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A New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Webinar

Medical Provider Claims

Medical provider claims are one of the most challenging and contentious types of claims in New Jersey workers’ compensation law. They involve disputes between medical providers and employers or insurers over the payment of medical bills for the treatment of injured workers. In this seminar, you will learn how to effectively and efficiently handle the various issues and stages of medical provider claims.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the best and improve your career. Register now and join us for this informative and stimulating seminar!

  • Course Outline
  • Who Should Attend?
  • Pleadings and initial discovery by applicant: What is required for a medical provider to prepare and file a medical provider application for payment or reimbursement of medical charges, and how to conduct initial discovery to obtain relevant information and documents from the respondent.
  • Defending medical provider claims initial evaluation: How to evaluate the merits and risks of a medical provider claim, and how to decide whether to pay, deny, or negotiate the claim, as well as the procedures and deadlines for filing the answer and counterclaim.
  • Developing a defense strategy: How to develop and implement a defense strategy for a medical provider claim, and how to use various defense tools and tactics, such as fee schedules, utilization review, medical necessity, causal relationship, and statute of limitations.
  • The Wottrich case (decided in 2023, argued by Gregory Lois): How to understand and apply the landmark decision of Judge Leitner in the Wottrich case, which clarified the jurisdiction and authority of the Division of Workers' Compensation over medical provider claims, and how to deal with the implications and consequences of this decision for future cases.
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About the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Webinar Series

Starting in 2024, the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Webinar Series will be held at 1:00 PM EST on either the FIRST or SECOND Monday of the month. Please check each webinar listing for the exact day they will take place. To register for a New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Webinar, click the button below:

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This is the 2023 edition of Gregory Lois’New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law Handbook.”

THE MOST PRACTICAL, up-to-date, and easy-to-understand guide to workers' compensation claims in New Jersey. This book is designed for employers, attorneys, claim adjusters, physicians, self-insured employers, and vocational rehabilitation workers. This guide is written in plain English by a New Jersey State attorney and provides a detailed analysis of relevant statutes and regulations; a complete recap of recent court decisions including 2021 & 2022 cases; and a full description of current practice.

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Learn More About New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Defense at LOIS

For more than 20 years we have represented insurance carriers, self-insured employers, third party claim administrators, and employers before New Jersey’s Division of Workers’ Compensation. Our founding partner, Gregory Lois, is co-author of the LexisNexis “Practice Guide to Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey” (2017, ISBN:9781632838735) and served as Law Clerk to Hon. Joan Mott, Administrative Supervisor of Workers Compensation.

Along with partners Karen Vincent and Joe Jones (New Jersey Practice Group Team Leader) and a dedicated team of experienced attorneys and paraprofessionals, we handle New Jersey cases from cradle-to-grave. We want to be by your side, moving cases aggressively to closure from the start of litigation all the way through to settlement.

We only assign one attorney and one paralegal to each case. The attorney/paralegal assignments are made based on the court the case will be listed in.

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