Can a cash practice see a workers’ compensation patient? Maybe. State laws govern workers’ compensation. If your state laws allow the employee to choose their heath care providers, versus allowing the employer to direct what providers see their injured workers, then you should be able to see the patient. State work comp laws may …
Speaker: Stephen Koerting, Attorney at Kelly, Remmel and Zimmerman Law Firm, Portland, ME. Description: Stephen Koerting will be our guest speaker for this webinar. Attorney Koerting works primarily in the field of maritime and admiralty law, personal injury and civil litigation. He will help you understand how federal maritime laws affect your patients’ compensation and …
Maine Practice Management Network Members: If you received the attached letter recently (or receive one in the future) from Prime Health Services, Inc. asking you to sign an Addendum to your Participation Agreement for workers’ compensation, it is because Prime thinks you have a contract with them to take a discount on your workers’ compensation …
RE: Confidential Attorney-Client Correspondence about MedRisk/OptumHealth Deceptive Trade and Unfair Claims Handling Practices in Maine MedRisk, Inc. has been calling PT providers after the PT gets a referral for a work comp case and telling the PT that they have to send their claims to MedRisk and get pre-authorization for treatment. On the cases I …
August 10, 2016 All PTs, OTs and Chiropractors need to be aware of a new scam I was made aware of this week. It is yet another attempt to redirect your claims to a third party so it can profit off your work without having any right to any payment whatsoever! A Maine PT client …
In winter, Maine farmers sow relief for the aches and pains that grow all year: How a new generation of farmers takes care of themselves, with yoga, physical therapy and common sense. Simons & Associates client, Ken Simons, PT, DPT, MS, OCS, was quoted throughout this fantastic article in the Portland Press Herald on Jan. …
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If your Maine Workers’ Compensation claims have been repriced and you did not get paid your charges or the applicable fee schedule, whichever is less, you can get paid. It’s easy! Simons & Associates Law will represent you in a Provider’s Petition for Payment for a contingency fee (see details below). To begin the process, simply …
Over the last two years, the problems with workers’ comp claim repricing have grown tremendously. I’m sure you’ve heard me say many times, scrutinize every single payment you get from all payers on workers compensation claims! Even if you haven’t yet had a problem, chances are you will or you already have and just haven’t …
Maine law requires all employers to provide workers’ compensation insurance for all employees regardless of the number of hours the employee works, including insurance for you as the owner unless you file a waiver with the Workers’ Compensation Board. If you are using or thinking about using independent contractors so you won’t have to provide workers’ …
Independent Contractor Test for Maine – Effective 12/31/2012 Read More »
The Maine Workers Compensation Board recently approved a new fee schedule effective 1/1/2013. There are some modest increases in most of the 97000 codes that PTs and OTs use. (Finally! The fee schedule has not been increased in at least 10 years!)
