If you receive a bill from a doctor or hospital for treatment related to your work injury, you should not be paying it yourself. The workers’ compensation insurance company is responsible for covering those medical costs. When this happens—and it happens often—you should immediately contact your lawyer and forward the bill to them. Sometimes the bill is not in a format the insurance company can process, so your lawyer will request the proper billing form along with the related treatment records. They will then send everything to the insurer with a demand for payment under the Workers’ Compensation Act or the medical fee schedule. From there, the insurance company has 21 days to pay the bill. If they fail to do so, your attorney can file a petition in Workers’ Compensation Court to force payment. For questions about your rights, our workman’s compensation lawyers can guide you through this process. You can also review our RI workers’ comp benefits to understand how medical billing is handled in Rhode Island. Exploring related topics like required medical appointments or how treatment disputes are resolved may also be helpful.

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