Many developers struggle to find the resources to complete building projects.  One potential avenue for developers that is often overlooked is the use of historic tax credits.  The historic tax credit programs are a unique way for developers to obtain tax credits while simultaneously preserving historic resources for future generations. These historic tax credits programs…

Patricia M. Wood has been selected as a 2015 Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Star. No more than 2.5% of lawyers in a state are named to Rising Stars, who are 40 years old or younger. Patricia focuses her practice on helping clients with personal disputes, estate planning and family law matters, as well as the representation of businesses…

Christopher J. Habenicht has joined the firm’s litigation section. Chris was formerly an associate in the ligitation section at Hunton & Williams and was most recently a partner at Hopson, Habenicht and Cave in Chesterfield Country. His practice includes business and real estate litigation, family law, and estate administration.  

There is a great deal of misinformation and confusion related to the treatment of an injured worker. Here are a few bits of key information that a medical provider needs to know to assure that it is treated the way the law envisions: No Virginia has no set fee schedule for workers’ compensation medical reimbursements….

It may surprise medical providers to learn that, whenever they submit bills to workers’ compensation insurance companies, there are other companies that spring into action hoping to take a piece of the action. The two primary businesses that make money from the handling of medical bills in the workers’ compensation system are PPO networks and…

Any medical providers with billing claims pending before the Virginia Worker’s Compensation Commission will want to follow closely the potential actions by Congress in dealing with CMS payment rates. That is because many workers’ compensation repricing network contracts allow the networks to base their worker’s comp reimbursements upon CMS rates for each procedure code. Right…

Most worker’s compensation provider networks are pretty much interchangeable.  Each has a published directory of those medical providers who have signed contracts to join the network, thereby agreeing to allow payors to take steep discounts on the providers’ billings.  The networks give no consideration to quality of care, nor to how the providers save the…

On November 14, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a short order agreeing to address the constitutional challenges to President Obama’s controversial healthcare reform. Click here to read the order. The Supreme Court’s decision to tackle the constitutionality of Obama’s Healthcare reform is not a surprise, as the reform has been the subject of passionate…

I have been asked numerous times over the years, “What is the difference between all the disability programs for injured workers?” Let’s talk first about the workers’ compensation system. In Virginia any employer with 3 or more employees is required to carry workers compensation insurance. The policy rates are determined by the industry in which…

As of November 14, 2011, The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) will require private sector employers who fall under the auspices of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) to post a notice of their employees’ rights under the NLRA. The NLRA applies to union and non-union employers, however, certain employers and employees are excluded from…