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,...

  The act of manually turning a key or using a screwdriver does not require an incredible amount of force. That said, performing the same...

  The “Eggshell Skull Rule” is a longstanding principle in workers’ compensation law.  Under the rule, you take an injured worker as you find him. ...