{"id":135,"date":"2013-03-18T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/?p=135"},"modified":"2013-03-18T09:01:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:01:54","slug":"who-is-workers-comp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is &#8220;Workers Comp&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Workers Compensation is a whole new world and if you\u2019ve never dealt with it before, you might feel like you just fell into the Land of Oz.<\/p>\n<p>Many Employees that I meet think that they have been dealing with the Workers Compensation Board when actually they have been talking to an adjuster for an insurance company. So when the adjuster tells them something like\"Workers Compensation will not pay for that surgery\", the Employee believes that it\u2019s the law that is preventing them from getting the surgery whereas the truth is that it\u2019s an insurance company trying to increase it\u2019s profits by denying the Employee\u2019s benefits.<\/p>\n<p>So who is \"Workers Compensation\"?\u00a0 The Division of Workers Compensation is a part of the State of Alaska\u2019s Department of Labor.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/labor.state.ak.us\/wc\/home.htm.\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/labor.state.ak.us\/wc\/home.htm.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 It has a director in Juneau and offices in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.\u00a0\u00a0 In each of the offices, there hearing officers who manage the files.\u00a0 In the Anchorage office, there are legal technicians who are available to talk to injured Employees.\u00a0 If a case goes to a hearing, it will be decided by Board members of which there are three: a hearing officer who is an employee of the Division, and two members of the public appointed by the governor.\u00a0 One of the members is from labor and one is from management.\u00a0\u00a0 These are the people who decide what an Employee\u2019s rights are.<\/p>\n<p>There is usually an insurance company involved in your case because all employers in the State of Alaska are required to carry workers compensation insurance unless they are approved as self-insured employers.\u00a0 If they are self-insured, they will hire an adjusting firm to handle the files.\u00a0 The adjuster does not work for the State.\u00a0 The five largest insurers in Alaska are: Alaska National, State of Alaska, Liberty Northwest, Commerce &amp; Industry, and Liberty Insurance.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/labor.state.ak.us\/wc\/forms\/2011AR.pdf.\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/labor.state.ak.us\/wc\/forms\/2011AR.pdf.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is important to remember that when you are talking to someone from the insurance company, they do not speak for the Board.\u00a0 They represent the insurance company who pays their salary and their job is to save the insurance company money.\u00a0\u00a0 The adjusters have orders from the supervisors on how to handle claims, they have very little discretion.\u00a0 So there is no point in arguing with them.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding your case, you can go to the Workers Compensation office and talk to a legal technician and you can consult with an attorney.\u00a0\u00a0 The Law Office of Keenan Powell provides free consultations regardless of whether or not you have been controverted.\u00a0\u00a0 To contact Keenan Powell, use the contact form on this page or call 258-7663.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Workers Compensation, see:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/faq-wc.html.\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/faq-wc.html.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:keenan@keenanpowell.com.\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">mailto:keenan@keenanpowell.com.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers Compensation is a whole new world and if you\u2019ve never dealt with it before, you might feel like you just fell into the Land of Oz. Many Employees that I meet think that they have been dealing with the Workers Compensation Board when actually they have been talking to an adjuster for an insurance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Who is &#8220;Workers Comp&#8221;?\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-workers-compensation","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry","9":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who is &quot;Workers Comp&quot;? - Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who is &quot;Workers Comp&quot;? - Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Workers Compensation is a whole new world and if you\u2019ve never dealt with it before, you might feel like you just fell into the Land of Oz. Many Employees that I meet think that they have been dealing with the Workers Compensation Board when actually they have been talking to an adjuster for an insurance ...continue reading &quot;Who is &#8220;Workers Comp&#8221;?&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-18T17:01:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Keenan Powell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Keenan Powell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Keenan Powell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fef8eaac5ea95f5b7ff4074311b55eda\"},\"headline\":\"Who is &#8220;Workers Comp&#8221;?\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-18T17:01:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/\"},\"wordCount\":478,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Workers Compensation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/\",\"name\":\"Who is \\\"Workers Comp\\\"? - Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-18T17:01:54+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law\",\"description\":\"Alaskan Attorney &quot;Fighting the Good Fight&quot; for Injured Employees\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/KEENAN-POWELL-LOGO-small.jpg?fit=100%2C99&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/KEENAN-POWELL-LOGO-small.jpg?fit=100%2C99&ssl=1\",\"width\":100,\"height\":99,\"caption\":\"Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fef8eaac5ea95f5b7ff4074311b55eda\",\"name\":\"Keenan Powell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8d7ebbfac6d1aa615e59f4dc0991bba96a94e06c72f93d95f345916a319184a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8d7ebbfac6d1aa615e59f4dc0991bba96a94e06c72f93d95f345916a319184a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Keenan Powell\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Who is \"Workers Comp\"? - Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Who is \"Workers Comp\"? - Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law","og_description":"Workers Compensation is a whole new world and if you\u2019ve never dealt with it before, you might feel like you just fell into the Land of Oz. Many Employees that I meet think that they have been dealing with the Workers Compensation Board when actually they have been talking to an adjuster for an insurance ...continue reading \"Who is &#8220;Workers Comp&#8221;?\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/","og_site_name":"Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law","article_published_time":"2013-03-18T17:01:54+00:00","author":"Keenan Powell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Keenan Powell","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/"},"author":{"name":"Keenan Powell","@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fef8eaac5ea95f5b7ff4074311b55eda"},"headline":"Who is &#8220;Workers Comp&#8221;?","datePublished":"2013-03-18T17:01:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/"},"wordCount":478,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Workers Compensation"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/","url":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/","name":"Who is \"Workers Comp\"? - Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-03-18T17:01:54+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/who-is-workers-comp\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/","name":"Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law","description":"Alaskan Attorney &quot;Fighting the Good Fight&quot; for Injured Employees","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law","url":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/KEENAN-POWELL-LOGO-small.jpg?fit=100%2C99&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/KEENAN-POWELL-LOGO-small.jpg?fit=100%2C99&ssl=1","width":100,"height":99,"caption":"Keenan Powell, Attorney at Law"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fef8eaac5ea95f5b7ff4074311b55eda","name":"Keenan Powell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8d7ebbfac6d1aa615e59f4dc0991bba96a94e06c72f93d95f345916a319184a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8d7ebbfac6d1aa615e59f4dc0991bba96a94e06c72f93d95f345916a319184a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Keenan Powell"},"url":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2QVbA-2b","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}