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On May 21, 2020, amendments to the Illinois Occupational Diseases Act created a rebuttable presumption in favor of compensability for COVID-19 first responders and front-line workers who contract COVID-19; the expansive definition of “front-line workers” is based on occupations identified in the Governor’s Executive Order 2020-10 and includes employees of grocery stores, banks, postal workers, public transportation, hardware stores, etc. provided that their occupation required them to encounter members of the general public or to work in locations of more than 15 employees.
In the January 2021 legislative session the General Assembly approved HB 4276, which Governor Pritzker signed into law as PA 101-563.
Illinois law requires employers to provide workers' compensation insurance for almost everyone who is hired, injured, or whose employment is localized in Illinois.
The ISIA is pleased to present its 2021 VIRTUAL “NUTS AND BOLTS” program. This program is designed as a basic, entry-level introduction to Illinois Workers’ Compensation.
One of the challenging tasks for MSA allocators is persuading CMS to exclude a surgical allocation when a future surgical procedure is mentioned in the medical record.
Although our nation is currently focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid abuse epidemic continues to claim many lives.
Prescription drugs can make up a large part of a Medicare Set-Aside. Since Medicare prices future prescription drugs using average wholesale price, the ultimate cost of the drugs through a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) is often less than the average wholesale price.
Almost every Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) includes future diagnostic imaging studies, usually x-rays and MRIs.
At NBKL, we pride ourselves in our ability to take teamwork to the next level, and in a recent MSA case, we put this teamwork to the test.