The Case for Allowing Subrogation of Nurse Case Management Fees

It is a tenet of modern workers’ compensation practice that expediency and efficiency in returning an injured employee to work benefits everyone involved. Nowhere is this goal met more directly and effectively than in the securing and utilization of nurse case management services. These professionals coordinate and monitor the medical treatment of injured workers, ensuring…

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License To Steal: Supreme Court Helps Plan Beneficiaries Avoid Repaying Subrogated Health Plans

Trial lawyers are happy. On January 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued their written opinion in the long-anticipated ERISA subrogation case of Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, 2016 WL 228344 (Jan. 20, 2016). The U.S. Supreme Court was asked to decide whether a Plan beneficiary is…

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