Don’t Let Unrestrained Medical Derail Your Workers’ Compensation Claims Handling

Claims professionals should understand differences between minimally invasive, non-operative procedures and surgical procedures for the cervical and lumbar spines as they pertain to anticipated outcomes for return to work. The focus should be on avoiding “runaway” medical treatment that we know increases claims costs. This article will explore such treatments in New Jersey workers’ compensation and the impact on an injured worker’s return to work. The authors of this article are not medical physicians but consulted medical physicians, who routinely treat cervical and lumbar spine injures in New Jersey workers’ compensation, for their professional input.

Read the full article, published in the New Jersey Law Journal, by Vanessa Mendelewski and Robert Hanneman, Jr., Partners in Weber Gallagher’s Workers’ Compensation Practice. Subscription may be required after first free article.