Form 90 Best Practice
Per North Carolina Rule 903(a) “A self-insured employer, carrier, or third-party administrator may require the employee who has filed a claim and is receiving wage loss benefits under N.C.G.S. § 97-29 or…
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Utilizing Pre-Hearing Depositions in NC Under N.C.G.S. § 97-80(d)
In North Carolina, unlike many other states, pre-hearing depositions are not automatically allowed under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act.If you want to take a pre-hearing deposition, you need either (1) the…
The Role of Nurse Case Managers in North Carolina
Under the North Carolina Industrial Commission Rules, Nurse Case Managers are considered rehabilitation professionals as they manage medical cases and coordinate rehabilitation services. 11 NCAC 23C .0103(1).In performing their duties, Nurse Case…
Medicare Provides New Way to Terminate Ongoing Responsibility for Medicals (ORM)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an updated Section 111 NGHP User Guide – Version 6.4, on June 11, 2021. CMS will now allow the termination of ORM if the…
Are employees entitled to more than 500 weeks of benefits?
Before June 24, 2011, injured employees were eligible for lifetime Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits for the duration of their disability. In 2011, the North Carolina legislature passed revisions to the Workers’…
AB5: A New Standard for Worker Classification – Part 2
In our last article, we discussed the status and potential impact of AB5, a law recently passed in California which went into effect on January 1, 2020, addressing the classification of certain…
Austin Walsh and C. Rob Wilson Selected for Inclusion in 2021 Legal Elite
North Carolina – January 6, 2021. Hedrick Gardner is pleased to announce that Austin R. Walsh and C. Rob Wilson were selected for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s 2021 Legal Elite. Austin,…
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Maintains $750 Reporting Threshold
The SMART Act requires CMS to annually review the costs associated with the collection of Medicare conditional payments and set forth a threshold amount applicable to settlements, judgments, awards, or other payments…
NC Commission Revises Form 19 (FROI) Filing Requirement
Effective Dec. 1, 2020, the North Carolina Industrial Commission has revised the filing requirement that triggers the submission of a Form 19, Employer’s Report of Employee’s Injury or Occupational Disease to the Industrial…
AB5: A New Standard for Worker Classification
One issue that has come up numerous times in the setting of the trucking and transportation industries is the classification of workers as either employees or independent contractors. Concerned with workers who…