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Georgia Workers Compensation blog

Covers workers' comp and other benefits issues and legal developments.
By Jodi Ginsberg

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What is a "Claimant's IME" and How Can I Take Advantage of this Powerful Benefit?

Posted on July 20, 2010
I often explain to my clients that a major struggle in any workers' compensation case relates to medical care. Georgia law gives employers the first opportunity to decide where an injured worker must go for treatment but this control is not complete: More on What is a "Claimant's IME" and How Can I Take Advantage of this Powerful Benefit?

Case Study: Injured worker's employer illegally discourages him from pursuing workers' comp benefits

Posted on July 20, 2010
Throughout this summer, I plan on posting several Georgia workers' compensation case studies. These case studies involve actual cases I have managed in recent years, and they often touch on many issues people may face when going through the workers' compensation system in Georgia...

Are medical and vocational rehabilitation costs covered under worker's comp?

Posted on July 20, 2010
What is Worker's Compensation? Worker's compensation, or more colloquially worker's comp, refers to a type of insurance which provides certain benefits to employees that are injured on the job such as income due to lost wages and medical treatment. Additionally, the employee relinquishes their right to sue the employer for negligence once they file a worker's compensation claim...

What is a Workers' Comp Managed Care Organization?

Posted on July 20, 2010
Who is entitled to worker's compensation benefits? In the state of Georgia, you are entitled to receive worker's comp benefits if you are injured on the job and the following criteria are met: More on What is a Workers' Comp Managed Care Organization?

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The Nurse Case Manager ? Who is She and Does She Belong on Your Case

Posted on July 19, 2010
One of the lesser known players used by Georgia workers' comp insurers is the nurse case manager. In the past, insurers could assign nurse case managers to every claim. Now, claimants and their lawyers can terminate the involvement of nurse case managers, except in the instance of catastrophic injury cases...

Case Study: Workers Compensation for Severe Ankle and Foot Injuries

Posted on July 15, 2010
Welcome to the 7th installment of my summer long series on Georgia Workers' comp case studies. In the following case study, I discuss workers compensation for severe ankle and foot injuries. More on Case Study: Workers Compensation for Severe Ankle and Foot Injuries

Case Study: Cervical Injury Made Worse Due to Return to Job

Posted on July 10, 2010
Welcome to the 6th installment of my summer long series on Georgia Workers' comp case studies. In the following case study, I discuss a case in which a client's cervical injury was made worse by a return to work. More on Case Study: Cervical Injury Made Worse Due to Return to Job

Case Study: Workers' Comp Case Involving Outstanding Medical Bills

Posted on July 01, 2010
Welcome to the 5th installment of my summer long series on Georgia Workers' comp case studies. In the following case study, I discuss a workers' comp case involving outstanding medical bills. More on Case Study: Workers' Comp Case Involving Outstanding Medical Bills

Case Study: Workers Compensation Case Involving a Long Term Employee with Multiple Job Injuries

Posted on June 24, 2010
Welcome to the 4rd installment of my summer long series on Georgia Workers' comp case studies. In the following case study, I discuss a case involving a long-term employee who sustained multiple job injuries. More on Case Study: Workers Compensation Case Involving a Long Term Employee with Multiple Job Injuries

Case Study: Workers Compensation and Repetitive Motion Injuries

Posted on June 17, 2010
Welcome to the 3rd installment of my summer long series on Georgia Workers' comp case studies. In the following case study, I discuss workers' compensation and repetitive motion injuries. An overview of DeQuervain?s Syndrome and Lateral CTS DeQuervain Syndrome is also nicknamed Mother?s Wrist or Washerwoman?s Sprain...

Case Study: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Workers? Compensation

Posted on June 10, 2010
Welcome to the 2nd installment of my summer long series on Georgia Workers' comp case studies. In the following case study, I discuss Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and Workers' Compensation. What is Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy? CRPS or complex regional pain syndrome as it is technically known by is a progressively chronic disease that is characterized by changes, pain, and swelling of the skin...

What is a "Claimant's IME" and How Can I Take Advantage of this Powerful Benefit?

Posted on June 09, 2010
I often explain to my clients that a major struggle in any workers' compensation case relates to medical care.� Georgia law gives employers the first opportunity to decide where an injured worker must go for treatment but this control is not complete: More on What is a "Claimant's IME" and How Can I Take Advantage of this Powerful Benefit?

Case Study: Injured worker's employer illegally discourages him from pursuing workers' comp benefits

Posted on June 03, 2010
Throughout this summer, I plan on posting several Georgia workers' compensation case studies. These case studies involve actual cases I have managed in recent years, and they often touch on many issues people may face when going through the workers' compensation system in Georgia...

Are medical and vocational rehabilitation costs covered under worker?s comp?

Posted on May 30, 2010
What is Worker?s Compensation? Worker?s compensation, or more colloquially worker?s comp, refers to a type of insurance which provides certain benefits to employees that are injured on the job such as income due to lost wages and medical treatment. Additionally, the employee relinquishes their right to sue the employer for negligence once they file a worker?s compensation claim...

What is a Workers? Comp Managed Care Organization?

