Claims Kit

Penalties for Late Reporting Sec. 23.30.070

Failure to file Report Of Occupational Injury Or Illness within the required time may subject the employer and/or the insurer to a penalty equal to 20 percent of the amount of compensation due to the injured worker. Also, the Statute of Limitations does not begin to run until the report is filed.

Posting Requirements AS 23.30.060

The notice must be posted and kept on the premises of the employer or on the premises where the employer's operations are being carried on in three conspicuous places, at the office of the employer, at the mess house or boarding house if there is one, and in some conspicuous place on the premises or works. The notice must be substantially in the form described in the statute, and the signature must be witnessed by two witnesses.

An employer is conclusively presumed to have elected to pay compensation directly to employees until notice is posted.

Employer's Notice of Insurance

Reporting of Claim by Employer Sec. 23.30.070

Within 10 days from the date the employer has knowledge of an injury or death or from the date the employer has knowledge of a disease or infection, alleged by the employee or on behalf of the employee to have arisen out of and in the course of the employment, the employer must file with the division the Report Of Occupational Injury Or Illness. 

Physician Selection AS 23.30.095

The employee may choose a licensed doctor to treat the injury (including a licensed medical doctor, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath, dentist, or optometrist).

Change of physician

The employee may change their treating doctor once, but should let the insurer know before changing. If the doctor sends the employee to a specialist, this doesn't count as a change of doctors. If the employee wants to change to a third doctor, they MUST get the insurer's written agreement. If they change doctors more than once without the insurer's written agreement, they may have to pay the doctor's bills.