Workers Compensation Medical Treatment Archives

In Wisconsin workers compensation medical treatment is unlimited for an injured workers medical, surgical, chiropractic, psychological, podiatric, dental, and hospital treatment "as may be reasonably required to cure and relieve from the effects of the injury." Wis. Stat. § 102.42(1). If the workers comp insurance company denies paying for medical treatment, usually saying through an independent medical examiner (IME), that the treatment is not work-related, then the injured employee must prove the treatment is necessary by expert medical testimony. Wisconsin Tel. Co. v. Industrial Comm'n, 263 Wis. 380 (1953).