Reliable Assistance for Personal Injury/Workers Compensation Claims

You should notify your supervisor of the accident. Your supervisor once informed will most likely make a written report of the injury. Most of the time, you have 45 days to report your accident.

The law provides a system of benefits that are administered by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. These benefits cover most employees that have suffered injuries at work.

These benefits are covered REGARDLESS OF FAULT.

The employer is required to pay for all medical care that is reasonably necessary to cure or relieve the employee from the effects of the injury.

This includes but is not limited to first aid, emergency care, doctor visits, hospital care, surgery, physical therapy, chiropractic treatment, pharmaceuticals, prosthetic devices, and prescribed medical appliances. The cost of devices, such as a shoe lift or a wheelchair, may also be covered.

The law provides benefits for medical attention and paid disability if necessary for recovering from a work injury.

If the employer does not dispute a medical bill, it will pay the medical provider directly. The worker is not required to pay co-payments or deductibles.

If the employer disputes a bill, it must promptly give the worker a written explanation for its refusal. While a case is pending at the Commission, the provider cannot try to collect payment from the employee once the employee notifies the provider that he or she has filed a claim with the Commission to resolve this dispute.

The provider may send the employee reminders of the outstanding bill, and ask for information about the case (e.g., case number, status of case). If the employee does not provide the information within 90 days of the date of the reminder, the provider may resume its efforts to collect payment

It is illegal for an employer to harass, dismiss, refuse to accept an employee to work after the accident, or discriminate in any form if due to the employee exercising his rights if injured.