Court Publishes Decision Penalizing Employer for Refusing to Pay Physical Therapy Bill

The Commonwealth Court last week ordered publication of a decision upholding an assessment of penalties against an employer for failing to promptly pay for a worker's medical treatment. New Alexandria Borough hadn't paid for Larry Tenerovich's physical therapy sessions because it had been billed by a company that hadn't provided the treatment. Under the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, an employer is liable for the cost of reasonable medical services rendered to an injured worker by "physicians or other health care providers" for the treatment of an emplo...