Legislation has been introduced in Washington, D.C. to streamline the process  of coordinating workers’ compensation benefits with Medicare and Medicaid coverage when settling workers’ compensation claims.  Currently, it is taking way too long for the Federal government to provide the information regarding Medicare/Medicaid payments made to injured workers that is required to be contained in…

More good news for Oregon workers injured on the job.  A new law which goes into effect January 1 2012 allows the worker and workers’ compensation insurer to agree on the amount of medical payments to be paid out of a Disputed Claim Settlement (DCS) and the worker is protected from collection actions from the doctors…