Worker Can Collect Medical Benefits Based on Invoice Amount, Not Sum Paid by Medicaid

The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to an award of medical benefits based on the full invoice amount of her treatments, even though the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had covered the cost and paid the providers a lesser amount. Nickole Thompson worked for Burley Inn Inc. She tripped and fell at work on March 28, 2019. Thompson was able to catch herself mid-fall on a table, but she experienced a sharp pain in her lower back/upper left buttock area. Thompson was diagnosed with a lumbar strain and received treatment through May 2019 for left-side lowe...