PA Taking New Action on Med-Only Claims

In recent years, the workers' compensation industry has been faced with changing its legal treatment of medical-only claims. Medical-only claims typically occur when the injured worker suffers no loss of earning power at the outset of the claim, but medical treatment is rendered. Because there is no loss of earning power, an injured worker is not considered disabled. As such, many claims representatives do not file any Bureau forms, except for the Employer's Report of Occupational Injury or Disease (Form LIBC-344), opting instead to provide basic claim data to injured workers via letters. I...