Law Office of Alan Tysinger

Medical Reviews in Workers' Compensation Cases: A California Study and Relevance for Texas

Much of the hassle in dealing with Worker’s Compensation claims comes from the impersonal peer review process that dominates medical determinations. A recent study in California indicated that the number of independent medical review determination letters in prescription drug disputes fail significantly from 2018 to 2019, continuing into 2020. What... Read more →

I've been told my "case is closed" and I can't see a doctor anymore. Can they do that?

By law, every workers' compensation claim comes with lifetime medical care for the compensable injury. That is, any medical condition or diagnosis that is either accepted by the insurance carrier or ordered as compensable by a or judge comes with lifetime medical care. However, lifetime medical care does not mean... Read more →