When a worker gets injured, all US states have a legislative structure designed to give many benefits to the wounded worker. This law is referred to as workers' compensation and the law determines its benefits, identifies all parties, and determines the ways and methods for issuing such benefits. Because each employee, by definition, has to work for some employers, when there is a dispute about the benefits or injury itself, these two main entities find themselves in conflict within the system. These controversies are then settled through negotiations or courts, and the practice of representing employers is referred to as the defense of employee compensation workers .
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The system itself involves billions of dollars in payments per year and involves a wide spectrum of sub-communities with distinct and often conflicting interests and individuals.
For example, the main entities in most U.S. state systems are:
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- Judge
- Lawyers (for both sides)
- Hearing a Hearing Representative or Officer
- The insurer claims tester
- Third party administrators for self-insured employers and their testers
- Workers who are injured (employees)
- Entrepreneurs
- Doctors and various medical providers
- Bill collectors for doctors and other providers
- Translator
- Court reporter
- Company copy
- Private investigator
- Bill review viewer
- Professional reviewers of requests for medical care
- Expert witness
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Lawyers who regularly undertake this kind of work do so in such a way that their practice becomes specialized, and states have sought to recognize and control this focus with certification or licensing of practitioners as designated specialists in the field, after education as appropriate, time and successful testing have been achieved.
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External links
- Workers' Compensation Resource
- List of US Workers' Compensation Insurance
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