The Law Firm of Larry J. Laurent, P.C. has represented doctors of chiropractic in variety of issues involving the complex regulatory structure of the Texas Worker Compensation Laws. With the passage of HB 2600 and the 2003-2004 restructuring of the Texas worker compensation system, proper legal guidance and advice may mean the difference between successful participation under the State’s new worker compensation laws and a side line seat watching your competition expand their practice at your expense. The Law Firm of Larry J. Laurent is well prepared to work with the newly enacted Texas Worker Compensation laws and has lectured statewide on their application, format and practice procedures.

Doctors are routinely denied full payment for their health care services under our state’s workers compensation laws. Many of Mr. Laurent’s clients are experienced in appealing denials of their medical bills to the Texas Workers Compensation Commission Medical Dispute Resolution Division (MDR) and the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). Oftentimes, however, MDR cases are lost simply because the Doctor has failed to properly ”package” and present his or her MDR appeal in a format consistent with TWCC MDR requirements. Adverse MDR decisions appealed to the State Office of Administrative Hearings are legal in nature and must be tried under the Rules of Civil Procedure before a presiding Administrative Law Judge. With very few exceptions a Doctor’s ability to recover the full amount of his or her medical bill hinges on the doctor’s ability to successfully prove medical necessity before a SOAH Administrative Law Judge. Your Insurance adversaries are always represented in SOAH hearings by experienced insurance defense firm lawyers. It only makes sense to secure knowledgeable, experienced counsel to represent your interests, as well.

Mr. Laurent spent eight years as a Special Assistant Attorney General of Texas trying cases before our State’s administrative agencies and has experience in representing doctors in contested cases before SOAH and the TWCC’s Office of Compliance and Practices.