When people suffer injuries at work they may worry about more than just healing from their injury. If the injuries prevent them from working, people will not be able to earn an income. Without income, paying for their monthly obligations will be very difficult. This...


Workers’ Compensation
What is a workers’ compensation utilization review?
When Pennsylvania workers suffer a job-related injury, they might be under the impression that workers’ compensation benefits will be there to protect them, provide medical coverage and for wage loss. In many cases, that is exactly what the system does. However, the...
A closer look at workers’ compensation benefits in Pennsylvania
Workers’ compensation benefits can potentially help with a host of issues injured workers can face following a workplace injury. Because of that, injured workers should be intimately acquainted with what each of the benefits of workers’ compensation are and how each...
Be prepared to counter an independent medical evaluation
Recovering workers’ compensation benefits can lift a burden off your shoulders. After all, these benefits provide you with real financial relief while you focus on recovering your health. Yet, for far too many workers, this relief is short-lived as their benefits are...
What is the purpose of the workers’ compensation system?
Most people in Pennsylvania have heard of workers’ compensation. Fortunately, most people will never need to deal with the workers’ compensation system. But, the reality is that each year there are many people who get injured on the job and who need to submit a claim...
Workers’ compensation in Pennsylvania
Workers’ compensation is a system of insurance guaranteeing compensation for medical expenses or lost wages, as well as disability and other benefits, when a worker has suffered work-related injuries. While every state has separate requirements for employers to...
Who is eligible for workers’ compensation benefits?
Different jobs in Pennsylvania have different job requirements. In order to work at a certain job people need to meet those requirements. While different jobs have different job requirements, every employee at every job have one thing in common and that is that they...
What compensation is available for workplace injuries?
Those in the Scranton area who are injured on the job experience significant physical injuries and psychological distress. If you are injured, you want to focus on regaining your health, but you may be concerned about how you will be able to pay your bills and put...
Workers’ comp: What is an Impairment Rating Evaluation?
Workers’ compensation is an invaluable program to employees who are injured on the job. Serious injuries can have long-lasting effects on the employee’s ability to work and, therefore, provide income for them and their family. Workers’ compensation is there to...
Taking the mystery out of workers’ compensation claims
Suffering an on-the-job injury can be quite a challenge for workers in Pennsylvania to overcome, in many different ways. First, injured workers are usually worried about their health and what it will take to make a full physical recovery. Next, injured workers are...