{"id":390,"date":"2014-08-07T11:25:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T19:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/?p=390"},"modified":"2014-08-07T11:25:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T19:25:11","slug":"now-means-now-in-workers-compensation-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/07\/now-means-now-in-workers-compensation-law\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNow\u201d means \u201cNow\u201d in Workers Compensation Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.keenanpowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bigstock-Silhouette-1113353.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-284\" alt=\"bigstock-Silhouette-1113353\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.keenanpowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bigstock-Silhouette-1113353.jpg?resize=625%2C417\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is the position of most insurance companies that they do not have a duty to pay medical benefits, that the only duty they have is to reimburse the Employee for medical expenses 30 days after the Insurer received notice of the Employee\u2019s expenditures, and that, just to be nice, the Insurer\u2019s arrange to pay some of the medical benefits directly to the providers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0That\u2019s not what the law says.<\/strong>\u00a0 The law says the insurance companies have a duty to pay medical benefits immediately on demand.<strong>\u00a0 In other words, \u201cnow\u201d means \u201cnow\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong>The case which said interpreted the law to hold that the benefits are due immediately is <i>Harris v. M-K Rivers,\u00a0<\/i>325 P.3d 510 ( Alaska, 2014)<i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0decided in March of 2014 by the Alaska Supreme Court.\u00a0\u201cTo determine when an employer's payments for medical care are due under the Workers' Compensation Act, for purposes of determining whether the employer is subject to a penalty for failing to timely pay amount due, payments due are more appropriately characterized as payable immediately or on claimant's demand, rather than owed as a debt.\u201d\u00a0 <i>Id<\/i>, 519.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Harris-v-MK.pdf\">Harris v MK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So if the insurance company is dragging its feet in pre-authorizing surgery, some other medical benefit, it will owe penalties and interests and is flirting with the possibility of being referred to the Division of Insurance for an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Keenan Powell has practiced Workers Compensation law in the State of Alaska for more than 30 years and has dedicated her practice to Workers Compensation representing injured Alaskans.\u00a0 A sample of verdicts she has obtained for Employees is found at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/settlements_wc.html\">http:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/settlements_wc.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is absolutely no fee for a consultation, all consultations are free.\u00a0 If you want to set up a meeting, use the contact form on this website or call:\u00a0 907 258 7663.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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