Worker's Compensation

Workers’ compensation is insurance that provides cash benefits and/or medical care for workers who are injured or become ill as a direct result of their job.

 

Employers pay for this insurance, and shall not require the employee to contribute to the cost of compensation. Weekly cash benefits and medical care are paid by the employer’s insurance carrier, as directed by the Workers’ Compensation Board. The Workers’ Compensation Board is a state agency that processes the claims.

 

In a workers’ compensation case, no one party is determined to be at fault. The amount that a claimant receives is not decreased by the claimant's carelessness, nor increased by an employer’s fault.  

A claim is paid if the employer or insurance carrier agrees that the injury or illness is work-related. If the employer or insurance carrier disputes the claim, no cash benefits are paid until the workers’ compensation law judge decides who is right. 

 

It is often challenging to find a dental facility with experience handling the worker's compensation insurance agencies, but we have been helping accident victims for decades.