QUESTION
How do I resolve a worker's comp bill?
Asked on Oct 03rd, 2012 on Personal Injury - Michigan
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Three years ago, I received medical services for a work related injury. I was told by my employer that workman's comp insurance covered the bill. I have since been contacted by several collection agencies demanding payment for the medical bill. Every time I contact my employer, for whom I no longer work, I am told that workman's comp paid the bill in full. What can I do to resolve this issue so that it doesn't hurt my credit? Should I take my former employer to court?
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Ronald A. Steinberg
Send a copy of the bill to the employer AND to the workers comp insurance company. Make reference to the file number of your comp claim. Tell the creditor what you are doing. Give the creditor the name of the employer and the name of the comp insurance company, as well as the adjuster's name and the claim number. Let them slug it out. In the meantime, advise your comp attorney just in case you have to sue.
Answered on Oct 08th, 2012 at 8:40 PM
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Melvin G. Franke
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See an attorney who deals with workers' compensation cases.
Answered on Oct 08th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
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It may be too late, but you can file a workers compensation claim. You have two years to file a claim, but the employer may have reported it to the workers comp commission, or they may be barred from asserting the statute of limitation defense by lying to you. First, you might ask the employer to show you proof that the bill In case you are being billed in error.
Answered on Oct 07th, 2012 at 12:12 PM
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You need to provide the collection agency your workers' compensation claim number and the contact information for the adjuster handling your file. Do this in writing to the collection agencies as it is against the law to collect work-related medical bills from an employee.
Answered on Oct 07th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
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You need to turn the bill over to the lawyer that represented you in the workers' comp case. He will get it resolved for you.
Answered on Oct 07th, 2012 at 11:15 AM
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I would reduce all this to writing and inform the Industrial Commission in Raleigh and send copies to the boss and to the collection agency. I would ask the IC to make inquiry for me. it might embarrass the boss (if he is lying) and the IC may pressure him and you might frighten off the agency, it ain't easy to deal with troublesome folks like this.
Answered on Oct 07th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
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Get in touch with the Worker's Compensation carrier. Have them send you the paperwork showing that the bill was paid. Tell the collection agencies that the bill was paid and refer them to the worker's compensation carrier.
Answered on Oct 07th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Thomas Edward Gates
Contact the state's labor and industry organization. They would have the records on whether the bill was paid.
Answered on Oct 04th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
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You should have been more diligent three years ago. No you can't take the employer to court. Sue his WC insurance company.
Answered on Oct 04th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Contact your state's Worker's Compensation Commission or agency for assistance.
Answered on Oct 04th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Call them again and record the conversation. Then take them to court with the tape as evidence.
Answered on Oct 04th, 2012 at 12:41 PM