Treatment Provider Gets Paid Despite Employer's Retroactive Controversion of Claim

The Alaska Supreme Court upheld an award of payment to a provider for services it rendered to a state worker before the employer filed a retroactive controversion of medical treatment. Case: Alaska State Commission for Human Rights v. United Physical Therapy, Nos. S-17634/17650, 04/16/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: An employee of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights with preexisting medical conditions was involved in a work-related motor vehicle accident in January 2017. The employee saw Dr. Teresa Bormann two days after the accident. X-rays showed no fract...