CATHOLIC DIOCESE v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION

No. 2711 C.D. 2010.

33 A.3d 691 (2011)

ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN, Petitioner v. BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION, FEE REVIEW HEARING OFFICE (LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 28, 2011.

Reargument Denied December 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Cullen, Jr. , Lemoyne, for petitioner.

Kelly Smith Watkins , Allentown, for respondent Lehigh Valley Health Network.

BEFORE: SIMPSON, Judge, and BUTLER, Judge, and QUIGLEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

In this appeal involving the trauma center exemption from the medical fee caps in the cost containment provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act1 (Act), the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown (Employer), self-insured, petitions for review of an order of Hearing Officer Richard C. Lengler (Hearing Officer), of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Fee Review Hearing Office (Bureau). Hearing Officer affirmed the...

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