Excluding counsel fees from payment of future medical benefits based on future medical expenses as speculative is contrary to Sec. 306(f.1)(7) of the Act, which prohibits provider from billing claimant for any costs relating to care under the Act.
In this case, a workers’ compensation judge granted in part and denied in part the claimant’s Petition to Review. The judge also approved a 20% Fee Agreement between the claimant and her counsel, but as to indemnity benefits only.
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