When Are Medical Expenses Paid If I Have an Accepted Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Claim?

In Pennsylvania, if you have an accepted workers’ compensation claim, whether you are working or not, all reasonable, necessary, and related medical expenses are to be paid on your behalf by the workers’ compensation carrier. Practically speaking, the situation of prescriptions not being covered when an injured worker goes to his or her pharmacy happens all too frequently. What can happen is that the injured worker gives the prescription to the pharmacist, the pharmacist checks with the workers’ compensation carrier, and for a variety of reasons, is told that it will not be covered. This leads to frustration, and often to not receiving the prescription. Fortunately, there are remedies to this situation that a knowledgeable workers’ compensation attorney can offer. Remedies can include filing a particular Petition, known as a Penalty Petition, or having your attorney elicit the help of outside sources to get your prescription filled until the situation can be resolved with the workers’ compensation carrier. Don’t just accept that a prescription is not covered and suffer in silence — find out what your rights are to help you get back to your healthy self and move on with your life.