
Representative Matters
- Secured a zero-dollar award before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission based on a denied accident where the employee told a supervisor the injury occurred outside of work.