Law Office of Alan Tysinger

Proposed Bill Would Allow No Show Fee for Missed Exams

There is a bill pending with the Texas legislature this session that would authorize a $100 no-show fee when an injured employee misses a state-ordered medical examination. Currently the law doe snot allow for the doctor to be paid when the state orders an exam with an injured employee and... Read more →

Audit Describes Lengthy Delays in Workers' Compensation Claims

Much is made of California as the quintessential blue state in Texas as the classic large deep red state, we are both part of the United States and in many ways there are more similarities than differences. The issues with Worker’s Compensation law are one area where workers are feeling... Read more →

San Antonio Firefighters Fight for Health Protections and Better Workers' Compensation Treatment

Recently the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Firefighters union litigated the next collective bargaining agreement through a series of arbitration hearings. Among the topics involved was the potential for changes in the way the City administers workers' compensation claims. As SAFD healthcare costs have risen, workers' compensation... Read more →

Dispute of Impairment Rating: 90 Day Rule

After an injury, you may be going along fine, getting weekly workers compensation temporary income benefits to replace your lost wages, when suddenly those benefits stop. You have received a certification of maximum medical improvement and impairment rating (MMI/IR) from a doctor. The doctor says there is nothing more he... Read more →

Dispute of impairment rating: alternate certification.

In the Worker’s Compensation system in Texas, after you get hurt you will normally receive temporary income benefits if you are partially or wholly disabled from your regular work. These benefits will continue so long as you remain disabled and until you reach maximum medical improvement. However, when a doctor... 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 →