Workers Compensation Glossary
Workers Compensation Law is a complicated topic and there are many terms that can be confusing. We've created this glossary to help you understand the many different legal topics associated with the law. Please browse the list below to see definitions of many common terms. If you don't see the term listed that you're looking for, please use our Ask A Question form and we'll do our best to add the definition to our site.
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Workers Compensation Law Glossary
- Accepted Claim
- Accident
- Accident Date
- Accommodation
- Affidavit for Workers Comp Case
- Agreed Medical Evaluation
- Agreement
- Alternative Work
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Americans with disabilities Act
- AOE (Arising out of the course of employment)
- Applicants Attorney
- Application for Adjudication of Claim
- Attorneys Fees
- Authorized Medical Care Provider
- Case Manager
- Certified Self-Insurer
- Claim Form
- Claims Adjuster
- Claims Investigator
- Commutation
- Compromise and Release
- Compromise Settlement
- Cumulative Injury
- Date of Injury (DOI)
- Death Benefits
- Death Benefits
- Declaration of Readiness to Proceed
- Denial Letter
- Denied Claim
- Disability
- Disability Rating
- Disability Rating
- Dispute
- Division of Workers Compensation
- Employee
- Ergonomics
- Essential Function
- Evidence Based Medicine
- Exclusive Remedy
- Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA
- Filing
- Findings and Awards
- First Report of Injury or Illness
- Future Earning Capacity
- Future Medical Benefits
- Governing Classification
- Handicap
- Hazard
- Health Care
- Health care reasonably required
- Impairment
- Impairment Rating
- Income Benefits
- Indemnity Benefits
- Independent Contractor
- Independent Medical Evaluation
- Industrial Commission
- Injury
- Jurisdiction
- Liability and Workers Comp
- Lien and Workers Compensation
- Light Duty
- Lost time
- Lump Sum Settlement
- Mandatory Settlement Conference
- Maximum Medical Improvement MMI
- Mediation
- Mediator
- Medical Provider Network
- Medical Treatment Guidelines
- National Council on Compensation Insurance NCCI
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH
- Stipulation
- Third Party Lawsuit
- Utilization Review
- Workers Comp Appeals Board Office
- Workers Comp Compensation
- Workers Compensation Injury
- Workers Compensation Insurance
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