High Court Declines to Extend Medical Providers' Entitlement to Automatic Payment

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that when an employer fails to give a medical provider notice of its right to intervene in a workers’ compensation proceeding, the medical provider is not entitled to automatic payment of the unpaid medical charges unless the medical provider can show the lack of notice resulted in prejudice. Case: Gamble v. Twin Cities Concrete Products, No. A13-1409, 08/13/2014, published. Facts: Lon Gamble suffered injuries in the course of his employment with Twin Cities Concrete Products. His doctor recommended surgery, but Twin Cities refused to pay for the proc...