Law Firm Calls for Lobbying Effort to Defeat HB 1636

A Pennsylvania law firm representing injured workers is calling on readers of its blog to lobby state representatives and senators in the General Assembly to defeat legislation that would require workers to use an employer-picked coordinated care organization for the duration of a workers' compensation claim.In the blog "Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Law Blog," Glen Neiman, a partner in Brilliant & Neiman, said House Bill 1636 would rewrite a section of state law requiring workers to use the CCOs for 90 days.Lawmakers authorized the creation of CCOs in the worker's compens...