Do I have to pay a hospital bill that was filed under workman’s
comp?
I sprained my ankle at work in Feb. of 2008 and kept receiving letters from the hospital saying that I would have to pay this bill. I gave these letters to my employer and didn’t receive anything back from them. Now the hospital has filed a warrant in debt for the $900 bill. I thought that if the injury occurred at work that the employer is responsible for this. Am I wrong in this assumption? Will I need to get a lawyer?
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no
depends if workmans comp comes through then no you don’t have to however if workman comp denies your claim you will need to get a lawyer to fight the case for you.
If it is workmans comp then should be covered. The only reason I can see that you would not be covered is your employer let his coverage lapse and there was no insurance in place. If he did not have it in effect at the time of your injury then you can sue him. So first thing to do is find out if he had a policy in place at the time of the injury. If he did not, get a lawyer. If he did, then find out who is responsible for managing it and talk to them. Quite often it is an outside company.
You recieved the care so you are ultminly responsible for the bill from the hospitials standpoint
But if you can prove that the injury occured at work you can sue your employer
No. Your employer is responsible. Double check with the hospital to make sure their data entry is correct and your treatment is coded as “workman’s comp”. My husband had this problem when he was injured on the job and the hospital coded his file incorrectly.
You may need an attorney to keep the hospital off of your back. You may also be entitled to compensation due to the injury. Attorneys in Illinois receive 20% of a W/C settlement. Check the laws in your state.
The employers insurance company will not approach you about a settlement….you’ll have to go after it yourself.
You didn’t provide your state. WC laws are state specific. That
said however, You should NOT BE BILLED for treatment to a work
related injury. Whether the claim is accpeted/denied, you should
NOT be billed. Notify the hospital, again, in writing, certified
return receipt requested, this treatment was for a work related
injury. The employer/carrier is to be billed, and they should
immediately cease/desist any collections attempts, and notify the
credit reporting agencies this is in error. Your credit should NOT
be affected by this billing/collection attempt. If you check with
the hospital, I think you’ll find this action takes place on all
admissions. Whether it’s work comp or not. Computers don’t make
mistakes, the people who fail to enter the information correctly
make the mistakes.