BWC Posts Guidebook on Lifetime Medical vs. Closed Benefits

Subrogation? Medicare set-asides? Lifetime medical or closed benefits? Those are some of the questions that seriously injured workers face when considering settlements, and the Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation has posted a booklet designed to explain the options available. The “30 Minute Guide to Medical Treatment After Settlement” covers best practices and “was created to provide injured workers a resource to better understand open lifetime medical benefits and what it means when injured workers choose to close their workers’ compensation claims,&rdq...