EIGHTY-FOUR MIN. v. THREE RIVERS REHAB.


554 Pa. 443 (1998)

721 A.2d 1061

EIGHTY-FOUR MINING COMPANY, Appellee, v. THREE RIVERS REHABILITATION, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 1998.

Reargument Denied February 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Laughlin, Pittsburgh, for Three Rivers Rehabilitation.

Elizabeth B. Metz, Harrisburg, for Health Law & Policy, Amicus.

Phyllis T. Procopio, George H. Thompson, Pittsburgh, for Eighty-Four Min.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

We granted review in this matter to resolve whether the Anti-Referral provision of Section 306(f.1)(3)(iii) of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act1 (Act) precludes payment for in-office physical therapy prescribed by a physiatrist2 and performed by a physiotherapist,3 both of whom the physiatrist...

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