Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part VIII - Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Chapter 127 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL COST CONTAINMENT
Subchapter C - MEDICAL TREATMENT REVIEW
PEER REVIEW
Section 127.604 - Peer review-forwarding of request to Bureau

Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 127.604

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(a) If the Workers' Compensation judge decides that peer review is necessary or appropriate, the Judge will forward a request for peer review to the Bureau on a form prescribed by the Bureau. The Workers' Compensation judge will notify counsel, or the parties, if unrepresented, by serving a copy of the request for peer review upon them.

(b) In cases other than petitions for review of a UR determination, the Worker's Compensation judge will attach subpoenas to the request for peer review which the assigned PRO shall use to obtain medical records.

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 127.602 (relating to peer review-procedure upon motion of party).

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