Posted on May 20, 2010
Who is entitled to worker?s compensation benefits? In the state of Georgia, you are entitled to receive worker?s comp benefits if you are injured on the job and the following criteria are met: More on What is a Workers? Comp Managed Care Organization?

Independent Contractors and Workers' Compensation

Posted on May 11, 2010
What is an independent contractor? Any business, corporation, or individual that provides products or services to a business entity and is specified contractually or by verbal agreement is referred to as an ?independent contractor.? According to the IRS tax codes, they are not defined or recognized as an employee of that business or corporation...

Psychiatric Issues and Workers' Compensation

Posted on May 05, 2010
Workers? Compensation Insurance can cover mental conditions. However, for this to happen, you really need to be able to link the mental condition to a specific event ? such as a traumatic event experienced on the job or the development of a physical problem which then lead to your mental problem...

Case Study: hospital worker with severe latex allergy sustains debilitating injuries to the immune system

Posted on April 21, 2010
Workers' Compensation Insurance and Occupational Disease/Injuries As you may already know, Workers? Compensation insurance is one of the most widely accessible entitlement programs in the US today. It is most commonly referred to as a series of paid benefits available to any employee who is injured on the job or becomes ill as a result of performing their jobs...

Workers' Comp Tip: If your work involves tips, keep good/accurate records of wages earned

Posted on April 02, 2010
Recently I had a workers' comp case where my client suffered from a very severe and complex ankle injury and had to undergo 2 surgeries over a period of several months. Even after the surgeries, she still required ongoing medical care and had limited range of movement, resulting in her inability to work certain jobs...

Can Insurance Company Deny Treatment for Medication Side Effects?

Posted on February 27, 2010
Recently I had to handle a situation for a client when the workers' compensation insurance company denied treatment for migraine headaches caused by medication given to my client by an authorized physician. More on Can Insurance Company Deny Treatment for Medication Side Effects?

Independent Contractors vs. Employees: Know what kind of worker you are

Posted on February 17, 2010
The economic downturn has led to an increase in companies that try to cut payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees. This practice costs the government billions in lost revenue and can leave workers with nothing when they are hurt on the job or are laid off...

Judge Orders Injured Worker to Allow Insurance Company to Examine His Computer

Posted on February 14, 2010
Last July, I wrote a post on this blog about how your Facebook profile could be used against you in your case.� The Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation will allow defense counsel to introduce status updates and pictures to challenge your assertions that you are injured and cannot work...

Business Practices of Georgia Workers? Comp Company Compared to Enron

Posted on January 18, 2010
The malpractice of a Georgia workers? compensation company, which has been compared to the fraudulent actions of Enron, will ultimately have a large negative impact on innocent citizens. The State Insurance Commissioner's office has begun a criminal investigation into SEUS, an insurance company that provided workers? compensation insurance to dozens of Georgia communities...

Employee Gets Bad Information About Legitimate Job Injury

Posted on August 01, 2009
Although Georgia's workers' compensation system is supposed to foster an environment where legitimately injured workers can get needed treatment and then return to work, the reality is much different.�� It has been my experience that workers' compensation practice is just about as adversarial as divorce practice...

How Facebook Can Undermine Your Workers' Compensation Case

Posted on July 11, 2009
If you have a computer and enjoy sufing the web, there is a good chance that you have a profile on Facebook, mySpace, Twitter or any of more than a hundred social media sites.�� These sites exist to help you connect with others - often for social purposes, and sometimes for business purposes...

Injured Atlanta Cops Fight Workers Comp System

Posted on May 25, 2009
A front page story in the Sunday, May 24, 2009 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution details the struggle of five catastrophically injured Atlanta police officers to obtain needed medical help from the City of Atlanta's workers' compensation office...

Weekly Wage Benefits are Exempt from Garnishment

Posted on February 24, 2009
A workers' compensation claim can result in many unpleasant changes in your life.�� Besides the health issues and the stress that you have to deal with, financial problems also often arise.� Recently one of my workers' comp clients called me to say that he was very concerned that he was about to be sued for past due credit cards...

Carpal Tunnel Diagnosis Need Not Arise from Repetitive Motion Job Tasks

Posted on December 06, 2008
In our Georgia workers compensation law practice, we regularly see carpal tunnel cases.� Carpel tunnel syndrome arises when the muscles in the wrist swell and compress the nerve running down the arm into the hand.� When this median nerve gets squeezed, you will experience pain, numbness and tingling in the hands...

How, When and To Whom Do I Give Notice of my On-the-Job Injury?

Posted on December 04, 2008
Several times a year, I get a call from an injured worker who is facing a denial from the insurance company on the grounds that no timely notice of a claim was filed.� The Georgia workers' compensation statute contains two separate notice provisions, both of which must be met: Notice to Employer The Georgia Code says that an injured worker must give notice to his employer within thirty (30) days after his on-the-job injury...

How Does Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Affect my Workers' Compensation Case?

Posted on September 24, 2008
I recently received a question from a gentleman named Charlie who asks: I filed chapter 13 about 2 years ago, now I got hurt on Job and am receiving W.C. ??In the process W.C. (...)

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