Your employer must pay all reasonable and related medical expenses
When you have an injury that is covered under Illinois Workers' Compensation Law, your employer must pay for all medical treatment that is reasonable and related to your medical condition. Well, what does that mean?
Reasonable: This means that it is prescribed by a doctor and is medically accepted by most doctors to be a treatment that makes sense. In other words, if you hurt your neck and buy yourself a pillow because it helps you sleep at night, we likely can't get the insurance company to pay for it. On the other hand, if your doctor says that you need that pillow and writes a prescription for it then we can get you reimbursed. We have secured gym memberships for our clients as well when their doctors felt working out would promote a recovery.
Related: It has to be related to your work injury. You may hurt your back at work and herniate a disc. The doctor you see for that injury may also be giving you medical treatment for a knee injury from playing basketball or some other reason. Some of these doctors carelessly bundle their bills and don't distinguish what is related to the work injury and what isn't. We can only get bills that are part of the reasonable work injury treatment paid.
When your medical treatment is reasonable and related to your injury we usually get 100% of the bills paid with no co-pays or out of pocket expenses for our client.
If you have paid for anything out of pocket make sure to keep receipts. We will do whatever we can to get you reimbursed ASAP.
We are workers' compensation attorneys that help people with Illinois work injuries anywhere in IL via our statewide network of attorneys. Contact us and we will answer your questions or find the right lawyer for your situation.
