Comments on: Philly workers’ comp lawyers and their special pharmacy

By: WRT

WRT — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:10:00 +0000

Although no lawyers are owners, the Florida WC system is dealing with a similar magic exorbitant pain cream scam… the pharmacy would directly contact newly injured workers via a state database (now restricted) and offer “free” pain cream as an alternative to opiates.” Then deeming themselves “authorized by operation of law” they would bill WC insurers. Some would pay, most did not, at which time they filed hundreds of “reimbursement disputes”. The scheme hit a snag when multiple insurers pushed back, and now the pharmacy has filed for bankruptcy..

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:39:42 +0000

So much that has gone wrong here, it’s hard to know where to begin. As an ex-worker’s comp attorney, employer/insurer side, I can tell you that there is very little concrete relationship between an “injury” and the amount of time off, treatment given and money spent. Once had a guy whose finger was amputated. He took a week off. But a “back injury” — measured by nothing more than the proclamation that “my back hurts” — can stretch into a 500-week vacation.