For those of us who have been doing Medicare Set-Asides for over a decade, CMS’ pricing of prescription drugs has been a difficult pill...

  On April 13, 2020, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission created an emergency amendment to Rule 9030.70, expanding the Commission’s Rules of Evidence to include...

  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its long-awaited proposed rule for imposition of mandatory civil penalties to enforce the Mandatory...

  Medical bills often become an issue at the brink of a workers’ compensation trial or settlement.  On the doorsteps of closure, a new primary...

  It’s important to recall the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act generally provides a triad of benefits for an injured worker. Those benefits are: payment of medical bills,...