Medical Provider Claims for Payment Aren't Subject to Comp Act's Statute of Limitations

The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division last week ruled that a group of medical providers who treated injured workers were not time-barred from receiving payment for their services. Although the Legislature decided to shift jurisdiction for such claims to the Division of Workers' Compensation for adjudication, the court said the move didn’t make the payment claims subject to the two-year statute of limitations contained in the Workers' Compensation Act. “We conclude that subjecting medical provider claims to the two-year time bar would be like jamming a s...