Trial Court, Not DWC, Has Jurisdiction over Billing Dispute

A trial court, not the Division of Workers' Compensation, has jurisdiction over a complaint that an insurance carrier failed to pay a hospital for thousands of dollars in implants used in a worker’s back surgery, an appellate court ruled.Case: Valley Hospital v. LQ Management, No. A-0831-10T1, 08-08-2011, unpublished.Facts: The Valley Hospital billed LQ Management LLC almost $66,000 after the hospital treated an injured worker employed by the company. The hospital submitted the bill to LQ Management’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier, Zurich American Insurance Co.Z...