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A Utilization Review request that does not list all of a claimant’s treating providers does not render the request or the UR Determination invalid.

In this case, following the claimant’s April 2000 work injury, a C&R Agreement was approved by a Workers’ Compensation Judge and the medical portion of the claimant’s claim remained open. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.

Only the fee review arena has the authority to decide the issues of medical billing amounts, timeliness and who qualifies as a medical provider under the Act.

In this case, following a serious burn injury sustained by the claimant after falling in a puddle of hot water at work, the claimant filed a penalty petition, alleging that the employer failed to pay her physicians and hospitals over $410,000 for What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.